A little theory I'm working on

[sesquipedality]

I theorise that people born after 1980 are (on average) massively more worried about climate change than those born before. I further theorise that this is directly correlated to the fact that those of us older than this were far more scared of nuclear Armageddon than environmental Armageddon in our formative years.

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[karohemd.livejournal.com]

When I grew up/was in school, the main worry after nuclear armageddon (or just the Cold War escalating/the Russians invading, being that close to the Iron Curtain) was pollution, too but the baddies then were sulphur compounds (from diesel cars and brown coal fired power plants), NO_x and other exhaust fumes. The ideal engine was one that produced only CO₂ and water because they were considered inert. A bit later, it was CFCs. It was more about quality of life than climate change.