General Discussion

One: In the late 19th century a Dutch chemist was doing research on the properties of gases. He realized that one property of carbon dioxide was that it had the ability to produce a green house effect in a closed system. He predicted that the increased burning of coal (this was before the oil boom hit) would warm the atmosphere to the point of catastrophe. His only error was that he thought it would take two or three hundred years for the effect to be a problem.

Two: We as a society have no intention of ending business as usual. Making money is the be all, end all of our existence. Therefore, we are not going to do anything meaningful to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Alternate energy is just wishful thinking. 2024 again was the hottest year on record while simultaneously the pursuit of business as usual resulted in the greatest burning of coal on record. Even if we magically stopped using fossil fuels today, it is still too late to prevent the coming catastrophe. Get used to the idea that every coming year will be another hottest year on record. The planet is heading for a mass extinction event. It hurts me to know that this beautiful planet and all that lives on it will be destroyed in the geological blink of the eye because of the abject stupidity of one species.

Yes, that's just my opinion and I could be full of shit. But the fact is that physics is a real unforgiving mother.

I'm going to end with one further observation. We humans are very clever, but we are not very wise.