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[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago

The difference is that with banning CFCs, the vast majority of people weren't even mildly inconvenienced. Dealing with COVID required some temporary personal sacrifice from everyone, and it was too much for half the population. Dealing with climate change requires major, permanent sacrifices from everyone, so I don't see any way it will happen until most people are simply unable to maintain any semblance of their current lifestyles.