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Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity' by bpodgursky on Monday August 09, 2021 @12:44PM (#28119110)
If it was actually code red, we would waive literally all safety regulations and environmental policy reviews, and break ground on new plants tomorrow. And cost would be no object.
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Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity' by lutorm on Monday August 09, 2021 @06:41PM (#28123206)
Cost being no object doesn't mean you should choose unnecessarily expensive solutions...
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Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity' by varelse on Monday August 09, 2021 @05:42PM (#28122674)
I suspect you mean if the west believed it was actually code red...

Good luck with that...

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Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity' by bpodgursky on Monday August 09, 2021 @07:14PM (#28123493)
Yes. I do actually think it is critical, but it's clear that most people are using "code red" as a semantic device, not out of belief that we should act with _true_ urgency.
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