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hatrack

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3. It could, if it gets bad enough . . .

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 5, 2025, 09:33 PM

Feb 2025

But the likeliest outcome of something like that would be to simply invest in the next generation of air conditioning and pretend that it's a "solution".

Can't remember the author, but the quote is perfect: "We'll keep on doing what we do until we can't, and then we won't".

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Data, models, theories, predictions. The outcomes are usually worse. bucolic_frolic Feb 2025 #2

It could, if it gets bad enough . . . hatrack Feb 2025 #3