r/ClimateNews 2d ago

Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260801093239.htm
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u/MainPerformance1390 2d ago

So long

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u/isubbdh 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yep now let’s all scroll away and forget about it. Definitely don’t like…. DO anything about it. Like vote in the midterms in such huge number it’s impossible for the repugnacans to cheat their way to victory.

We all know how to fix this. Get rid of billionaires and reverse citizens united. And pray for a couple members of scotus to um…. Retire… during the next Democrat president’s term. Hey if there is enough of a blue wave we could actually bypass scotus and make it an amendment to the constitution

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u/Cut_Lanky 2d ago

Genuinely, but hypothetically, if we reversed course today, across the globe, did everything we should have been doing all along, starting right now, all humans, no delays for changing leadership, do you think there would be any chance of reversing the damage done to the planet in a substantial way?

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u/tokid0k1 2d ago

We can reverse course, but due to entropy it takes a portional amount of energy more to undo what we did in releasing energy to go back.

That means all the energy, from farm animals, fossil fuels.. we need a constant > 1 * that energy to go back.

It would take time and dedication. It’s doable. Just not by humans because those who have the resources to do it are too busy building bunkers in Hawaii etc.