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by alfor 1299 days ago
Climate change is an arm of the modern leftist religion.

I would like to see more a analysis of all the problems we have, how they rank in urgency and rank solutions with how effective they are.

From what I see we will rapidly transition to solar/wind/battery/ev way before climate become a real problem.
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tuatoru 1299 days ago
Rank and urgency depend on your value system.

For example, hundreds of thousands die from HIV/AIDS every year, Likewise with the flu. Road accidents kill about 1.3 million annually worldwide. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease kills more than all of them but heart disease is the top killer.[1]

Are any of these urgent? It seems not.

How about oppression of women and children? Food and water insecurity? They don't appear urgent either, based on the resources allocated to fixing them.

1. 2019 figures: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-...

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AtlasBarfed 1297 days ago
And you're a climate expert? You have all the nonlinear dynamics figured out and a good planet wide model?

You know the exact amount of species extinctions that the ecosystem can sustain?

You know the geopolitical dynamics that can help with a billion climate refugees?

You know how to keep phytoplankton generating oxygen in the seas when they acidify, or the temperate rises above where their proteins properly function?

So you got it all figured out?

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alfor 1297 days ago
No one have all the answers, that’s why we have to ask question, reflect and not fall into dogma and binary thinking.

I know a bit on renewable (big fan) and I can say they are doing a fantastic job, will replace everything soon (search Tony Seba) if you want to see where it’s going.

The transition toward RE is underway, it doesn’t show in co2 produce because they are still a small fraction, but on an exponential path of growth.

I think that the top down control and decision by government and the collusion with media is a far bigger and more urgent problem.

Let’s say you want the world to spend 1T$ for the climate this year, how much good will it do? How? When?

Could you do something better, save real life of real people this year instead of the future people of an hypothetical future.

You can look at this to see another perspective https://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/ https://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/copenhagen-consensus-cli...

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