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Re:Why Climate Change Won't Be Stopped (2018) by adrianN on Friday June 26, 2020 @12:30PM (#23653832)
Most countries managed to get the pandemic mostly under control. If we managed to do the same for climate change, we'd be pretty far along.
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Re:Why Climate Change Won't Be Stopped (2018) by claudeganon on Friday June 26, 2020 @12:38PM (#23653934)
It would be more accurate to say that it won’t be stopped because the US has demonstrated itself committed to the internal logic of its tribalisms over objective reality and scientific truth.
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Re:Why Climate Change Won't Be Stopped (2018) by seanwilson on Friday June 26, 2020 @12:39PM (#23653946)
> Most countries managed to get the pandemic mostly under control.

How much of this is because of the points I mentioned though? The US and the UK took their time going into lockdown for example.

In contrast and largely because of the time scales of climate change, it would be even easier to deny the negative impact of climate change and deny the positive influence of preemptive action.

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