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Environment & Energy

patphil

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4. It may already be too late to fix what we broke.

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Thu Nov 28, 2024, 09:38 PM

Nov 2024

Tipping points are when the game pieces fall off the board. If we wait that long, it's game over. Restoring the board and repairing the game requires a force of will that, I fear, is non-existent in humanity.
We're already in permanent, devastating, negative change territory. Another decade, and it all tips over.

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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Delay and Pay: Tipping Point Costs Quadruple After Waiting [View all] OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 OP

America won't be doing a fucking thing Skittles Nov 2024 #1

Wait a minute! OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #2

I told an uptight aquaintance of mine Skittles Nov 2024 #3

It may already be too late to fix what we broke. patphil Nov 2024 #4

I'm afraid it is OKIsItJustMe Nov 2024 #5