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Originally Posted by Eli34
As a civilization based on agriculture, we have grown through a relatively stable climatic period for the last 10,000 years. We will not survive as a civilization if we continue to warm up the planet with our carbon emissions. The rate of change will be too fast, we will not be able to adapt.
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I think it is probably too late to stop global climate change. I don't think we'll be able to turn back the clock on CO2 that fast.
However, I have great faith in human ingenuity. Humans started out in Africa, and we know they lived in Siberia during the Ice Age. Today we have major metropolitan cities from the tundra to the desert to the tropics. Unlike other animals, which adapt through a very slow process of evolution, mankind adapts quickly through use of technology. I don't see why we won't be able to adapt to a warmer world.