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This confirms my suspicions that this can’t be fixed. We could discover fusion tomorrow, stop all CO2 release and we’re still on a catastrophic path that will wipe out a big part of humanity.

Anything we do is just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

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Maybe you should read the report before claiming that it confirms your apocalyptic visions.

The lowest emission scenario in the report, with emissions falling to zero by 2050, keeps global warming below 1.5C. Yours, "discover fusion tomorrow, stop all CO2 release" would obviously do even better.

Global warming of “under 1.5C” is still catastrophic. Florida is underwater.

We might strongly suspect catastrophe, but we don't really know it.

Ah, this magic shift by reactionaries to "it's over, no point" that just serves the same purpose of the previous deny and delay phases.

Wrong. Based on the data, we’re on track for catastrophic warming regards of what we do.

Or are you a denier?

> Or are you a denier?

You really are 100% trolling on this site.

Here's refurb's previous "contributions" to the topic for anyone curious as to why I called him out:

> Do you have data showing that every hurricane, tornado, fire and monsoon season is “getting worse and worse”?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28094216

> Pretty sure they predicted the collapse of another ocean current like 5 years ago, yet here we are.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28086413

I'm confident that there's more where that came from.

Update: As I thought, here's some more FUD/derailing on climate change in just the last month or two:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27739215

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27727460

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27711924

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27699141

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27671657

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27671641

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27872967

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27792095

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27771181

And you're talking about good faith in other comments?

Do you regard asking questions as FUD?

It's blatant.

Blatant what? Asking questions?

Removing CO2 from the atmosphere would help.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_sequestration

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