Researchers have predicted the collapse of the AMOC could happen any time between 2025 and 2095 — far sooner than previous predictions, although not all scientists are convinced.

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    1 year ago

    Without some sort of violent revolution, we won’t, or time runs out but it’s not a movie and there’s no ship to another planet.

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        Revolutions take over where reason stops. The people in power have the means to do the right thing, but sometimes they look out for a few people and will destroy thousands. That’s not a good option, as people get more desperate

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          Climate change is not something that has a simple solution to it and governments just refuse to do so for whatever reason. That’s a naive view that ignores all the complexity of this issue.

          For example: stopping all carbon emissions is not going to stop climate change. Not only do you need to become carbon-neutral but you also need to get all the excessive carbon out of the atmosphere. How?

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            Why the extreme? Cutting back and investing in things that are better should be a mandate, not an idea or option. And certainly we cannot allow an administration to roll things backwards just because someone bribed them donated to their campaign

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        No one wants it but at this point it might be unavoidable since after days of unprecedented heatwave and over 100°F water temperatures have prompted zero response from the powers that be, meaning there is still pushback from the wealthy who have become rich from fossil fuels.