• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    The part that you’re forgetting is that in tops ten years this won’t be a problem anymore anyway as nothing will freeze there anymore by then, because of all the cars (in large part)

      • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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        4 days ago

        We really did a lot of damage calling the phenomenon “global warming” back in the 90s, didn’t we?

        • kipo@lemm.ee
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          4 days ago

          No, I think we did damage when we stopped calling it global warming when it was applicable. The whole planet is getting warmer, which creates changes in climates, and eventually destabilizes and then collapses existing climates.

          Global warming is what is causing climate change, and humans are what is causing global warming.

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            3 days ago

            Yeah, but nobody listens to the whole explanation. They just hear “everything will always be hot, but it snowed just last February, so obviously global warming is a hoax.”

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            4 days ago

            Some places will also get better in some ways.

            To give an extreme example, there are many problems with melting the north but some people will benefit from “the northwest passage” being open to shipping year round

            If I were really short-sighted …. I do appreciate not shoveling snow off my driveway very often and almost never using my snowblower anymore