"Solve" climate change. I see a lot of people talking about "solving" climate change. Yeah right. Climate change is real and it's happening, the best mankind can do is delay it and hopefully reduce the temperature increase, but we're not going to "solve" climate change. We may be able to reduce the amount of CO2 we put into the atmosphere by eliminating the sources through use of electric vehicles, using renewable energy, and hopefully reducing the crap manufacturing companies put into the air; however that will take decades. And while we might find a method to capture the methane cows and other domesticated animals pump into the atmosphere, the fact that temperatures are rising means that the tundra in Siberia and across the northern hemisphere is melting rapidly and that means that substantial amounts of methane will be emitted, causing temperatures to rise even quicker.
Plus the temperature rise is causing oceans to rise much quicker than anticipated, making huge swathes of land uninhabitable and the polluted air causes them to acidify and kill off coral and a lot of fish population, many of which we didn't even know existed.
And the biggest thing is, which most people don't even consider, is that the risen temperatures will be here for centuries. While there are methods to actually capture CO2 out of the atmosphere being studied, none of them are currently viable at the quantity needed to influence the rising temperature. To bring things back to even current levels we'd also need a way to reduce ocean temperatures and refreeze a good portion.
So climate change that we can't even envision today is inevitable. The storms and ensuing destruction of life and property, plus the rising temperature and sea levels are what we truly need to be building toward. Renewable energy is a good start, especially that impervious to weather. Puerto Rico is a good example of what can and will happen unless we take action now.
Sorry to be downcast, but the effects of climate change will be with the human race for the foreseeable future. We can either accept that, anticipate the changes, and build towards surviving it or bury our heads in the sand and die as a species.
I really feel for the next generation.
Plus the temperature rise is causing oceans to rise much quicker than anticipated, making huge swathes of land uninhabitable and the polluted air causes them to acidify and kill off coral and a lot of fish population, many of which we didn't even know existed.
And the biggest thing is, which most people don't even consider, is that the risen temperatures will be here for centuries. While there are methods to actually capture CO2 out of the atmosphere being studied, none of them are currently viable at the quantity needed to influence the rising temperature. To bring things back to even current levels we'd also need a way to reduce ocean temperatures and refreeze a good portion.
So climate change that we can't even envision today is inevitable. The storms and ensuing destruction of life and property, plus the rising temperature and sea levels are what we truly need to be building toward. Renewable energy is a good start, especially that impervious to weather. Puerto Rico is a good example of what can and will happen unless we take action now.
Sorry to be downcast, but the effects of climate change will be with the human race for the foreseeable future. We can either accept that, anticipate the changes, and build towards surviving it or bury our heads in the sand and die as a species.
I really feel for the next generation.
Last edited: