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It's kind of brilliant, in a perverse way. In 2028, there will be strong indicators of continued climate change. But denialists will be able to say "well we ca
by scarmig 7y ago
It's kind of brilliant, in a perverse way.
In 2028, there will be strong indicators of continued climate change. But denialists will be able to say "well we can't say for sure, there's this huge gap in data from 2016-2024, we need to have at least 16 years of solid data in order to say for sure."
- anchpop 7y agoClimate scientists seem pretty sure already that climate change is happening. In 2028 when the effects should be even more obvious do you think there will still be denialists? There's reason to believe the bottom third of Florida will be underwater by 2030 [0], if a significant fraction of the US is still denying it by then it might be time to give up hope in our nation's continued presence on Earth. [0]: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/how-long-all-florida-underwater-700835%3famp=1 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/how-long-all-f...
- scarmig 7y ago> when the effects should be even more obvious do you think there will still be denialists? If you think there won't be, I'd say you're far too optimistic.