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> Climate change is a sexy issue, but health damage from air pollutants tends to cause more actual health damage. Except that climate change will ultimately le
by abraae 10y ago
> Climate change is a sexy issue, but health damage from air pollutants tends to cause more actual health damage.
Except that climate change will ultimately lead to absolute health damage for planet and all of its occupants.
That makes it way more important than health damage in the here and now, even though that's obviously easier to see and relate to.
- twistedpair 10y agoYou can grow new people (and voters). Takes about 18 years. However, making a new planet, or dropping the ocean levels, takes orders of magnitude longer.