Climate change Earth has 11 years to avoid the worst scenarios

Re:Climate change Earth has 11 years to avoid the worst scen... by IntemerateApe on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @08:52PM (#29170198)

it seems like if you tell people we only have X years left, then they will be more than happy to sit on their ass for X-1 years

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Re:Climate change Earth has 11 years to avoid the worst scen... by dane-pgp on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @08:54PM (#29170216)

And then at X+1 years claim "Well, I guess it's too late to do anything now".

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Re:Climate change Earth has 11 years to avoid the worst scen... by CodeGlitch on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @04:04AM (#29172596)

This was me doing my homework in the 1990's.

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Re:Climate change Earth has 11 years to avoid the worst scen... by bamboozled on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @08:55PM (#29170225)

It's human nature to do this, why would you do something earlier than required if it takes effort? We only have a certain amount of energy / attention at our disposal.

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