Re:What’s the hottest the Earth’s ever been?
by thatguy0900 on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @06:49AM
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I don't know how fair it is to bring the last two years up. Our society was no closer in 2018 to solving climate change.
Re:What’s the hottest the Earth’s ever been?
by ngokevin on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @10:25AM
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I think the point is, we are even further. In terms of progress, time, support, and aptitude. We've witnessed that even in a more immediate and clearer emergency (i.e., millions of people dying), large swaths of society rejects facts or are not willing/capable to think long-term or at a global level
The social fabric of the western societies had been severely damaged.
Trust in science is at an all time low. The absurdly rich are absurdly richer. Not few people are now flirting openly with the idea to simply abandon those bulky civil liberties of the 20th century (2nd half) in order to save the world in the long run. So, in order to satisfy 2. ("green washing") and 3. ("emergency state") 1. (civil liberties) is the obvious pawn "sacrifice".