and we don't even need to rely exclusively on photos from aircraft to make this point: if we just visit a mountain range, we can _walk_ to a place where we can _feel_ that there is less air.

without any modern technology, we can make this observation!

April 08, 2026 - 16:17 UTC

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and we can check the temperature of boiling water and see that it's a lot lower. the reduced air pressure forces people to change recipes!
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also, a quick scan using google earth, or an airplane ride, shows how much land has been seized by humans.

between the tiny amount of air that we have, and the amount of the surface that we occupy with carbon-spewing machines, and the amount of time during which we have been spewing that carbon...
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