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Polybius

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13. I think it was too late in 1950

Reply to Brenda (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:34 PM

20 hrs ago

Possibly earlier. Still though, we can slow it down.

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Senator Whitehouse: "It May Be Too Late" [View all] Brenda 21 hrs ago OP

It's already too late. The politicians and corporations know that Autumn 21 hrs ago #1

A Big Change is Coming MrWowWow 21 hrs ago #2

Love Neil Young but I don't like the AI crap Brenda 21 hrs ago #4

That video seemed a mockery - perhaps intentionally detrimental to the reality. erronis 20 hrs ago #11

It is too late. Xolodno 21 hrs ago #3

The linked article does discuss that. Brenda 21 hrs ago #5

Not just flood zones... Xolodno 20 hrs ago #7

... not just flood zones. Look at Appalachia (North Carolina) and Helene erronis 20 hrs ago #12

Absolutely! Brenda 20 hrs ago #14

Historically, insurance has been based on the concept of universal risk pools. sop 6 hrs ago #55

Sheldon Whitehouse - when he speaks, I listen. yellow dahlia 21 hrs ago #6

Sen. Whitehouse is our modern-day Cassandra. alwaysinasnit 20 hrs ago #8

If it is, in fact, too late (and I agree that it is) then that needs to be seen as a start to a serious conversation... 0rganism 20 hrs ago #9

Yes. Just like what Greta Thunberg and a lot of other people Brenda 20 hrs ago #16

China produces about as much greenhouse gases as all the other industrialized nations combined Kaleva 10 hrs ago #45

There are DUers who also haven't seen the light Duppers 7 hrs ago #53

Global warming will only get worse JoseBalow 20 hrs ago #10

Yeah, I used to work with Lonnie Thompson, I know. nt Brenda 20 hrs ago #17

Yes, this is the scenario. But too late for what exactly? Stopping warming from going out of control? LymphocyteLover 18 hrs ago #28

It would take a world wide effort never before achieved Kaleva 10 hrs ago #46

So, we just give up? Just burn fossil fuels until we turn into Venus? LymphocyteLover 7 hrs ago #50

I'm not giving up. I'm working on surviving what is coming Kaleva 3 hrs ago #58

I think it was too late in 1950 Polybius 20 hrs ago #13

Can't yet decide if you're a comedian or something else. Brenda 19 hrs ago #19

The Industrial Age happened, and fossil fuels burned for 200+ years before we even vaguely attempted to reduce it Polybius 18 hrs ago #31

The US has been reducing the amount of greenhouse gases it has been emitting Kaleva 10 hrs ago #47

Not really Cirsium 19 hrs ago #24

My opinion Timewas 20 hrs ago #15

too late for what exactly? LymphocyteLover 18 hrs ago #27

To stop Timewas 14 hrs ago #42

And we won't see people here willing to back to 60 amp service panels Kaleva 10 hrs ago #48

Probably not Timewas 6 hrs ago #57

They don't HAVE to be in power though. New leadership is possible that cares about this. LymphocyteLover 7 hrs ago #51

We were warned long ago, we knew what to do but moniss 20 hrs ago #18

Al Gore's truth was both true and too inconvenient to accept n/t DFW 18 hrs ago #33

And Al Gore won the Nobel Prize for saying it Captain Zero 14 hrs ago #40

And mass starvation 2na fisherman 19 hrs ago #20

Well said Brenda 19 hrs ago #23

And even here on DU❗🤬 Duppers 7 hrs ago #54

Indeed. markodochartaigh 18 hrs ago #29

We're toast. It was a great planet at the right time, but short term self interest has doomed us. surfered 19 hrs ago #21

No "maybe" about it. ananda 19 hrs ago #22

Yes Kaleva 16 hrs ago #35

I was 15 for Earth Day 1 BidenRocks 19 hrs ago #25

Too late for what exactly? It's not all or nothing. It's not too late to stop warming that will LymphocyteLover 18 hrs ago #26

On the other hand, markodochartaigh 18 hrs ago #30

Sociatal collapse across most of the planet NickB79 18 hrs ago #32

It's also harmful to say it's not too late, that there's still a chance Kaleva 16 hrs ago #37

It's all about water DFW 18 hrs ago #34

No water I_UndergroundPanther 16 hrs ago #36

They will find out too late DFW 12 hrs ago #43

Lack of fresh water is an existential threat 2na fisherman 14 hrs ago #39

I heard from some Israelis about desalinization DFW 12 hrs ago #44

Bookmarking liberalla 15 hrs ago #38

I've said for years. Insurance Companies will know. Captain Zero 14 hrs ago #41

It has been obvious for years that Morbius 9 hrs ago #49

It's not too late for governments to do all they can to try to slow warming through mass tree planting and the Doodley 7 hrs ago #52

I believe every problem created by humans may be solved by humans Torchlight 6 hrs ago #56