Talk:Climate change/Archive2

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"positive effects"[edit]

"Global average temperatures were higher during the Jurassic period than they are today. This does not, unfortunately, mean that global warming will bring back the extinct dinosaurs. The currently living ones such as chickens, on the other hand, may evolve to fill the new niches. So if you want a world where your puny children are mere morsels for the almighty Cockasaurus Rex, trade in that SUV for a Hummer."

This isn't really a valid point; it is logically nonsensical (there's no source even backing up deniers saying this), and even if it is, it's just a recycle of the denialist talking point "CO2 is plant food" or whatever. Maybe the sentences are played for a joke, but it's not really good enough for this page IMO. --It's-a me, Lgm sigpic.png LeftyGreenMario! 22:18, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Solutions[edit]

Also noticed "Living with it". It's a denialist tactic to say "we can just adapt to it" (which is not discussed in this article; unless I'm missing something, but I've scrolled through this page a few times, didn't see it). However the section goes into just... change of planting corn in Illinois. Severe lack of breadth aside, I know that's going to happen sooner or later, but this "solution" if you can even call that one, is still going to leave tons of people dead and otherwise severe disruption in various parts of the globe that many countries will be burdened to deal with. You think this gap in our coverage should be in a gold article? I have my doubts. --It's-a me, Lgm sigpic.png LeftyGreenMario! 22:26, 18 December 2022 (UTC)