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Too late for some unrealistic short-term fights which probably are lost but the fight does not end. We will still need to decrease atmospheric pollution in 2040
by posix_me_less 6y ago
Too late for some unrealistic short-term fights which probably are lost but the fight does not end. We will still need to decrease atmospheric pollution in 2040.
- LatteLazy 6y agoNo, by 2040 Well need flood defences and water treatment plants (for the droughts)...
- posix_me_less 6y agoThat too, but atmosphere will still need fixing.
- LatteLazy 6y agoI don't think anyone will have much budget left between the adaptation measures and the wars over water. Right now, people can afford to spend national budgets paying for global benefits (co2 reduction). When things get difficult, those programs will be the first to go...
- posix_me_less 6y agoGood point. I think it can go both ways. Either society disintegrates and any hopes for grandious climate fix projects will be gone, those left will try to adapt; or with some luck during the next decades enough people in power will act soon enough to at least start fixing the problem. Some forerunner disasters and fear can help there.