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Or, heck, we may have even passed it!
Obviously, when they say things like "irreversible" it's sensible to assume that they mean "within a human timeline", because it's not like the earth hasn't been super hot before. Of course, that was when the dinosaurs were around. But given a long enough view, we're fairly inconsequential.
Of course, when living our lives, it makes sense to take a slightly smaller view, one that helps us answer questions like "Is it really a good idea to raise the thermostat in my home, or should I put on a sweater before Mother Nature raises it for me?" and "Do I really want kids, or would it be better not to bring more lives into this soon-to-be hellhole?" You know, that sort of little human question.
But I wonder. Short of asteroids or mass volcanoes, IS there anything we could conceivably do to reverse things? Maybe something... overlooked in favor of scaring us all straight? (That doesn't seem to be working, is why I ask.)
Obviously, when they say things like "irreversible" it's sensible to assume that they mean "within a human timeline", because it's not like the earth hasn't been super hot before. Of course, that was when the dinosaurs were around. But given a long enough view, we're fairly inconsequential.
Of course, when living our lives, it makes sense to take a slightly smaller view, one that helps us answer questions like "Is it really a good idea to raise the thermostat in my home, or should I put on a sweater before Mother Nature raises it for me?" and "Do I really want kids, or would it be better not to bring more lives into this soon-to-be hellhole?" You know, that sort of little human question.
But I wonder. Short of asteroids or mass volcanoes, IS there anything we could conceivably do to reverse things? Maybe something... overlooked in favor of scaring us all straight? (That doesn't seem to be working, is why I ask.)
