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inigyouyesterday at 3:13 PM1 replyview on HN

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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NoGravitasyesterday at 3:39 PM

Sure, it will "only" look like another one of the Big Five extinction events.

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