On this day in 1988 Ann Landers , the famous American advice columnist went full-Greta. Yes. 1988. We knew this stuff, generations ago.
1988 Ann Landers column from The Dispatch, North Carolina, 3rd September 1988, p 7
“If we don’t get some balance in our environment soon, life on this planet as we know it, is finished.
On this day the atmospheric CO2 level was 348.97 ppm. Now it is 421-ish- but see here for the latest.
Why this matters.
We knew the stakes. We blew it.
What happened next?
We kept emitting.
Yes, look, I know pretty much every blog post on this site is saying exactly the same thing. But really, what else is there to say?
We could have acted differently – but the incentive structures meant we didn’t. And here we are. Suck it up.