The CO2 itself would probably be somewhat beneficial. The problem is, humans artificially doubling an important molecule will most certainly have an impact on other systems. It's basically uncontrolled terraforming without knowing what the end result will be.
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Better get the guberment to tax it then š¤”
Maybe, except that there's little evidence that even one tiny prediction of the harm has come true, and the assumption that we ought to be deliberately manipulating the environment, blocking out the sun, modifying the air, and also taxing people trillions of dollars and politicizing every single industry and even human breath seems like 1000x the problem and negative externalities versus protecting our basic liberties.
I think having the freedom to progress, protect more people, produce more energy in more varied and creative ways, raise the global population out of poverty, and having the humility to consider that we might not be able to "engineer the world" any better than nature, or that deliberately causing extreme widespread poverty and allowing arrogant centralized governments to control every aspect of our lives might not be a "better" course of action.
thanks Guy for having the patience to articulate the debate. I usually break down and start name calling at that point
I try really hard not to attach myself to my conclusion. Though I obviously do a ton of the time because Iām human and very opinionated š
But otherwise I do just like to dig into ideas and enjoy testing assumptions, sometimes specifically *because* of how heated it can get, lol. Glad you appreciate the conversation. šš»
Back to the topic:
-CO2 is rising, check (280 ppm since industrial revolution)
-Sea levels are rising in response, check (obviously)
-Rising sea levels are bad for coastal cities, check
Yeah you can argue that in the grand scheme of things this rise is not overly unhealthy for the planet, and that all these coastal cities and towns are going to have to just take the hit, bad luck for them, but hey, good luck for Russian and Danish shipping companies.
But if someone wants to argue that we should make an effort to protect the currently-settled coastal areas, then can't really poo poo that argument either.