sheerun t1_itcno10 wrote on October 22, 2022 at 5:00 PM

We don’t need AGI for it but consensus and willpower. Also I’ve heard there is research it’s enough to put enough mud in oceans so to create water forests and algae ecosystems

HeinrichTheWolf_17 t1_itcqf3w wrote on October 22, 2022 at 5:19 PM

This right here, you don’t need AGI to switch to EVs and to gut coal power. It’s mainly the Chinese and US Government that are just stubborn to switch due to fat cats being the Grinch.

Silicon-Dreamer t1_itd29gw wrote on October 22, 2022 at 6:40 PM

I tend to agree, though in case anyone reading this is outside the US & doesn't follow US events, there's a rather stark division on who support EVs versus who do not. (After typing "electric vehicles site:congress.gov" into search, there's a noticeable trend... Would recommend not trusting my word alone, see for yourself.

mootcat t1_itd82g7 wrote on October 22, 2022 at 7:21 PM

Someone needs to call this out. What are you talking about? What sources do you have?

You aren't wrong that humanity could collectively act to better our situation, but you're trivialziing what would be a monumental task and...mud in oceans to create water forests...? Did you just pick random words and throw them together?

sheerun t1_itdbh3u wrote on October 22, 2022 at 7:45 PM

I said there is research about it and there is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Hnv_ZJSQY

mootcat t1_itdi0gr wrote on October 22, 2022 at 8:29 PM

Thanks for the link. That particular guy is on the wacky side, but Iron Fertilization, the core of his proposal, does have some promise and is being studied. However it faces the same major issues that any geoengineering endeavor, like injecting aerosols, does, we have no way of understanding the total environmental impact of such drastic actions.

Iron Fertilization is definitely a bit different from throwing mud into the sea and growing water forests, but yeah, there is potential promise and hopefully an advanced enough might be able to calculate the risks that we cannot.

sheerun t1_itdiu36 wrote on October 22, 2022 at 8:35 PM

I'm definitely not for "one ultimate" solution and putting all eggs in one basket. We should research and try large set of solutions at the same time. I mentioned this mud thing because it could potentially work, is eccentric, not widely known, and gives stark contrast to "AGI will solve this" mindset.