• Spaniard@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    We have what, 10 years to try stop the planet to get over 1,5ºC? 20 over 2ºC?, that’s pretty much the time it takes to build a new nuclear power plant from 0.

    We are too late.

    • CybranM
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      1 year ago

      The best time to plant a tree was 50 years ago, second best is today. It’s clearly not the only thing we should do but we’ll need a lot more power in the future if we’re to switch away from fossil fuels. Currently nuclear is a good option

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      1 year ago

      We had that 10 years ago, now it’s too late to prevent a cascade of collapsing systems. It’s already beginning with insect deaths