On: The Fight to Save Coral (2017)

[guelo]

Anything above around 7 degrees of warming puts the human species itself at risk. Above 3 degrees civilization falls apart. Both of these are within range of possibility in the lifespan of children born today. All it would take is a few more Trump-style presidencies.

[irrational → guelo]

I think the OPs point is even then there would still be enough humans around to keep the species going. They probably wouldn't have todays technological benefits, but a few thousand humans could probably survive.

[dataflow → guelo]

> Anything above around 7 degrees of warming puts the human species itself at risk. Above 3 degrees civilization falls apart.

Could you elaborate/provide links on this? How/why would these happen?

[mrpopo → guelo]

> All it would take is a few more Trump-style presidencies.

I agree with the first statement, but so far, Trump presidency was not exactly a bad thing for the climate.

Economic war with China and renationalisation have positive impacts on CO2 emissions.

Iran sanctions increased oil prices.

Coal subsidies haven't succeeded in reviving the coal industry.

Poor, uneducated families still die from drug overdoses and immigration has decreased, reducing the US population growth.

I know that not all of these things are glorious, but I just wanted to point out that the bigger picture is more complicated than that.