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>Reminds me of Y2K. Well, people say Y2K wasn't a problem because we buckled down and solved it. I just saw an article that claimed the UK was back to like 18

>Reminds me of Y2K. Well, people say Y2K wasn't a problem because we buckled down and solved it. I just saw an article that claimed the UK was back to like 1890 levels of CO2 emissions. Maybe it's still salvageable if the US gets shaken out of its stupor. Maybe decarbonization will just happen anyway through market forces as renewable energy improves.

tgsovlerkhgsel 6y ago
> Well, people say Y2K wasn't a problem because we buckled down and solved it. That's why I think it's a good parallel: 1. Something that would be an issue if nothing was done. 2. By the time the public got into a frenzy over it, things were already being done. 3. (Hopefully) will turn out to be a non-issue because things were done.