• HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    It’s an energy problem, not a smarts problem.

    Imagine the Hiroshima bomb.

    How much energy that contains.

    Now understand that, just from excess emissions alone, we are adding at least four of those nuclear explosions worth of energy into the atmosphere.

    Per second.

    That’s right, per second.

    There is no solving this without technology that would be indistinguishable from magic, so not happening. We had our chance, capitalism won, and those at the top are hoarding and preparing for what’s coming next.

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      1 month ago

      looks at a solar panels

      Yep, magic right there.

      Sees nuclear power plants

      What sorcery is this?!

      Observes EVs, heat pumps, biofuels…

      Mysteries beyond the comprehension of man!

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        1 month ago

        That’s an assumption that math and physics doesn’t support.

        There is no infinite well of technology and efficiency for us to draw from.

        That’s not to say we can’t find things that will help a lot, we should, but they won’t save us.

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            1 month ago

            You weren’t implying by saying that, that we could possibly have the magic technology to save ourselves 100 years from now? Sorry if I misunderstood.

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              Technology will keep developing in ways we can’t predict yet. I think it’s unlikely we can save all our even most of humanity, but you never know what will happen. There is already research being done into options for geo engineering and the way things are going they will probably end up being tried. Even though that’s already technically possible to most people that would still be like magic.