SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 hours agoWhat's something that 15 years ago looked like it would be a problem in the future, but didn't turn out to be?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down12
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something that 15 years ago looked like it would be a problem in the future, but didn't turn out to be?SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 hours agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squarecsolisr@hub.azkware.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down2·6 hours agoThe ozone layer hole. Managed to barely dodge that one, just to have fossil fuels eat all the climate benefits that brought us.
minus-squareUnpopularCrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·5 hours agoThis was a problem. We just acted to ban CFCs, which solved the problem. Now the ozone hole is recovering. I wouldn’t say it turned out not to be a problem though. The human race just had the brains and corporation to come together and deal with it.
minus-squareximtor@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 hours ago The human race just had the brains and corporation to come together and deal with it. Why does that sound like such an absurd and faraway fantasy nowadays
minus-squaretangentism@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 hours agoIt’s not out of the woods just yet!
The ozone layer hole. Managed to barely dodge that one, just to have fossil fuels eat all the climate benefits that brought us.
This was a problem. We just acted to ban CFCs, which solved the problem. Now the ozone hole is recovering. I wouldn’t say it turned out not to be a problem though. The human race just had the brains and corporation to come together and deal with it.
Why does that sound like such an absurd and faraway fantasy nowadays
It’s not out of the woods just yet!