fossile fuel industry is known to have been spreading misinformation
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even after Covid - which spread exponentially
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methane being released from melting earth in Siberia
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methane being trapped at the poles (ocean floor?), can be released
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bigger/more forest fires release already captured CO2 from the forests
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even more warming happens, via earths reactions to the warming
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for each degree of warming we humans influence
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climate change is exponential
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humans don't seem to understand exponential growth
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even today, 40 years ongoing, the actions needed are not happening
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the more money is involved in an industry, the more the goal is money
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the less money a company earns, the more the goal is survival, i.e. money
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short-term winnings strongly dominate long-term winnings
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the "someone" that exploit more, has an advantage against the competition
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and every means to do this, without major loss, will be exploited (by someone)
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optimizing for capital
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capitalism is a form of optimization algorithm
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capitalistic tendencies
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so they won't "risk it all" on "brave politics"
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they have "careers"
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i.e. an incentive to not solve stuff if industry don't like it
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which is very powerful
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in some countries they get major funding from the industry
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after a politicians "career" - they often get top positions in industry
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they have relations to the industry
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which, in relation to exponential growth, means we are too late
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which seems only will happen if disaster _is here_
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so to really solve climate change - a majority of people need to vote extremely green
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they need the major vote more than the minor one - i.e. populism
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the incentives of politicians are broken
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what are the problems with our systems that has made it so?
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but there have been almost no action for many years
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this has been known by scientists since the 80's
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science: caused by human emissions
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the climate is changing for the worse for humans and animals
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