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Lived in excess (mostly) in ignorance.

Now that we know, it is better to help the next generation live better without giving a pass because “that’s not fair, you got to do it” which is more akin to children’s logic.



https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-knew-about-...

The article is from 2015

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https://history.aip.org/climate/co2.htm

Scientists have known and have been warning about climate change (then called the Greenhouse effect) since the 1950s

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_scie...

Climate change, as a human activity driven phenomenon was observed and studied for well over a 100 years.


Knowing is like ‘technology’, which exists as a nucleus usually for around 50 years in some local before getting ‘out there’ and going global.




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