RE: UK inflation drops further than expected21 Dec 2023 10:41
"Yeah we should just keep dumping millions of tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere and oceans every year. What harm can it do?"
Let's keep it in proportion. Absolutely no harm whatsoever, possibly some good. CO2 concentration currently is around 0.04%. Maybe, but it is speculative as we could not measure the CO2 in 1850, maybe mankind is responsible for 25% of that, so 0.01%. Is it possible, do you think, that the continuous climate change we have seen for the last 4 billion years could be more influenced by the gigantic ball of fire and nuclear fusion that we call the sun, you know, that thing that provides 100% of all the energy on the planet. Sorry to sound a bit snarky, but CO2 is not a problem for the Earth. Pollution is a problem though and is a great reason for reducing emissions of pollutants, that should be our focus - CO2 is not a pollutant.