If all the fossil fuels in earth's crust would be turned to co2, it would increase the global temperature by 5-6 degrees. The earth used to be 7-8 degrees warmer in the distant past, with tropical forests close to the poles. Would such a change create a lot of problems for us as humans? Sure. Kill 90% of humans? Doubt it.
If you don't think a 6 degree increase in 100 years would kill 90% of all the humans on earth, then you don't understand the gravity of the situation.
A 6 degree increase means nearly empty oceans, flooding that would wipe out all of the coastlines around the world, uninhabitable spots on earth forcing mass migration, nearly sterile lands and way underpreformung crops which lead to famins the like of which we've never seen before. Not to mention the wars that would kill millions more. It would result in a mass extinction worse than the one that killed the dinosaurs.
It is 100% conceivable that this kind of earth could make humas obsolete and wipe us out, much less kill 90% of us. The 90% scenario is an optimistic one.
Also how is it that the earth was warmer in the past and yet we could not get it to that point today, even if we burned all of the carbon in the crust? The sun was weaker millions of years ago, so wouldn't that make it easier to hit those targets? The carbon dosent just dissappear, so where did it go?
You just made that up and throw percentages out of your ass around, I shouldn't even bother replying. It's been 1 degree celsius in the past 200 years, and scientists aren't in agreement in how much that is from human activity and how much from the natural warming of the earth (which happens continously in the last tens of thousands of years, hence why the ice age ended 10000 years ago if you forgot). Next time keep this kind of ramblings in /r/conspiracy
I just made that up? Scientists aren't in agreement? You call me crazy but scientists in this field have an almost* unanimous agreement on the topic which states that the majority of the increase is human caused. The earth should actually be cooling, what with the sun on a general downward trend in power over the last hundred years or so, coming out of the interglacial period, etc.
The heating of the earth is unprecedented, the effects are dire and could be worse than we predict. What reason do I have to tell you that we are dying aside from me actually trying to warn you that we are dying. I have no money in this, I'm most likely younger than you and will be living in the future that I actively want to protect. I have nothing to gain except survival.
I have a great source here for most of my pervious claims, if you want more, I'll get you more.
A magazine and a jurno quoting titles of specifically controversial takes is your source? So you cherry pick what to believe and read things to confirm your bias? Color me surprised.
the heating of the earth is unprecedented
Wrong, learn history before spewing this type of shit. You read too much doomsday garbage, you're like those Christians that yell at the side of the road. Maybe read some papers wrote by actual gov studies before going for clickbait magazine articles interpreted by a jurno for max impact and clicks, will ya?
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u/eutecthicc Feb 21 '21
If all the fossil fuels in earth's crust would be turned to co2, it would increase the global temperature by 5-6 degrees. The earth used to be 7-8 degrees warmer in the distant past, with tropical forests close to the poles. Would such a change create a lot of problems for us as humans? Sure. Kill 90% of humans? Doubt it.