That number likely came from the 2018 IPCC report which said pretty much this: if something does not happen then by 2030 the there is no realistic pathway to stay belos 2C increase in temperature. World would not end in 2030, but irreversible change would be locked in. Obviously AOC might have been simplifying this or whoever reported on it might have dumbed it down or pushed their own agenda.

I am all in to be a good custodian of the world.

But I am tired of the insipid, agitated state, screaming and pushing fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD).

When I was a young man, I was told the world will freeze, and within five years we will all die. (Good times for fur trade!)

Then, the ozone layer will be gone, and within five years we will all die. (SPF 5000 anyone?)

Suddenly in the early '80s it flipped to the world is warming, and within five years we will all die.

More recently, it just 'climate change' because the FUD has been so rapidly changed, and within five years we will all die.

No one is denying that the climate changes. What people are tired of and denying is the FUD.

Every single generation thinks all previous generations where idiots; but we, WE know it much better and are smarter then all!

Wait till next generation, and see what they tell about us.

(Edit: Reference to an article with news clippings of the above https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-of-failed-eco-poca... ) edit2: let the down voting begin!

I worked at IBM for a year out of college before getting laid off as apart of a round of mass layoffs that the company regularly does. Joining the company definitely felt cool, especially as a new grad. The history alone was pretty neat and I was super happy to be a part of something that had had such a big impact on the world. After spending some time at the company though, the biggest thing that struck me was the quality of the people and the mindset of management. IBM pays poorly, raises are nonexistent and so are bonuses. My coworkers were not particularly smart nor passionate. I honestly believe that a major factor in the decline of IBM is the refusal to invest in their people. Most engineers and designers are just cogs for the many layers of management to shuffle around and use, and the managers are more interested in playing the office politics game and micromanaging than actually building cool stuff. It's a very top-down sort of place but the people at the top and the bottom are not very smart.

The term has been LGBT basically from the start, hasn't it? Being iffy on new optional extensions is one thing, trying to act like the T is new gets a much less charitable view from me.