I really enjoyed this goofy meme from the solarpunk memes community 🥹
this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2024
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I know the hole in the ozone later specifically was solved by a unified concerted effort to address the problem that caused it. I didn't know the details, but I assume leaded gasoline was the same.
I am not presently seeing that kind of deliberate unity on climate change.
The hole is 8.5 million miles^2.
I wouldn't consider that "solved".
I will consider the hole to be solved when it is closed—which will be decades still.
https://www.nasa.gov/earth/climate-change/ozone-layer/nasa-noaa-rank-2024-ozone-hole-as-7th-smallest-since-recovery-began/
I'll consider "consistent effective progress along a long recovery route" close enough to "solved" for this particular conversation.
We saw a problem, took action, and the situation has improved since we took action.