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NEW VIDEO: Geoengineering: A Horrible Idea We Might Have to Do
🕑 Added 2020-10-27 15:15:17 +0000 UTCBy the end of the 21st century, humanity is becoming desperate. Decades of heatwaves and droughts have led to unusually poor harvests, while the warming oceans yield fewer fish each year. In the tropical zones, millions suffer from famine and resource wars have made millions more flee to the north. As things quickly get worse, in an act of desperation, the world's governments decide to enact an emergency plan...
It is far from certain that a grim scenario like this will play out. But the failure of world leaders to effectively address climate change, makes it far from impossible. So in the near future it might become necessary to try something radical to slow down rapid climate change: Geoengineering. Interventions so massive in scale that they might undo centuries of human behavior. Or make everything much worse. What is geoengineering, is it really an option and what if it goes wrong?
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litl_big_chick
I feel there are some inaccuracies: Fish are getting fewer mostly because of extreme overfishing. Pollution will continue to increase and accumulate in the food chain - and we are at the top. Famines from crop failure is likely come from top-soil destruction. And population growth are making everything more and more unstable. Transitions from interglacial to glacial periods has happened in just a decade before - the ecosystems adapted. Today we prevent that adaptation from happening by occupying literally all good places on earth.
Another amazing video!
