Wadler's Blog: The Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing the World's Climate

A repost of Adam McKay's essay arguing that political and corporate rhetoric around climate change—phrases like 'net-zero by 2050' or focus on individual carbon footprints—constitutes a dangerous lie that obscures the urgency of the crisis. The piece cites recent global temperatures averaging above 1.5°C for the first time in over 100,000 years, and warns that crossing 2°C would end the stable Holocene climate period that enabled human civilization, agriculture, and population growth to 8 billion. It concludes that without honest urgency, societal collapse could occur within years, not centuries.

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