Well, I agree; panic stops can sure mess up the contents of the vehicle, but at some point you also start applying the brakes when you see a bumpy road ahead.
The only loss of ice we have charted remains largely seasonal and has been limited to the northern hemisphere.
Have you seen some of the mountain glacier retreats? That's hardly seasonal.
Trying to remove the present carbon-load in the earth’s air would prove to be far more costly and disruptive to industry that any gradual rise in sea levels.
No one's seriously talking about removal. Slowing down the rate of increase is the first issue.
What makes anyone think that we can stop and then reverse the process overnight or even a few generations?
Changing the present trajectory is what should be addressed first.
“Well, I agree; panic stops can sure mess up the contents of the vehicle, but at some point you also start applying the brakes when you see a bumpy road ahead.”
Getting out of the car and looking at the road doesn’t fix it.
For the past few years CO2 output in the US has stabilized while output in the emerging third world is skyrocketing, all the agreements in the world won’t ensure compliance and can’t promise results.
If we try to solve this with taxes the certain result is that the taxes will be with us even if the problem fixes itself.