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Re:Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of... by davesque on Thursday August 05, 2021 @04:48PM (#28079571)
Don't give up hope. We licked CFCs and leaded gasoline. There are probably plenty of other times in history when we mobilized to solve a problem at scale. These are discouraging times for sure. But ultimately there's just no point in being hopeless.
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Re:Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of... by sizzle on Thursday August 05, 2021 @11:37PM (#28083047)
What’s the reference of licking cfcs referring to?
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Re:Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of... by jtms on Thursday August 05, 2021 @11:56PM (#28083171)
CFC == Chlorofluorocarbons, "lick" is slang for "defeating". It means we passed law prohibiting the use of CFCs.
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Re:Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of... by kenny11 on Thursday August 05, 2021 @11:53PM (#28083152)
Banning ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Protocol

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