Comment by colechristensen
Comment by colechristensen 21 hours ago
Folks are worried about phase change, the flip from one set of patterns to a different set of patters. That is much different than a linear "every ton makes things a bit worse".
There is going to be big fundamental change, but people need to stop thinking about it like "the sky is falling" and instead ask "how are we going to adapt?"
People are going to have to move to where water is available, to where heat is less of a problem, and large scale infrastructure is going to change. A lot of struggle is going to go along with that change but starting to plan now and predict where is going to be habitable and how to prepare for that is what people should be doing instead of the shame and doom.
To be clear, I'm worried about phase changes too, and I probably made it sound more gradual than it actually is. But there will be more than just one phase major change, and for any particular phase change, less CO2 makes it less likely.
Thanks for the clarification.