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by beachy 1325 days ago
Yep. Why even consider geoengineering while we're still pouring fucking CO2 into the air? If we can't stop increasing the damage, we don't deserve to continue as a species.
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> If we can't stop increasing the damage, we don't deserve to continue as a species.

This sounds like back in the 90s, when abstinence only advocates said if you can’t stop having sex then you deserve to die of AIDS, so we should stop wasting money on cures and better treatments.

People deserve a chance to live, no matter what their lifestyle.

> People deserve a chance to live, no matter what their lifestyle.

I disagree, though I'm aware it's perhaps an unusual position to take and I would selfishly fight tooth and nail if my family were threatened.

There will never be a human invention as wonderful as the natural world that we are vigorously destroying. To me, we don't deserve to be here if we continue to destroy it. We are not special, just one species amongst millions.