Climate change and Destiny Studies: Creating our near and far futures
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Climate changemakes stringent demandson thinking about our future.Weneed two-sided reasoning to contend equitably with the risks of climate change and the risks of Òsolutions.Ó We need to differentiate the future 500 years fromnow and 50 years fromnow. This essay explores three pressing climate change issues, using both the 500-year and the 50-year time frames: sea level rise, the nuclear power Òsolution,Ó and fossil carbon abundance.
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