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  • They cannot be ignored. The rolling average is far too long to be taken seriously, and only benefits the heaviest polluters. It also undermines the drastic changes needed and how quickly we need to implement them. I understand the need for a rolling average for the sake of science, but 5 years should suffice. It would show a much better and more useful statistic than 3 fucking decades. At 5 years it would be far more precise, and would even show slowdowns in heating (mostly just la niña). You’re doing the work of polluters by making that argument. If nothing else there should be several metrics, rolling 5, 10, 15, and 30. To claim “we haven’t hit 1.5c yet” is only technically true.