Namely, do you think it has a future in the wave of next gen clean energy sources? If you support it, do you think it will always be viable or that it should only be a temporary measure to get us off fossil fuels while our renewable infrastructure grows?
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The key point here is that we’re well past the point where we can be picky about the solutions. The worst case scenario we’re looking at is mass extinction of complex life on this planet, and even barring the worst case outcomes we’re looking at billions of people dying as parts of the globe become uninhabitable. As you note, we need levels of international cooperation that don’t currently exist, so things are looking very grim already. Hence why I think we must encourage the use of all the tools available to us.
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Here’s what’s currently happening:
We’re currently seeing a global ecosystem collapse:
World’s oceans are also acidifying to a similar rate as the Permian extinction (but again in 100 years instead of 20k-60k), with an anoxic event locked in after 1,000ppm or 360 gigatons, which we will reach by 2100 at the latest. So that’s whatever’s left wiped out.
And here’s what’s currently happening with food production. Two different groups of 200+ scientists and academics, separately from each other, each warned of near-term global collapse:
Examples of record-breaking crop failures currently happening:
Scientific studies projecting future crop failures:
News articles about projected crop failures:
UN says passing 2C will have a ‘very high projected risk’ of global food supply instabilities
UN says passing 2C would cause ‘multi-breadbasket failure’
UN says passing 2C would cause 60% of global wheat to be subjected to ‘Severe Water Scarcity (SVS)’ drought events
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Can you be more specific about what you’re calling sensationalism here?
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There are reasonable solutions, even if we can’t have a “perfect” solution.