• FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    They should have peaked 50+ years ago when we first realized it was fucking up our atmosphere. Instead wealthy oil companies covered it up and lied to everyone for decades so they could keep becoming wealthier and wealthier no matter what the cost.

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      10 months ago

      True, but absolutely pointless to discuss as we can’t change the past. Time to act is now.

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      10 months ago

      We’re basically being bailed out by luck. Renewable electricity has gotten cheap; it didn’t have to. If that hadn’t of happened we’d probably be doing business as usual and accelerating into catastrophe.

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        10 months ago

        I have bad news for you: We’re still accelerating into catastrophe, just not quite as fast as we otherwise would’ve been. We need to keep trying of course, but we still have a very long way to go before we can even think about considering ourselves in the clear.