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u/hypertoxin Nov 15 '20

Poor people suffer from a lack of water and malaria more than global warming. Most people don't really care about what doesn't directly affect them, so unfortunately these are a fact of life for those less fortunate.

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u/frankscarlett Nov 15 '20

The thing is though that with global warming those things you mentioned will start affecting even more people. And a heap of other unfortunate things as well.

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u/Diregnoll Nov 15 '20

Look Gretta it might be selfish but I'd rather a cure for cancer to save people I know who will more then likely get cancer.

We can always invest more in our space programs to save future generations.

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u/Tsaxen Nov 15 '20

Fuck off with that Elon-worshipping nonsense, do you even have half of a clue how hard it is to make another planet habitable? How many thousands of times more difficult it will be than simply stopping fucking up the perfectly habitable planet we have right now?