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Old 12-06-2021, 07:53 PM   #515 (permalink)
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You cannot light a fire as big as the entire surface of Earth ( oceans included ) and expect zero consequences.
'Equivalent to'?

Scott Adams is fond of pointing out that the 'slippery [geometric] slope' doesn't exist. It's more a web of interacting pendulums.

Fossil fuel use is symptomatic of the greater threat to humankind -- humankind itself.
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