re: #215 NukeAtomrod

In a very broad way, a warmer Earth is a wetter Earth and therefore better for life. A cooler Earth makes cooler warm ocean currents, which causes an expansion of deserts, shorter growing seasons, etc.

If I thought CO₂ emissions caused higher temperatures, I would probably argue that we should emit more. The extra CO₂ would be fuel for more vegetation and the warmer atmosphere would promote its growth. The Earth would become more lush and provide for more animal life. To a point, at least…

I can agree that increased temps and CO2 would probably be better for life on earth- in the very long term. However, a relatively quick increase would almost certainly be devestating and costly for reasons I mentioned in part above.