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Something doesn't add up. The gov officials have fairly complete data on climate change and yet they don't act. When the coronavirus pandemic was an imminent tr
by akomtu 5y ago
Something doesn't add up. The gov officials have fairly complete data on climate change and yet they don't act. When the coronavirus pandemic was an imminent treat, the gov shut down the economy. Now, when the global warming is supposedly going to wipe out the planet in ten years, the gov acts as if it's not a big deal. It's even going to allow the economy to fully reopen by end of year, which means more needless driving and more emissions.
- antasvara 5y agoYou've described short term thinking incredibly well. The coronavirus pandemic was happening in the present, this making it very easy to address from a political standpoint. It's a lot harder to get people to approve of changed that make their lives hard now in exchange for future benefits.