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I am terrified of climate change (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'll keep this short and sweet. Some random guy on the internet compiled together and summarized a bunch of climate research papers analyzing global trends and a bunch of different slow actors that are all going to kick in soon like the permafrost in Russia or the polar ice caps etc.

While I have not yet gone through the sources the author links and quotes extensively, this still has me extremely worried and I think that unless society somehow drastically changes and devotes a significant effort in doing something about it, we're all going to die within half a century.

I'm sorry for bringing doomerism into a safe space like Beehaw, but I'm scared and I can't sleep.

Also I'm not going to link the document in question because the author goes on a rant about billionaires and greed, and while I haven't decided whether or not I agree I'm not sure the tone fits the community.

Sorry again and have a good one !

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

we're all going to die within half a century.

If it helps, this is 100% grade-A bullshit. Science does not say this. Scientists do not say this. It is absolutely a lie.

You're welcome.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

can you give sources where they explicitly don't say this? i'd like to ease my anxiety as well

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not how this works, that's not how any of this works

You want me to post a source where scientists aren't saying absolute bullshit? A scenario where the human race is wiped out is actually so absurd, no scientists that I'm aware of are even LOOKING at it.

It's basically (smokes blunt) yoooo duuude like, what if...what if...like...the moon were to fall, man, that would be craaaaazy

And then you want a scientific study with thousands of dollars on how the moon won't fall and that's not even how gravity works.

Here's actual information on what climate change does from NASA, the EPA, NOAA, and Wikipedia. Nothing anywhere even discusses human extinction.

Human extinction is NOT A THING. We are cockroaches, with opposable thumbs and pack hunting instincts and highly evolved brains. We're the most unkillable life form ever created in the history of life. We can live in SPACE for fucks sake. Even global thermonuclear war can't kill us. NOTHING can kill us.

We'll destroy the whole planet and live as kings of the ashes, that's what you should actually be worried about. Not what happens to our species. We'll be fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We're the most unkillable life form ever created in the history of life.

There's thirteen known species in the genus homo. Twelve of those are extinct.

It's not a given that climate change will lead to human extinction but there's no reason we should tempt fate.