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    23 days ago

    40 years ago? There was an article release in ~1910-1912 stating that burning coal was increasing carbon rates in the atmosphere. We’ve known about this for 100+ years. Theres always sentiment about jobs being lost / unstable energy grid… companies just trying to exhaust fossil fuels before switching

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        23 days ago

        And the first electric car was built in the 1880s, so I think it’s fair to say that had people acted, it wouldn’t be as out of reach as the common person thinks.