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misanthrope

(7,428 posts) Sat May 30, 2020, 01:21 AM May 2020

Anyone else remember "Cadillac Desert"?

I recall the impact it made on me decades ago and wondering how it would exacerbate given our evident disregard for climate change.

Well, don't look now, kiddos; its warnings have manifested.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/29/megadrought-us-south-west-fires-water-research

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Anyone else remember "Cadillac Desert"? (Original Post) misanthrope May 2020 OP

Oh, I remember it. CaliforniaPeggy May 2020 #1

14% of Boomer and up Rethugs say climate change is anthropogenic Celerity May 2020 #2

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,704 posts)

1. Oh, I remember it.

Reply to misanthrope (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2020, 01:39 AM

May 2020

It was a book and a TV show. After the show had broadcast, people went into a bookstore I frequented and they would buy the book.

It never failed to bring out the book buyers.

A prescient book, for sure.

Celerity

(43,509 posts)

2. 14% of Boomer and up Rethugs say climate change is anthropogenic

Reply to misanthrope (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2020, 01:49 AM

May 2020

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/21/how-americans-see-climate-change-and-the-environment-in-7-charts/

19% 39 year olds and up.

The higher a Rethug is educated, the LESS they believe in it. 17%, all ages, in the highest educated cohort.

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