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We build things with intent that they will still have value (will still contribute to the advancement of society) 100 years from now. That is the major disaster called climate change. So much of what we do today is on the verge of becoming useless due to a problem that we could address. And refuse to do.
Almost no one remembers how badly polluted every city was sixty years ago. We solved that. Few remember the near disaster called ozone depletion that was solved when science trumped emotions. Rivers were once sewers. It is still bad. But progress is being made.
But a serious diminished respect for reality and science today means a massive reduction of living standards over the next 100 years. So many are now incapable of intelligent thought as to even waste money in health food stores or say nice things about Trump. Even not vaccinate kids because a lying doctor and an uneducated blond bimbo movie star ordered them how to think.
A classic example was Saddam's WMDs. Facts said those did not exist. But emotions (adults who are still children) gleefully sent 5000 American servicemen to an unnecessary death. There is a serious shortage of people who can learn from what is obvious. And others who ignore numbers to conclude the world is about to end suddenly.
This problem, created by mankind, has long been obvious. And the damage is not easily reversed. CO2 is a very stable molecule that required energy to break apart.
Furthermore, we burn 100 hp in cars when cars when, most of the time, only needed is well less than 8. Numbers make it obvious. Therein lies an immediate solution to global warming. How many will even discuss that solution? Contempt for or ignorance of simple science (the ability to separate emotions from logical thought) is an underlying problem.
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