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malfisttoday at 2:08 PM1 replyview on HN

You say that, but run away greenhouse gases can sterilize the entire planet, like Venus.


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inigyoutoday at 3:13 PM

Fortunately that particular extreme scenario doesn't seem likely. Radiance scales with the fourth power of temperature, and we're not filling the atmosphere with Venus levels of sulfuric acid. Our CO2 output will be self-limiting when it kills us and we stop outputting it.

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