I had a professor who said that the difference between 1.5 and 2 C is whether we lose 95% of coral reefs or all of them.
Ok, sure. 95% of marine life. But is that really so bad? Everyone’s trying really hard to maximize profitability in the renewable energies business. You can’t expect the entire world to shut down fossil fuel consumption when you consider what it would do to the standards of living in the imperial core. And we HAVE spent a whole lot of time talking, conferencing, and posting on the subject. Shouldn’t we at least get an A for effort?
Besides, its not like anyone reading these headlines has the capacity to change public policy. They all read The Economist and the WSJ.
The exact level of temperature rise at which climate change becomes dangerous is simply not known. Indeed, the 33 million people displaced from their homes in Pakistan might justifiably say we have reached it already.
Jesus fucking Christ. Imagine burying that lead.
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