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Humans have caused 1.5 °C of long-term global warming according to new estimates

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399 points gmays | 1 comments | 17 Nov 24 18:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.852s | source
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astahlx ◴[17 Nov 24 20:35 UTC] No.42166980[source]▶
Since this is the most important and urgent topic humanity should be working on: why isn’t this the case? Idiocracy is here. Don’t look up.

We have to throw everything into the race. But how to do this with the current inner workings of our societies? How to overcome greed? What about the power of (social) media? Why do we have Netflix and so on? How can we make people spend their time solving climate crisis, saving our planet earth?

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zb3 ◴[17 Nov 24 21:10 UTC] No.42167290[source]▶
No, humanity doesn't need to work on it at all, instead, humanity should be working on a peaceful painless extinction, because that will happen anyway, but not necessarily in a painless way.
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speakfreely ◴[17 Nov 24 22:38 UTC] No.42168006[source]▶
> humanity should be working on a peaceful painless extinction

We're already way ahead of you. Check out developed country birth rates.

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1. zb3 ◴[17 Nov 24 23:20 UTC] No.42168252[source]▶
Yep, it's getting better in developed countries, but this will not lead to anything good unless we deal with those countries with very high fertility rates (like in Africa)..