my piano wrote:linked this in the potus thread
https://palladiummag.com/2019/01/28/anc ... e-climate/It’s usually assumed that if we reduce emissions, then CO2 will steadily decline on its own due to natural sequestration processes. This is based on the notion of a set residence time in the atmosphere—essentially a guaranteed life cycle which these kinds of predictions can be based on—as if the pre-industrial climate was some kind of strong equilibrium to which excursions will quickly return.
But that’s not really how it works. In fact, the assumption that our pre-industrial climate was a robust equilibrium is an existentially dangerous one. If there’s more carbon around, the biosphere will just operate with more carbon in the cycle, including in the air, until some process causes permanent sequestration. To understand this, as well as the unusual and metastable nature of our current climate, we have to go back to the geological history of climate change.
chimp wrote:I agree with the thrust of struttin’ evil mushroom’s comment - do what you can but you shouldn’t beat yourself up too much. I don’t think it’s on you to generate a new framework of ecologically focused critical appraisal (though that would be a worthy project). Your suggestions with regards to Skype sessions and so on are just good sense
chad wrote:"How can I make this about me and also congratulate myself in some way" - basically every hipinion bro
chad wrote:"How can I make this about me and also congratulate myself in some way" - basically every hipinion bro
my piano wrote:Okay yes we have to walk and chew gum at the same time but while we figure out what shoes to wear can we please open up the fucking pack of trident? we are 100% fucked without mitigation/sequestration efforts, and they're not really a predominant part of the discourse currently.
bunejug wrote:my piano wrote:Okay yes we have to walk and chew gum at the same time but while we figure out what shoes to wear can we please open up the fucking pack of trident? we are 100% fucked without mitigation/sequestration efforts, and they're not really a predominant part of the discourse currently.
You can’t say “ok yes” to critiques and then ignore them.
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