that's not what that means. words mean things. they mean the things that they mean instead of the things that they don't meanhttps://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1090091453341155328 …
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Vessel Of Spirit Retweeted Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
half a degree of (eventual) warming relative to present isn't the end of the world. calling it that isn't reasonable or okayhttps://twitter.com/AOC/status/1087722312168812551 …
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Alexandria Ocasio-CortezVerified account @AOCFor some reason GOP seems to think this is a gaffe, but it’s actually a generational difference. Young people understand that climate change is an existential threat: 3,000 Americans died in Hurricane María. The UN says we’ve got 12 years left to fix it: https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/08/global-warming-must-not-exceed-15c-warns-landmark-un-report … https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1087550417653940224 …4 replies 1 retweet 5 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
half a degree is also way lower than consensus for the next century, so I'm not sure how any of this is relevant
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Replying to @hikikomorphism
half a degree is what the 12 years refers to
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Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
Pretty sure the main thrust of the 12 years thing is that if we don't take action before then warming over the next century will be catastrophic at the existential threat level and not a literal cessation of human life at exactly now + 12 years.
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Replying to @hikikomorphism
read the article. it's about becoming committed to half a degree of warming on top of present
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the literal interpretation of the statement is absurd but so is any plausible non-literal interpretation
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