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If you’re thinking of CFCs, we banned CFCs to solve the problem. If you’re thinking of nukes, we had New START, SALT, NPT, etc. and a shit ton of activism whic
by elil17 4y ago
If you’re thinking of CFCs, we banned CFCs to solve the problem.
If you’re thinking of nukes, we had New START, SALT, NPT, etc. and a shit ton of activism which significantly reduced the threat.
If you’re thinking of past claims that we’re “past the point of no return” for climate change, those claims were correct. We passed the point of no return for avoiding extreme weather due to climate change. Then we passed the point of no return for 1C of warming. Now we are nearing the point of no return for 1.5C of warming. Things are getting worse for the climate, which is why people keep saying that things are getting worse for the climate.
That said, apathy is counterproductive. We need hopeful children and adults to drive political and technological change. Therapy or other tools for reducing anxiety (e.g. exercise) could help people be hopeful.
- misslibby 4y agoKids should learn something tangible and useful, that could help them develop tools to meet the challenges of the future. Instead they are just constantly being told that they are doomed and in how many ways they could help by eschew consuming things and not having kids themselves.