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The2ndWheel

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12. I think part of the problem is that we think the year 2100 will exist

Fri May 22, 2015, 09:23 AM

May 2015

Or that 2015 does exist. If we don't do X by 2050, or Y by 2030, or whatever, as though time actually somehow gets re-set in some way every January 1st. Start of another year! Like it somehow matters how many times we go around the sun. Like the way that we choose to chop up whatever it is that we call time into segments that only exist in our minds has any bearing on what and when something might happen in the non-abstract world.

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What would it take to limit climate change to 1.5°C? [View all] OKIsItJustMe May 2015 OP

It's not happening. F4lconF16 May 2015 #1

Origins of 4°C OKIsItJustMe May 2015 #5

Only a Socialistic solution will work rock May 2015 #2

Revolution and international solidarity. F4lconF16 May 2015 #7

I believe you're saying what I'm saying rock May 2015 #8

Going back in time. truebluegreen May 2015 #3

1980 pscot May 2015 #4

Given that we haven’t mastered that sort of time travel yet… OKIsItJustMe May 2015 #6

My point was that more than a 1.5C or 2C increase truebluegreen May 2015 #9

Right. I understand… OKIsItJustMe May 2015 #11

This civilization and the earth we inherited is screwed. hunter May 2015 #10

I think part of the problem is that we think the year 2100 will exist The2ndWheel May 2015 #12

I agree to an extent OKIsItJustMe May 2015 #13