Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: climate change, was Re: Floppies Date: 30 Sep 2025 02:31:18 GMT Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <10aocau$1jued$1@dont-email.me> <10aodt0$1k427$1@dont-email.me> <10ap6o2$1qit3$1@dont-email.me> <1o4aqlx524.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10atvqa$2tidd$20@dont-email.me> <10au48o$2tidd$32@dont-email.me> <10bbfvk$2d348$2@dont-email.me> <10be5vp$32fs3$1@dont-email.me> <85cldkpsu9ii87ur5q4ndc2a8ercbn4mad@4ax.com> <10behdj$35i1j$4@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 0IMF+OUHu93/l1JTgR/67AQw3jsT2fJlucG30WYTHwlgCuqQ0O Cancel-Lock: sha1:aLYlHkDGnT51sD4WA7IEBE7bIwY= sha256:RLGGUdEJ6EAvTO7e/V7JnKJD513zFRlwooid27nSUt8= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:75441 On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 18:59:15 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > - we can actually do something about it, when nothing has ever made it > change in the past. That's what worries me. When it comes to tweaking the environment humanity has a history of fucking up royally with the best of intentions. Neal Stephenson's 'Termination Shock' make the case that when you start geoengineering there will be winners and losers. Back in the '90s when 'global warming' was still current Pournelle & Niven had a novel with the theme that the only thinking holding off the next ice age was anthropogenic global warming. I forget the title.