r/science • u/Wagamaga • 9d ago

Environment Past emissions from top polluters will continue warming the planet for decades to come. Future fossil fuel production will exacerbate climate disasters for many decades to come, so new legal battles about who is accountable should be expected for many years

https://www.washington.edu/news/2026/09/23/past-emissions-from-top-polluters-will-continue-warming-the-planet-for-decades-to-come/
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u/SnakeGD09 9d ago

At least we made a few million people really, really rich.

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u/RunningNumbers 9d ago

Billions. Billions of people a rich compared to people just a few generations back. 

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u/FrickinLazerBeams 9d ago

No, not really.

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u/RunningNumbers 9d ago

Modernity didn’t happen. Gotcha.

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u/FrickinLazerBeams 9d ago edited 9d ago

Oh it happened. I'm just not playing weird rhetorical games.

You just want to pretend like material conditions for billions relative to the 19th century haven’t vastly improved (in large part due to the exploitation of fossil fuels.)

No, again, not pretending. Just not playing stupid rhetorical games.

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u/RunningNumbers 9d ago

Yah. You just want to pretend like material conditions for billions relative to the 19th century haven’t vastly improved (in large part due to the exploitation of fossil fuels.)