To be clear: there’s a night-and-day difference between Biden and Trump, with the former having actually taking significant action, and being likely to take more if reelected. Trump will look to maximize both extraction and consumption of fossil fuels in a way that Biden simply didn’t and won’t.

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    If you think there is any comparison here in terms of magnitude, you should probably go have your head checked.

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      Agreed, but magnitude doesn’t matter when the climate crisis is a binary outcome. Either we stop it or we don’t. Neither candidate is willing to take the action needed to treat the climate crisis like the existential threat that it is.

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        The climate crisis is an ongoing gradient of “this is bad” to “humans are extinct” and every tenth of a degree we can prevent is worthwhile.

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        Pretty sure it’s not a binary outcome. We already have warming at levels that is detrimental, and we’re not going to stop it. All we have left is mitigating actions.

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        But it’s not a binary “we’re fucked” or “we’re fine”, it’s an ever worsening gradient of terrible conditions. Even within that, how many people get the brunt of it depends on the extent of the damage.