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Topic	New models suggest earth could see 7 C of warming by 2100
s0nicfan 09/17/19 11:27:28 AM #8:	pls posted... Questionmarktarius posted... Demand the US and Europe gut their economies, while letting China and India do whatever they want. That'll surely work, right? Not even. There is nothing stopping us from raising a few trillion dollars and putting millions of Americans, Canada and Central/South America included, to work installing solar panels and wind farms and building more nuclear. And planting trees. We could massively change the course of history with just a couple of years of World War mobilization. About that.... https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49567197 At scale, wind and solar power may actually do more damage to the environment than traditional methods because a synthetic gas required to manage them is 23,000% more damaging than CO2 and lingers for a thousand years. Right now the impact is relatively small because the number of solar and wind farms is relatively small, but we might be completely fucking ourselves over if we go all in on these technologies without better understanding the environmental impact. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz <cite>s0nicfan posted [p:927561707] in New models... [t:78020783]...</cite> <quote>pls posted...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite> <quote>Demand the US and Europe gut their economies, while letting China and India do whatever they want. That'll surely work, right?</quote> Not even. There is nothing stopping us from raising a few trillion dollars and putting millions of Americans, Canada and Central/South America included, to work installing solar panels and wind farms and building more nuclear. And planting trees. We could massively change the course of history with just a couple of years of World War mobilization. </quote> About that.... https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49567197 At scale, wind and solar power may actually do more damage to the environment than traditional methods because a synthetic gas required to manage them is 23,000% more damaging than CO2 and lingers for a thousand years. Right now the impact is relatively small because the number of solar and wind farms is relatively small, but we might be completely fucking ourselves over if we go all in on these technologies without better understanding the environmental impact. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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