If humans gave up on geoengineering after 50 years, it could be far worse than if we had done nothing at all

[Wanderfound]

@coherent_light

Doing nothing may prove just as costly.

Doing nothing is absolutely fatal.

But geoengineering is a last-ditch desperation response that is most likely to lead to catastrophic failure. It is a vastly less desirable action than just leaving the carbon in the ground where it belongs.

Shut down the carbon industries, now. Fuck the economic consequences.

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