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    Echinops
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    Even the rainy pnw is already into extreme drought. Unfortunately nothing will be done and more ac units will be blasting away further intensifying climate change.

    Even the rainy pnw is already into extreme drought. Unfortunately nothing will be done and more ac units will be blasting away further intensifying climate change.

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          Echinops
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          We'll just keep mining water and burning coal until there's none left. That's when change will happen

          We'll just keep mining water and burning coal until there's none left. That's when change will happen

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            1. Amarok
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              Meh, I don't buy the doom and gloom. Sure, we're in for some suck, and anyone who lives where they can see a large body of water is in for some fun - and possibly, moving inland. That's hardly the...

              Meh, I don't buy the doom and gloom. Sure, we're in for some suck, and anyone who lives where they can see a large body of water is in for some fun - and possibly, moving inland. That's hardly the end of the world. The center of the north american continent can quite comfortably hold everyone who lives in north america and it's not going to turn into a desert further north.

              We can have infinite energy the moment we're done wringing our hands about nuclear. We have methods of farming that operate 24/7/365 using 90% less water and run carbon neutral or even energy positive as a power plant with methane capture and composting. There is no reason to run out of food or carbon neutral energy. None, ever - in fact both should be much more abundant by 2060. We can plant as many trees for as many years as required to vacuum as much carbon out of the air as we want, and it's cheap, with a renaissance in hardwoods as a bonus.

              Planet's going to get warmer. It's not going to become a mad max post-apocalyptic hellscape, barring nukes or comets. Then, one day, it'll start getting cooler again. Probably about 100 years after we get our collective shit together.

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            2. Autoxidation
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              This kind of doomerism doesn't belong here. Climate change will absolutely force a change in our lifestyles, but it won't be the end of humans, or the end of human society. Neither will it be...

              I'll speak outloud a little secret, that everyone subconsciously knows:

              We're not going to make it.

              This kind of doomerism doesn't belong here. Climate change will absolutely force a change in our lifestyles, but it won't be the end of humans, or the end of human society. Neither will it be particularly bad if you're in a developed country; the areas that will suffer the most are some of the poorest in the world.

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    2. MimicSquid
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      I mean, unless you can afford to move somewhere else that has better weather, at some point you take on smaller costs that keep life livable. Some of those are not great for the environment, but...

      I mean, unless you can afford to move somewhere else that has better weather, at some point you take on smaller costs that keep life livable. Some of those are not great for the environment, but that kind of small-scale mitigation is all that can be done on an individual scale.

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