• Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Yeah there was an agreement in Paris in 2015, and the one of the first things Trump did when elected to office was to back out of that deal. Never trust an (unsuccessful) business man to choose what is best for people, they only care about making more money for themselves and to hell with all the people that die or get hurt along the way.

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      1 year ago

      We rejoined in 2021.

      The doomer view is that even that agreement is too little too late. We should’ve been doing this stuff in the 80s.

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        1 year ago

        At this point can we really call it a “doomer view” or just reality? We’re several decades late on dealing with this problem and it’s entirely possible we’re gonna miss the boat completely.

        Or tell me I’m wrong and show me there’s still hope.

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          I’d love to tell you that, but I found Deep Adaptation compelling. I don’t think we get out of it without technologies that do not exist, developed with funding that is not prioritized.

          Somehow I still manage to be disappointed with the state of things often which means I must have some slight hope that things will stop I guess.