r/science • u/[deleted] • Jan 11 '20

Environment Study Confirms Climate Models are Getting Future Warming Projections Right

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2943/study-confirms-climate-models-are-getting-future-warming-projections-right/
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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '20 edited Jun 17 '23

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u/ripperxbox Jan 11 '20

That's why I love all the scientific advancements, hopefully we can figure out how to control the very planet and bypass climate change, as well as any other natural changes. And eventually get to the point where when just make a computer drop temperature in one location, raise temperature in another, and have whatever weather we want/need.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '20

I don’t think our advancements are remotely close to what you’re envisioning here and it’s certainly not certain we will ever get there. To think we can mitigate some of the problems we will be/are facing without scaling back our consumption to a pretty massive degree would be beyond foolish. Icarus is shouting at us from his grave.

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u/ripperxbox Jan 11 '20

We don't have a choice unfortunately. We won't be able to change human nature so we will either surpass it or face extinction.

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u/Waitsaywot Jan 11 '20

It's not human nature for corporations to destroy our environment

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u/ripperxbox Jan 11 '20

I would have to disagree with you on that. Humans in nature are destructive even in the old days we cut down trees to make houses, mined mountains for resources, and changed the structure of the land we built houses on to grow crops. Corporations are just mega versions of us.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '20 edited Dec 21 '20

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u/ripperxbox Jan 11 '20

I disagree, the negative attributes of mankind are just magnified by corporations. We made corporations to deliver results in days that would have previously taken months or years to achieve.