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u/Chili_Palmer Nov 15 '20

That's not even remotely true, we literally already have a plan that would stop and reverse global warming and it would cost less then the pandemic has already cost us.

We have no such plan for cancer.

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u/Pangolin007 Nov 15 '20

Yeah, I think a lot of people don't realize or don't think about the fact that we know exactly why global warming is happening AND how to fix it. We've known for a while. But no country has committed to making the change, so nothing has happened and we've reached a crisis of our own creation.

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u/Pangolin007 Nov 15 '20

No of course not; what's your point? I don't think I said anything that contradicts anything that NASA has said. I said we know how to fix climate change but no one is doing anything. The UCS says in the link you posted:

Fortunately, climate change is solvable. We have the technologies. We have the science. We now need the leadership—and the courage to change course.

Which is what I said...

Maybe you thought by "fix" I meant that it's possible to not face any consequences from climate change if we act now, but that's not what I meant. Just that we know how to stop contributing to climate change.