I finally read that climate report from 1990 my dad kept on the shelf

Honestly, I was cleaning out my parents' garage last weekend and found this old EPA report from 1990 about greenhouse gases. It had a specific prediction about temperatures rising 2 degrees by 2025, and dang, they were pretty close. It made me think how different things would be if we actually listened back then instead of waiting 35 years. Anyone else find old documents that just make you sigh about where we're at now?

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eva_lewis21h ago

Yeah that "sitting on shelves collecting dust" part hits hard. Found an old newspaper clipping from 1988 in my uncle's stuff about the ozone hole and it basically spelled out everything we're still fighting about today.

hernandez.jordan1d ago

dang that's wild. makes you wonder how many of those warnings were sitting on shelves collecting dust while we just kept on doing the same stuff.