• @DirkMcCallahan
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    276 hours ago

    So, what does this all mean for us? It means we have even less time to get our act together. Reducing emissions isn’t just a good idea — it’s crucial.

    Our planet’s systems are interconnected in ways we’re only beginning to understand. If we want to keep things from getting worse, we need to act now. Every little bit counts, and the clock is ticking.

    In other words…we’re fucked.

    • GHiLA
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      96 hours ago

      Well, yeah.

      You were expecting maybe all of the countries of the world to absolve their differences and join hands to defeat the problems of climate change?

      Sounds kinda like a fairy tale.

    • @NocturnalMorning
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      6 hours ago

      Yes, we are likely seeing the last generation of humans on earth.

      • @[email protected]
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        42 hours ago

        We’re likely to see a lot of suffering and disruption along with increased mortality, but humans are way too resourceful to go extinct, even with a severe disruption to the climate

        • @NocturnalMorning
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          Maybe, depends on how uninhabitable the planet actually gets. We think we know what that looks like, but there are pretty wide error bars around the worst case scenarios.

          • @[email protected]
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            118 minutes ago

            Hmm, even if parts of the world become totally uninhabitable, this would also mean that other parts of the world will become more inhabitable. Usually arctic areas further away from the equator.

            So yes there would be a lot of death and suffering but I don’t think we’d go 100% extinct.

      • FiveMacs
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        86 hours ago

        We might be able to mitigate some of the effects of we start removing the actual problems people…granted the solution isn’t exact ‘legal’

        • @[email protected]OP
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          I agree that it’s going to take popular action to prevent the capitalists from continuing as usual, whatever form this action takes. But it’s not going to happen until we’re organized and prepared to risk our own safety for the greater good.