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I would think when the little line at the bottom of this chart

starts to level off or at least drastically decrease in it's current trajectory is when we've done enough.

And based on NASA data, that hasn't happened in the past 3 years (after the comic was produced)

(In response to this post by HokieSignGuy)

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Posted: 12/16/2019 at 10:10AM

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