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Hadochiel t1_j2e3nan wrote

Reply to comment by Idontwantyourfuel in We all think humans will destroy the earth, but in reality, Earth will destroy humans far before that. by cloudboy37

Except the greenhouse effect is exponential, Earth will likely end up like Venus; we'll effectively have destroyed the ecosystem beyond repair

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Komrade_Yuri t1_j2eem73 wrote

Earth has been here before us, it will be here Afterwards with humanity as a footnote to the list of things it survived with little effort

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Hadochiel t1_j2eeszu wrote

Here? Sure. But the concept of "Earth" as a planet that sustains life will be gone. But yeah, the third rock in orbit around Sol will still be there

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Komrade_Yuri t1_j2eevzc wrote

It will heal in time

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Hadochiel t1_j2ef2rs wrote

Exponential rise of the temperatures isn't exactly something that can be reversed in a closed system. Again, look at Venus

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Komrade_Yuri t1_j2efabk wrote

Perhaps, not like we'll be here to know for sure.

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Criticalhit_jk t1_j2f9b5e wrote

It's not as if actions do not have consequences; some things cannot be undone or magicked away. Humans have already done irreversible things to the planet and blindly assuming our guilt as a species will evaporate when we're gone is awfully optimistic

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