Rutgers: Scientists Question the Use of "Tipping Point" Metaphor in Climate Change Discussions

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4. My little illustration was reductio ad absurdum

It demonstrates the fastest cuts could be made through birth control.

I think the billionaire class wants a population collapse and to basically repopulate the earth with their seed . These are people whose stupidity and crassness are unfathomable to the decent human mind.

I realized after the Trump/Musk “interview” that Musk is essentially totally ignorant of even the most basic facet of climate science.

https://singjupost.com/full-transcript-elon-musk-interviews-donald-trump/?singlepage=1

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So it’s you know, I don’t think it’s right to sort of vilify the oil and gas industry. And the world has a certain demand for oil and gas, and it’s probably better if the United States provides that than some other countries. And it would help with prosperity in the US. And at the same time, obviously, my view is, is like, we do over time want to move to a sustainable energy economy, because eventually you do run out of I mean, you run out of oil and gas.

Climate Change Concerns

ELON MUSK: It’s not there. It’s not infinite. And there is some risk. I think it’s not the risk is not as as high as, you know, a lot of people say it is with respect to global warming.

But I think if you just keep increasing the cost of a million in the atmosphere long enough, eventually, it actually simply gets uncomfortable to breathe, people don’t realize this. If you go, if you go past 1000 parts per million of CO2, you start getting headaches and nausea. And so we’re now in the sort of 400 range, we’re adding, I think, about roughly two parts per million per year. So I mean, still gives us what it means, like, we still have quite a bit of time.

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That level of ignorance is appalling, especially in the CEO of a company with a reputation for combatting climate change. So, yeah, I’m not surprised he doesn’t understand the dynamics of population growth.

I agree it all looks bleak. But after we all die at least it will be nice for the billionaires and their minions.

No, I don’t think it will be. I don’t believe they will survive much longer than the rest of us (and perhaps not as long… remind me, how did the French nobility make out in the 18th century? How about the Russian nobility in the early 20th century?)