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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah it's scary that people don't seem to understand that this would lead to billions dead which would cause chaos and resources wars that totally doom the planet.

We need infrastructure to transition, we need technological innovations and cultural stability

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is actually another myth: the planet will do just fine - it is the humanity that will die as the result. Not that we would care about this nuance at that point...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not if we nuke it all into an irradiated wasteland in desperation.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That will take a few hundred million years to recover then. Not to the same biome, there will certainly be some crazy species popping up. From what i recall, Earth still has a few billion years before it is consumed by the Sun, should be ok.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's possible to ruin the planet enough that the things supporting life, the ozone layer and the atmosphere for example, are wrecked beyond repair and that the planet becomes permanently lifeless. Sure, technically the planet will still exist, but so will every other dead rock in space.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Please do not put this as a KPI! Let's give cockroaches a chance.