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Brenda

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16. Yes. Just like what Greta Thunberg and a lot of other people

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:47 PM

Sep 21

have been saying for many years now. Al Gore ring a bell?

Yet Americans just wave off climate kooks and attack the messengers.

What you say about justice is true but it will never happen because people like Musk and Thiel own and run the world.

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Senator Whitehouse: "It May Be Too Late" [View all] Brenda Sep 21 OP

It's already too late. The politicians and corporations know that Autumn Sep 21 #1

A Big Change is Coming MrWowWow Sep 21 #2

Love Neil Young but I don't like the AI crap Brenda Sep 21 #4

That video seemed a mockery - perhaps intentionally detrimental to the reality. erronis Sep 21 #11

It is too late. Xolodno Sep 21 #3

The linked article does discuss that. Brenda Sep 21 #5

Not just flood zones... Xolodno Sep 21 #7

... not just flood zones. Look at Appalachia (North Carolina) and Helene erronis Sep 21 #12

Absolutely! Brenda Sep 21 #14

Historically, insurance has been based on the concept of universal risk pools. sop Sep 22 #55

Sheldon Whitehouse - when he speaks, I listen. yellow dahlia Sep 21 #6

Sen. Whitehouse is our modern-day Cassandra. alwaysinasnit Sep 21 #8

If it is, in fact, too late (and I agree that it is) then that needs to be seen as a start to a serious conversation... 0rganism Sep 21 #9

Yes. Just like what Greta Thunberg and a lot of other people Brenda Sep 21 #16

China produces about as much greenhouse gases as all the other industrialized nations combined Kaleva Sep 22 #45

There are DUers who also haven't seen the light Duppers Sep 22 #53

Global warming will only get worse JoseBalow Sep 21 #10

Yeah, I used to work with Lonnie Thompson, I know. nt Brenda Sep 21 #17

Yes, this is the scenario. But too late for what exactly? Stopping warming from going out of control? LymphocyteLover Sep 21 #28

It would take a world wide effort never before achieved Kaleva Sep 22 #46

So, we just give up? Just burn fossil fuels until we turn into Venus? LymphocyteLover Sep 22 #50

I'm not giving up. I'm working on surviving what is coming Kaleva Sep 22 #58

I think it was too late in 1950 Polybius Sep 21 #13

Can't yet decide if you're a comedian or something else. Brenda Sep 21 #19

The Industrial Age happened, and fossil fuels burned for 200+ years before we even vaguely attempted to reduce it Polybius Sep 21 #31

The US has been reducing the amount of greenhouse gases it has been emitting Kaleva Sep 22 #47

Not really Cirsium Sep 21 #24

My opinion Timewas Sep 21 #15

too late for what exactly? LymphocyteLover Sep 21 #27

To stop Timewas Sep 22 #42

And we won't see people here willing to back to 60 amp service panels Kaleva Sep 22 #48

Probably not Timewas Sep 22 #57

They don't HAVE to be in power though. New leadership is possible that cares about this. LymphocyteLover Sep 22 #51

We were warned long ago, we knew what to do but moniss Sep 21 #18

Al Gore's truth was both true and too inconvenient to accept n/t DFW Sep 21 #33

And Al Gore won the Nobel Prize for saying it Captain Zero Sep 22 #40

And mass starvation 2na fisherman Sep 21 #20

Well said Brenda Sep 21 #23

And even here on DU❗🤬 Duppers Sep 22 #54

Indeed. markodochartaigh Sep 21 #29

We're toast. It was a great planet at the right time, but short term self interest has doomed us. surfered Sep 21 #21

No "maybe" about it. ananda Sep 21 #22

Yes Kaleva Sep 21 #35

I was 15 for Earth Day 1 BidenRocks Sep 21 #25

Too late for what exactly? It's not all or nothing. It's not too late to stop warming that will LymphocyteLover Sep 21 #26

On the other hand, markodochartaigh Sep 21 #30

Sociatal collapse across most of the planet NickB79 Sep 21 #32

It's also harmful to say it's not too late, that there's still a chance Kaleva Sep 21 #37

It's all about water DFW Sep 21 #34

No water I_UndergroundPanther Sep 21 #36

They will find out too late DFW Sep 22 #43

Lack of fresh water is an existential threat 2na fisherman Sep 22 #39

I heard from some Israelis about desalinization DFW Sep 22 #44

Bookmarking liberalla Sep 22 #38

I've said for years. Insurance Companies will know. Captain Zero Sep 22 #41

It has been obvious for years that Morbius Sep 22 #49

It's not too late for governments to do all they can to try to slow warming through mass tree planting and the Doodley Sep 22 #52

I believe every problem created by humans may be solved by humans Torchlight Sep 22 #56