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So what? It doesn't seem like there will ever be a "panic" moment that really motivates drastic emissions reduction. Even with some "instant" tipping point big
by brucethemoose2 3y ago
So what?
It doesn't seem like there will ever be a "panic" moment that really motivates drastic emissions reduction. Even with some "instant" tipping point big enough to make news (ocean current change?), there's a lot of steps between what happens and direct effects on the onlooker, and those can be watered down and disputed by fossil fuel groups like they always have been.
But this... its a bit warmer than last year. I don't think passing 1.5C is going to change anyone's mind.
- gmuslera 3y agoGlobal yearly average temperature doesn’t mean local temperature on a certain day. That “a little hotter” may mean killer dry bulb temperatures over vast regions for weeks. Right now there is a heatwave in Brazil (including the south, so not just tropical areas) with temperatures over 40°C. And it is still winter there.
- netsharc 3y agoI think slowly more minds are getting changed. Maybe a lot of people are still in the "Relax, it's no big deal!" (just see this comment section) mode, but it feels like little by little more people are thinking "Oh shit...". Will it even be enough though, as a defeatist, my opinion is, it's all too late now. Which I acknowdlege is an easy way out... "Well it's too late to do anything, before I die, I'll have my steak medium rare please."
- hotpotamus 3y agoI remember working for a company that was imploding and it was pretty surreal - you'd have meetings where everyone would try to keep up the happy talk but then people would be crying (me among them) about the situation in more one-on-one settings. Sometimes the climate thing feels like that too. I've come to more or less believe that we're doomed, but I try to stay somewhat positive because what else am I going to do?