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[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

We're at the point we're pretty bad things happen, but not yet at the point where they're bad enough to take down civilization. Acting quickly will keep it from getting that bad

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Unfortunately, humans tend to defer action to prevent future catastrophe until bad things are presently happening or have happened. And they will defer longer when more immediate personal interest comes into play or if another immediate threat exists, like being fired and becoming homeless as a result of actively protesting.

Since climate change isn't significantly affecting rich people monetarily or otherwise, and because of human nature, including greed, selfishness, cowardice, I am skeptical we are going to correct fast enough.

I hope I am wrong and certain people in power wake up and change tack. We still have a chance to avert unprecedented disaster.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago

There has started to be change. The US and EU are actually cutting emissions already, and it looks like China is about to.

It's that we're not cutting emissions to zero quickly enough yet. That's going to take a lot of work to make it happen.

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