This is a perfect example actually, the remediation actions required should have been taken decades ago, it was urgent then. We have just gotten so used to seei

This is a perfect example actually, the remediation actions required should have been taken decades ago, it was urgent then. We have just gotten so used to seeing no immediate downside to kicking the can down the road that we have collectively forgotten how urgent it was. Now it is urgent and critical still, but we have far fewer options for remediation. Kind of like how changing your cars oil is urgent once you cross the service date. You don't immediately see any downsides, but they are accumulating, you can't roll back the damage, and total failure to change the oil is eventually catastrophic.