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The earth is doomed

Friendly Engineer said:
Another case of kicking the can down the road, eventually the excess CO2 will have to be removed by our descendants.
Oh well. Hopefully they don't resent us too much.
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One thing people don't get about headline figures for the cost of tackling climate change;
the money isn't pissed up the wall, it goes towards jobs, research, materials, and contributes to economic activity.

Example: A government grant funds the research into a new type of solar panel
A multitude of researchers are funded for a couple of years (jobs)
Local manufacturing firms receive orders for prototypes (jobs)
Materials are mined (jobs)
Patents then exploit the green technology

and all through that process is tax at every level. The government recoups the investment!
 
Friendly Engineer said:
One thing people don't get about headline figures for the cost of tackling climate change;
the money isn't pissed up the wall, it goes towards jobs, research, materials, and contributes to economic activity.

Example: A government grant funds the research into a new type of solar panel
A multitude of researchers are funded for a couple of years (jobs)
Local manufacturing firms receive orders for prototypes (jobs)
Materials are mined (jobs)
Patents then exploit the green technology

and all through that process is tax at every level. The government recoups the investment!
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Same goes for space programmes.
 
Friendly Engineer said:
Another case of kicking the can down the road, eventually the excess CO2 will have to be removed by our descendants.
Oh well. Hopefully they don't resent us too much.
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It will? Photosynthesis is the single greatest regulator of atmospheric CO2. Not atmospheric inputs. The green biomass has been increasing the last several years.

Anthropogenic Climate change is a grossly oversimplified model that looks at a complex system that ONLY factors in one input and ignores the single greatest carbon sequestration system on the planet
 
If you’re concerned about CO2 inputs complain about coal power generation on WeChat.
China has plans to open 85 new coal plants in 2026
 
Publius said:
It will? Photosynthesis is the single greatest regulator of atmospheric CO2. Not atmospheric inputs. The green biomass has been increasing the last several years.

Anthropogenic Climate change is a grossly oversimplified model that looks at a complex system that ONLY factors in one input and ignores the single greatest carbon sequestration system on the planet
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Photosynthesis is already included in climate science, while natural carbon sinks absorb a lot of CO2, they haven’t kept atmospheric CO2 from rising. Climate models include carbon sequestration. Human emissions are outpacing what natural carbon sinks can absorb.
 
Publius said:
If you’re concerned about CO2 inputs complain about coal power generation on WeChat.
China has plans to open 85 new coal plants in 2026
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As for the Chinese, I absolutely think it's wrong they're still building coal power stations.
 
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