You mean the ozone hole that spurred quick international collaboration and resulted in effective regulations which banned the harmful compounds wherever possible, leading to a slow yet steady recovery?
Wonder what’s the difference compared to climate change. Oh well, if we keep increasing emissions surely things will get better!
Same for acid rain btw. It is a real thing and causes real issues but after figuring that out regulations have reduced sulfur dioxide emissions.
It’s about as acidic as a cup of coffee so it won’t melt your face off which I guess some people expected. In general I think the real effects we feel today just don’t sound very threatening to people. Take the cocoa price exploding at the end of the last year for example. That was due to increasingly bad harvests that are getting more frequent with climate change. For western people it means chocolate gets very expensive and less real cocoa but more corn syrup ends up in products. For farmers in South America it means their livelihood is destroyed.
You mean the ozone hole that spurred quick international collaboration and resulted in effective regulations which banned the harmful compounds wherever possible, leading to a slow yet steady recovery?
Wonder what’s the difference compared to climate change. Oh well, if we keep increasing emissions surely things will get better!
Same for acid rain btw. It is a real thing and causes real issues but after figuring that out regulations have reduced sulfur dioxide emissions.
It’s about as acidic as a cup of coffee so it won’t melt your face off which I guess some people expected. In general I think the real effects we feel today just don’t sound very threatening to people. Take the cocoa price exploding at the end of the last year for example. That was due to increasingly bad harvests that are getting more frequent with climate change. For western people it means chocolate gets very expensive and less real cocoa but more corn syrup ends up in products. For farmers in South America it means their livelihood is destroyed.
For people who think acidic as a cup of coffee does not sound bad, think about how well your houseplants would grow if watered only with coffee.