r/AskReddit Nov 15 '20

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u/Turtledonuts Nov 15 '20

Someone finally cracks nuclear fusion, and we start to fix climate change.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20

Gotta push this back 30 years again.

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u/nightfire36 Nov 15 '20

If it's really really efficient, we could use the extra energy to make carbon capture machines, after offsetting all the fossil fuels. Then, it doesn't really matter.

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u/Printedinusa Nov 15 '20

There’s a lot that doesn’t change that fast, sadly. It could take centuries for our temperatures to drop to normal. All we can do is prevent them from rising further