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Disaffected

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1. Sagan was right about most everything.

Reply to Brenda (Original post)

Fri Nov 14, 2025, 07:12 PM

Nov 14

Another analogy re global warming mitigation I like to think of is:

Would you take a ride in an aircraft that has a xx% chance of crashing? Even if xx is only 10%, I expect the answer would be a firm NO.
Then, should we be taking action on global warming?

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