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A report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis.

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[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago

Long as we also depopulate the planet 50% it'll be fine tbh.

[-] FundMECFSResearch 3 points 2 days ago

With 50% the economic production if resources were split fairly everyone could have an okay QOL.

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Now imagine that but also with less people. Everyone would have great QoL. Maybe we could produce even less, pollute less...

[-] higgsboson@dubvee.org 7 points 2 days ago

It could shrink a fuckload more than 50% and I think it will.

[-] rammer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah, the secondary effects of a drop of that magnitude are going to be catastrophic.

Millions of people dead. Wars popping up everywhere. Hoarding on an industrial scale.

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

And it won't take 45 years to start, either.

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 9 points 2 days ago
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