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NNadir

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4. I understand but I do think it it technically feasible...

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 3, 2020, 09:48 AM

Mar 2020

...if not cheap or easy to repair at least some of the damage, but only if we change our thinking.

That is actually the hardest part, changing our thinking.

I do wonder if adaptation is actually easier or cheaper than remediation however. We could very easily find it a disastrous failure to attempt adaptation. Neither that nor remediation are anything short of vast, expensive, and in many cases tragic engineering challenges.

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For the first time in this century, weekly CO2 readings at Mauna Loa are 25 ppm over 10 years ago. [View all] NNadir Mar 2020 OP

I have been reading your posts about the levels for awhile cstanleytech Mar 2020 #1

Well, I guess it depends on how much you value human life. NNadir Mar 2020 #2

I am simply being pragmatic NNadir. cstanleytech Mar 2020 #3

I understand but I do think it it technically feasible... NNadir Mar 2020 #4

Well if you consider that there will be other shifts in the climate in cstanleytech Mar 2020 #5

I don't think a major tech jump is necessary. NNadir Mar 2020 #6