Is This the Year We Doom Civilization? We may be losing our last, best chance to limit climate change

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Is This the Year We Doom Civilization?

For context, this is what the Republicans in Congress are throwing away:

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The plan has been voluntary terraforming catastrophe for briefly high stock prices for many years.
A little or a lot more every year. Though humanity is pretty resourceful and nature has tardigrades, "never say never" to some post-apocalyptic 10k populations of one or the other surviving somewhere.
- Right, collapse of modern civilization doesn't necessarily mean the extinction of humanity. We certainly won't be able to support 8-10 billion people, and not at the level of technology and luxury we enjoy, but I could see countries or cities with several million soldiering on.
  
  I just fear those surving peoples will be under authoritarian rule for generations
Everyone in a position of power wants the planet to burn
If they wanted a different outcome they hold all the power and accountability.
It the year was the first time trump got elected. The permafrost was melting and we went in the wrong direction. Its not so much if now as when.
Yes.
Of course. This will hold back humans getting off the planet for thousands of years. We got kind of close this round, will probably need another 3000-5000 years before the rock is left behind.
- good. Humanity should rot in this hellhole. Other solar systems are better off without us. My only worry is human-built machines spreading our way of thinking in our stead.
  
  I would hope by the time we get interstellar, we would have a different mindset. But you're right. Knowing humans we would strip mine most planets and kill all life that gets in the way.
- If petroleum ends up functionally depleted and it cannot be extracted from our cycle's detritus, it's more likely to be millions of years. Likely we will never leave this rock again.
- If we dont kessler syndrome ourselves and get stuck here first
There are many reasons to dread the future. An opportunity to watch the destruction of Florida is not one of them.
- Wouldn't it, essentially, become a giant sand bank of sorts?
Civilisation is overrated anyway.
Aw man I glanced at that chart thinking "oh that's pretty good!" before reading.
350 came and went. Were doomed. The only question is how badly.
Hold on, this roller coaster is just climbing up to the peak.