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by _cenw 987 days ago
By the late 70s wasn't a secret, it's more that nobody would listen over the sound of oil prices crashing half a decade later. Exxon even briefly had a substantial research division into renewables. In the 80s!

YouTube channel Climate Town has a very good summary of history of early climate chance action, The Time America Almost Stopped Climate Change

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MondapIjAAM