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The goal to keep world’s temperature rise below 1.5 Celsius is “deader than a doornail”
(www.motherjones.com)
We're all going to go extinct. Given the current state of the world, maybe it's for the best.
Perhaps when the next time a sentient species evolves on Earth and takes over the whole damned planet and builds societies and technology, they're not so psychotic as we are.
People won't like it, but 2°C is dying somewhere remote and the ambulance hasn't been called yet. Even if doctors were around now, it's unsure if it could be saved.
this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2024
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