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Researchers have predicted the collapse of the AMOC could happen any time between 2025 and 2095 — far sooner than previous predictions, although not all scientists are convinced.

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[-] [email protected] 61 points 2 years ago

And they know how to fucking fix it but don't want to

It'd be like if in the movie Armageddon the government just said "Eh let's see if it really will be that bad if it hits us"

[-] [email protected] 54 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

That movie felt way too real watching it.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Yes but without the part where they tried

[-] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago

We haven't gotten to that point yet

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Without some sort of violent revolution, we won't, or time runs out but it's not a movie and there's no ship to another planet.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

This is because you're not sorting your recycling!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

"We could do something about the asteroid, but think of the harm doing something could do to the shareholders!?"

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I was going to save humanity but I have a responsibility to a handful of shareholders that yell at me in meetings so... You can really see how hard this is for me

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It's actually kind of too late now.

But, we may be able to prevent more bad stuff happening if we change things today!

[-] [email protected] -4 points 2 years ago

IDK, I mean we know it's to do with carbon but we don't really know how to stop producing that in a timely manner.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Yes we do. Carbon tax.

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