# Climate change: "You are among the last people that will ever walk the Earth."

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 22, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-you-are-among-the-last-people-that-will-ever-walk-the-earth/651096 "2013-02-22T18:27:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-you-are-among-the-last-people-that-will-ever-walk-the-earth/651096/221 "2013-03-20T21:58:41Z")

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> [@GIGObuster](#):
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> And the Chief is also wrong on the “passing a tipping point and unable to fix it”, what the science says is that while we are committed to more climate disruptions and change in the future, by not doing anything to control emissions the situation will get worse if the choice is to indeed avoid implementing regulations and a tax to carbon emissions.

He was going for the fiscal responsibility tipping point, not the climate one, methinks.

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