It can take a large freight train a mile to come to a stop after the engineer hits the brakes. Similarly, any pollution reductions we make now (reducing CO2 emissions, etc.) won’t be “felt” right away by the global climate.
That’s why we can’t wait until the ocean is flooding Miami before we take drastic action to mitigate damage to the environment. We need to do things now, because by the time the situation becomes dire, it’ll be too late - just like the engineer of the freight train can’t wait until he’s at the station before applying the brakes.
Freight trains and stopping climate change.
It can take a large freight train a mile to come to a stop after the engineer hits the brakes. Similarly, any pollution reductions we make now (reducing CO2 emissions, etc.) won’t be “felt” right away by the global climate.
That’s why we can’t wait until the ocean is flooding Miami before we take drastic action to mitigate damage to the environment. We need to do things now, because by the time the situation becomes dire, it’ll be too late - just like the engineer of the freight train can’t wait until he’s at the station before applying the brakes.