• Kaliax@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Also consider climate cycles such as ice ages. Imagine a coalition finds a wildy successful heat reduction strategy and it impacts well beyond what was anticipated? How would things go if we accelerrated glaciation down to the gulf of Mexico? The Earth’s wobble and axial tilt are part of this process over incredible periods of time… CFC’s and the ozone are a good example of rapid and unanticipated results of human inputs. No easy answer even with stakes as high as they appear.

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        1 year ago

        I’m not arguing to do nothing, just attempting some clarity on the broader strokes of the issues. Much of our understandings of natural processes are still immature and incomplete - appreciating that fact should be a guiding principle for any near-to-hand actions.

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      1 year ago

      Luckily, we’re experts at rising the temperature. If we accidentally bring in the next ice age early, it’s back to coal.

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        Well except we burned a shit ton of it already and could struggle to burn enough without seeding thicker clouds thus making the glaciation worse.

        Part of the problem is cloud coverage acts as a reflector and if you get enough of it how do you get clear skies again? To stop it?