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Let's consider: you quoted one guy at NASA: and he was right about some pretty scary stuff.

"Hansen spoke as NASA released two studies that found sharp reductions in winter Arctic sea ice.
One of those studies was from Hansen's institute. "It is not too late to save the Arctic, but it requires that we begin to slow carbon dioxide emissions this decade," Hansen said in a statement.
Scientists and climate models have long predicted a drop in winter sea ice, but it has been slow to happen. Global warming skeptics have pointed to the lack of ice melt as a flaw in global warming theory.
The latest findings are "coming more in line with what we expected to find," said Mark Serreze, a senior research scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo. "We're starting to see a much more coherent and firm picture occurring."
"I hate to say we told you so, but we told you so," he added."

And let's look at yesterday's headlines: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2020/oct/13/arctic-ice-melting-climate-change-global-warming

I needn't point out to you that 10 years here or there is a pin-drop in the ocean of time---- and that since Hansen's prognostication, mountains more of evidence point to a crisis of irremediable proportion. It really is a matter of (short) time before it's irreversible and the planet is unfit for human habitation (except for Elon Musk). 10 years. 20 years. 50. Doesn't really matter, does it?

The point is we have to do something NOW. Burning more fossil fuel at the rate we are accelerates the problem. And it means that years and years are deducted from the years we'll need to remediate and reverse.

It really is unfortunate people cherry pick. So misleading. I hope you didn't mean to do so.

As far as mandating: ozone was a real problem. Leaving it up to manufacturers and consumers would have been catastrophic. Legislation solved the problem--- and very quickly.


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