The sudden rapid re-release of all that sequestered carbon is as natural as the process that formed it 378M years ago.
Let me highlight. You are telling industrial revolution, and the emmision of green house gases is as natural as, some other process happened in the nature? And humans continued doing it even after knowing the consequences of it, even when there were much better alternatives abundantly available?
You are telling industrial revolution, and the emmision of green house gases is as natural as, some other process happened in the nature?
Or as unnatural, if you prefer. Humans are a product of their biome. Human intelligence is a result of the same natural selection processes that created photosynthesis and fungal decomposition. Human behaviors are a result of ecological forces and stimulus. Human economics is predicated on the raw natural materials available for development. Human science is predicated on the observation of the natural world.
I’m struggling to see the “natural” part of it.
Show me a thing a human has done that a natural force hasn’t.
Everything from naturally occurring nuclear reactors to Natural polymers (aka: plastics) already exist. And our industrial application of their techniques is the result of our study of their natural function.
We’re an invasive species. We’re an apex predator. We produce tons of non-decomposible waste products. But other species - particularly, species responsible for global extinction events - have filled this role in prior eras.
We recognize the hazards of this very natural and organic process of human proliferation and development as a problem only because we can recognize the ultimate outcomes of unchecked growth.
The only truly unnatural thing humans do is to recognize our own threat of mass extinction and actively seek to prevent it.
As far as I am aware, nothing has ever released this much sustained co2 over such a short period. Even outliers like the Deccan traps did it far more slowly.
So there’s usually, after a while, bacteria develop that can consume stuff. Plastic currently stays just because the bacteria consuming it haven’t developed yet.
But there was one exception. Early trees. Nothing could consume those. Dead trees just piled up and turned into coal. After millions of years, bacteria that can consume dead trees developed, but they still couldn’t consume the coal.
But way later, another species developed, one that digs out the coal and consumes it by burning it.
If we look at it this way, the only “unnatural” thing here is those trees that resisted consumption for so long.
Let me highlight. You are telling industrial revolution, and the emmision of green house gases is as natural as, some other process happened in the nature? And humans continued doing it even after knowing the consequences of it, even when there were much better alternatives abundantly available?
I’m struggling to see the “natural” part of it.
Humans are part of nature.
Being part of nature doesn’t make your behavior natural.
Humans existed on this planet for thousands of years without releasing massive amounts of carbon.
Humans are part of nature as well
Or as unnatural, if you prefer. Humans are a product of their biome. Human intelligence is a result of the same natural selection processes that created photosynthesis and fungal decomposition. Human behaviors are a result of ecological forces and stimulus. Human economics is predicated on the raw natural materials available for development. Human science is predicated on the observation of the natural world.
Show me a thing a human has done that a natural force hasn’t.
Everything from naturally occurring nuclear reactors to Natural polymers (aka: plastics) already exist. And our industrial application of their techniques is the result of our study of their natural function.
We’re an invasive species. We’re an apex predator. We produce tons of non-decomposible waste products. But other species - particularly, species responsible for global extinction events - have filled this role in prior eras.
We recognize the hazards of this very natural and organic process of human proliferation and development as a problem only because we can recognize the ultimate outcomes of unchecked growth.
The only truly unnatural thing humans do is to recognize our own threat of mass extinction and actively seek to prevent it.
As far as I am aware, nothing has ever released this much sustained co2 over such a short period. Even outliers like the Deccan traps did it far more slowly.
So there’s usually, after a while, bacteria develop that can consume stuff. Plastic currently stays just because the bacteria consuming it haven’t developed yet.
But there was one exception. Early trees. Nothing could consume those. Dead trees just piled up and turned into coal. After millions of years, bacteria that can consume dead trees developed, but they still couldn’t consume the coal.
But way later, another species developed, one that digs out the coal and consumes it by burning it.
If we look at it this way, the only “unnatural” thing here is those trees that resisted consumption for so long.
There actually are multiple bacteria which can eat PET plastic now. The ocean is lousy with them because that’s where we put all the plastic. :)