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[–] queermunist 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A few million humans can probably survive huddled together near the poles, but for the billions that will die that's not really distinguishable from human extinction.

[–] beigegull 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you honestly think that's a likely scenario?

How would you describe your prediction in relation to the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum?

[–] queermunist 1 points 1 year ago

We face dangers beyond simple climate change.

The ocean wasn't full of plastic during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. There wasn't already a mass extinction underway before the climate shifted. The forests hadn't been chopped down, the oceans hadn't been overfished, the land hadn't been paved with concrete and asphalt. There weren't nuclear power plants that will melt down if they aren't properly decommissioned after their cooling reservoirs dry up, and there weren't nuclear weapons that will be fired off in the death throes of civilization.

Climate change is destabilizing, and that means everything else becomes much more dangerous too.

[–] c0mbatbag3l 1 points 1 year ago

Was the Paleocene era caused by industrial revolution? Oh wait... No it wasn't.