Comments by "Valorie Napoletana" (@valorienapoletana4063) on "Astrum" channel.

  1. Interesting question, I absolutely don't agree with your belief, but a good question. These cycles are going to happen regardless of our ability to amplify them. As the video states however, the IPCC states it is "unequivocal that human influence has warmed the ocean, atmosphere and land." And I have never seen a single scientific study that even comes close to offering an alternative explanation. The cycles then are something we can influence. We should probably stop claiming it's some sort of catastrophic climate change and instead explain we have entered a new technological era... the age of terraforming. We are altering the manner in which our planet is impacted by these cycles and the magnitude of these cycles. The problem however is that we have likely drastically overshot the safety ranges of the terraforming we'd want to enjoy with no ability to backtrack... possibly whatsoever but at least in any reasonable amount of time. Simply put this is a matter of capability. And we're no where near close to such capabilities. As the video ends it states the same: "Perhaps, our mastery of this planet will increase until these cycles are no match for us and we'll be able to set the weather and temperature to whatever we want it to be on a given moment. But those days are a LONG way away." Simply put, you're making the case that we're far more technologically advanced than we are and that our influence doesn't provide significant alteration to a massively complex and dynamic and fragile in shifting system. We see the change. I can produce it in a lab... same as my colleagues around the world see it in the field. The impact of which is important. And while there may be some benefits to keeping it nice in Chicago and New York... the overall consequences of what we're massively outweigh such benefits.
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  2.  @bobbyj0708  I'd suggest that we've entered the age of terraforming with reckless, capitalistic abandon and pretending that's not able to be a horrific problem, especially in terms of human rights and suffering is not helpful. Is it the apocalypse some make it out to be? I don't know. We can't know these things but the direction they're going in... and what would be impacted if we continue it unchecked is alarming. I am aware of everything you bring up and more. I am a chemist. That our world is warming isn't as big a concern as how and how fast to me. The historical models show there are mechanisms which halt the warming if occurring in natural circumstances. But those processes take millennia. While we're on pace to exceed the tolerances we've studied in Phanerozoic time by what seem to be uncomfortable margins without knowing what that would do. You seem to imply our lack of understanding means we shouldn't be careful in engaging the age of terraforming. I'd suggest instead that panicking may not be helpful, but if my personal spaceship was beginning to overheat and showing no signs of stopping anytime soon... I'd probably panic a bit... so forgiving such people is important even as we help them understand that we have some changes that need to occur so we can terraform properly and not recklessly.
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  3. 7600 gallons vaporized per minute. H2O is the single biggest factor in the greenhouse effect on earth. Adding to it is about as carbon equivalent to any other power plant, especially when examined locally. We need to start thinking less about carbon and more about energy efficiency and the thermodynamics of our planet. You seem confused over buzz words and a misunderstanding of the full context of the environmental system that's being discussed.
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