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D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
> ... The climate has always changed, and humanity has always
> successfully adapted.

Be careful there.  The total time of "human existance" on this earth is 
but a small sliver compared to the total time of existence of the earth 
itself.

While 'humanity' has, so far, adapted to the changes the climate has 
thrown at us for the small percentage of total earth time we have 
existed, the fossil record does record some rather drastic historic 
climate changes that very well could be beyond our ability to adapt to 
(i.e., they would be 'human extinction events' if they were to reoccur).

So while we have adapted to the changes we've seen, so far, we've not 
had to adapt to all the possible changes the earth is capable of 
throwing at us (because we were not around for most of those changes).