• fizzle@quokk.au
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    5 months ago

    I don’t think the forecasts necessarily built in “trying to stop it” but they certainly didn’t include “accelerating it” with dumbassery like AI.

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      5 months ago

      No, they did include “trying to stop it”. For example the ICC projections assume that, towards the end of the century, we start becoming carbon-negative by figuring out effective carbon capture.

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        5 months ago

        For example the ICC projections assume that, towards the end of the century, we start becoming carbon-negative by figuring out effective carbon capture.

        With magic fairy dust! How in the world did they base their projections on technology that didn’t exist and wasn’t even on the horizon?

        • Honse@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Bro the technology isn’t the limitation, it’s politics and the will of massive nations that prioritize money. They were right, we have the technology we need to correct it, but there is no magic button to fix it instantly

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        The first thing the peasants did when news of the french revolution reached them, was burn their local clerks’ records offices.