Climate Change Thread

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The biggest greenhouse gas is our continuing to exhale -- so how many billions need to be euthanized?

This isn't true at all, and I distinctly remember you being corrected on it last time.

The physical presence of more humans actually sequesters carbon from the atmosphere. The carbon that is exhaled is cycled, not added to the atmosphere as that carbon is taken from the atmosphere to begin with to become the food we eat...

The actions resulting from additional humans living on this planet is the real impact, as our emissions from industry, transportation and agriculture (think cows) are the main drivers of CO2/methane concentrations and thus climate change.

To be honest talking about the economy just highlights the lack of understanding about this issue. It's not about preventing a hotter Earth, its about preventing an Earth from getting hotter much, much faster than the biosphere can withstand. Will the economy keep growing if 40% of the biological diversity on Earth collapses and our seas acidify to the point where the coral reefs are all bleached and unable to support life?