It would be hilarious if Trump's, Israel's and Iran's actions end up triggering significant climate action out of the sheer cost of continuing to burn oil. The last fuel crisis in the 70s actually caused significant amounts of research into alternatives and some interesting electric vehicles were actually released during that time

[–] Onyxonblack@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Hate to be that guy but -> "Total global Civilizational Collapse by 2050" is being tossed around. And going by the past absolute fuckery of prediction skills, that means we got at best till 2040.. No history or historians, just slow climate death and extinction for all.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

Doubt it. Climate change is already happening, but we can mitigate its effects the earlier we tackle it. Plus, no idea who is floating the collapse idea around.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

"Total global Civilizational Collapse by 2050" is being tossed around

By whom?

Idiots toss around a lot of stuff.