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New Study Posits Aliens Might Also Be Dealing With Climate Change Even If They Use Clean Energy
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9/23/2024
Global warming is a real existential threat to humanity. However, while we face this and attempt to reel in our use of fossil fuels, a new study posits alien civilizations are likely doing the same.
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Global warming is a real existential threat to humanity.
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And while we face this and attempt to reel in our use of burned fuels, a new study posits
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alien civilizations could be going through the same thing.
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Since the industrial revolution, our planet has been warming at an accelerated rate, with
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scientists saying the speed has tripled in just the last few decades.
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However, the new analysis outlines that even if an alien civilization was more careful
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than us and used less toxic energy sources, they would eventually be in the same boat
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anyways.
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That's because, as we know it, energy means heat, and as our population grows, our reliance
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on more and more energy does, as well.
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With one of the authors telling Universe Today that current waste is minimal, though they
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add, quote, however, if heat production proceeds on an exponential trajectory for the next
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century, a further 1.8 degree Fahrenheit rise in temperature may stem from waste heat, independent
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of any enhanced greenhouse effect because of fossil fuels.
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So what would that mean for an alien species?
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Well, once they get to the point of being a civilization living in a post-industrial
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world, the researchers' calculations point to a 1,000-year timeline before exponential
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population growth and the accompanying waste heat put them in the same situation as us,
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though they add other species might employ super-advanced technology like solar shielding
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or relocate their civilizations altogether.
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