We've had an inkling that our use of fossil fuels was harming the environment and leading to global warming since the 1950s. By 1985 a ton of research had been done and it was becoming settled science as Carl Sagan aptly summarizes here.
You'll hear the deniers say things like, scientists thought we were entering another ice age until the 1990s. While I'm sure there were some out there that did, the consensus was that global warming was occurring and it was manmade.
We're not just learning about this, we've known for several decades and have had ample opportunity to do something about it. And just as sure as the deniers kept denying it, I was always sure that after there could be no deinal, the deniers would say, "Welp, too late to do anything about it now!" And that's where we are, the cynics on the right think it's too late. There's still a ton we can do to ease global warming, Biden had s us back on track to carbon neutrality to match China's progress. There are potential remedies being invented all the time, we can mitigate this disaster and still haved a chance to reverse it.
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