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Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
#41
RE: Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
(January 14, 2023 at 6:20 am)Helios Wrote:
Quote:They will be good places to live
No, they will not be .... Dodgy

Why? Antarctica was green millions of years ago and dinosaurs lived there.
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#42
RE: Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
Quote:Why? Antarctica was green millions of years ago and dinosaurs lived there.
Again you keep making this naive assumption that because in the past place, X was good when it was warm that means it will be good now. That's not the way climate works.
"Change was inevitable"


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#43
RE: Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
(January 14, 2023 at 6:03 am)Helios Wrote: Pointing out earth had varied temperatures in the past due to gradual natural shifts does not mean rapid artificial shifts are good for us.
Can't species just move to higher latitudes? Even trees can move naturally at 2.5 miles/year.

Quote:https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Aether/...%20cities.
Melting permafrost will degrade infrastructure across 70 percent of Russia’s landmass
Areas with permafrost are very sparcely populated.
Quote:Droughts, floods, and extreme weather events will make parts of Russia less habitable and economically productive.

But areas that are currently extremely cold will become more habitable in the future.

Quote:https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/11/0...n-kalmykia
Higher temperature means more water evaporation from oceans and more rainfall on land. So deserts will likely shrink. Sahara's green periods strongly correlate with warm interglacials.
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#44
RE: Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
(January 14, 2023 at 6:26 am)Helios Wrote:
Quote:Why? Antarctica was green millions of years ago and dinosaurs lived there.
Again you keep making this naive assumption that because in the past place, X was good when it was warm that means it will be good now. That's not the way climate works.
How do you know the way climate works? There is strong scientific evidence that warmer wetter climate is good for life. Aren't atheists supposed to trust the evidence?
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#45
RE: Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
Quote:Can't species just move to higher latitudes? Even trees can move naturally at 2.5 miles/year.
Flooding isn't the only issue 

Quote:Areas with permafrost are very sparcely populated.
That won't be the case if more people move to those places 


Quote:But areas that are currently extremely cold will become more habitable in the future.
The cold isn't the only thing that can render a place unhabitable


Quote:Higher temperature means more water evaporation from oceans and more rainfall on land. So deserts will likely shrink. Sahara's green periods strongly correlate with warm interglacials.
That simply isn't always the case 2. Once again pointing to natural climate conditions of the past is a bad method of comparing it to now 3. More intense rainfall can be a negative too.
"Change was inevitable"


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#46
RE: Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
Quote:How do you know the way climate works ?
We have studied climate change consistently and the negatives are well known 



Quote:There is strong scientific evidence that warmer wetter climate is good for life
There is evidence under certain conditions at certain times warmer wetter climates CAN be good for life and they also can be bad for life. It's not perfect either or the situation. And depending on climate conditions you may not get either.


Quote:Aren't atheists supposed to trust the evidence?
I do which is why reject your claims and accept the science that this is a net negative.
"Change was inevitable"


Nemo sicut deus debet esse!

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 “No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM


      
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#47
RE: Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
(January 14, 2023 at 6:40 am)Helios Wrote:
Quote:Can't species just move to higher latitudes? Even trees can move naturally at 2.5 miles/year.
Flooding isn't the only issue 
I mean that species can move closer to North and South poles. Only equatorial regions will probably become uninhabitable.

Quote:That won't be the case if more people move to those places
But people would move there only if those places will become MORE habitable.

Quote:The cold isn't the only thing that can render a place unhabitable
In case of Russia cold is the primary cause of low habitability

Quote: More intense rainfall can be a negative too.
It was very positive for Sahara.
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#48
RE: Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
(January 14, 2023 at 6:49 am)Helios Wrote:
Quote:How do you know the way climate works ?
We have studied climate change consistently and the negatives are well known
If you studied it consistently you would know that mammals flourished during PETM when temperature was 10 degrees Celsius higher.

Quote: under certain conditions at certain times
Average Earth's temperature was 6 degrees Celsius higher for the last 500 million years and life was doing just fine so generally warmer wetter climate is good for life.

Quote:
Quote:Aren't atheists supposed to trust the evidence?
I do which is why reject your claims and accept the science that this is a net negative.
Scientists say that warmer wetter climate is a net positive.
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#49
RE: Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
(January 14, 2023 at 6:15 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote:
(January 14, 2023 at 5:59 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: You really expect any of those to become superpowers?

Boru
They will be good places to live

Which has fuck all to do with Russia regaining superpower status.

Boru
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#50
RE: Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
Quote:I mean that species can move closer to North and South poles. Only equatorial regions will probably become uninhabitable.
Nope, eventually, these effects will harm species even in the farthest regions of the earth. This also assumes these species can make it there. 


Quote:But people would move there only if those place will become MORE habitable.
Not necessarily. They may move there during a more habitable period only to then suffer the later drawbacks, by the way, permafrost affects things well outside its immediate region so even not living in the permafrost regions will be affected.


Quote:In case of Russia cold is the primary cause of low habitability
Now it is and in the future,  other factors will be the cause.


Quote:It was very positive for Sahara.
Under the climate conditions of the time by the method of warming that caused it. It can't be used as a comparison to now.... Dodgy
"Change was inevitable"


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