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Climate change is scary, but scarier than nuclear war? I dunno, man.
Relaaaax. We're not going to die. Most likely anyways. Our children tho... hoo boy they might have a bit of a problem on their hands
Hey so as someone who is 35 and has survived massive flooding and a heat dome, the "its not something we'll have to worry about" line doesn't really make sense when I think about getting old and experiencing things like dementia or limited mobility in a world at 1.75 degrees warming
Hey as someone who is most likely headed for Alzheimer's myself, at least I won't even know I'm living in hell on earth! Silver lining I guess... 😅
I used to believe it would be a problem for our children. But it's happening right now. Wildfires, cyclones, heat waves, lack of water, pandemics... It's happening right now.
Oh for sure and it seems to be happening a lot faster than even the conservative guesstimates. But I'd bet my bottom dollar that future generations are gonna have it way worse than us if we don't change course big time.
I don't know, I'm 25 and we're starting to feel the effect very obviously now. What makes you think it won't be seriously affecting me in my life?
It will obviously affect all of us to varying degrees. But we won't all die. Quite a lot will die (a lot of old people and a lot of poor people, as is tradition), but we don't get anywhere by making a Hollywood movie out of it. It's serious enough on it's own.
HAHA, jokes on you, I haven't procreated!
We're fucked already. The question now is about how much we will be fucked and if we can survive this. See what happened in Hawaï. It happened in Europe too. Cyclones will be a lot more common too. Heat waves are already hitting several times per year in what were temperate places. Agriculture is already suffering, and with it will come famine.
It's important to act now, because things will only get worse and it's bad enough already.
IMHO this mostly tells us that Biden is talking about climate policy with the people around him. That's enough to be a big deal.
Yeah, when all the Republicans in the last debate said it wasn't real, or whatever words were used, this is a clear difference on what's likely the most important issue for most voters.
Sadly a large chunk of voters don't consider climate to be their top issue
Nuclear war is quick.
Climate change is slow.
Gimme the quick flash over the boiling frog deal Everytime.
If you're lucky enough to be one of the minimal handful who actually die in the quick flash. More likely you'll be one of the multitudes poisoned by radioactive fallout or starved by nuclear winter.
It's not better.
I live near silos.
I'm getting vaporized. Hells yeah.
No siree, I live next to a state capitol, I'll be just fine
I just want one of those Hawaii-style text message warnings, so I can start driving toward Boston asap
now you're getting it
The scariness multiplied by the probability of it happening maybe...
IDK, climate-fueled illnesses — tied to hotter temperatures, and swifter passage of pathogens and toxins. Continuing pandemics would be no treat.
Nuclear war is obviously terrible. But it's still somewhat localised between the warring nations.
Climate change is everywhere and will eventually be just as devastating and then quickly much worse if not resolved
It definitely is. It is far, far more cataclysmic than a nuclear war. You'll discover that soon unfortunately.
I like how no one here mentioned the obvious fact that climate change disasters will only make world powers more willing to start a nuclear war. Just look at North Korea, what will happen when they have a huge famine or flood or fire or whatever and even the Kims can't fill their bellies, what then?
In that it is definitely happening and will be equally destructive if steps aren't taken to prevent it, albeit over a longer timeframe.