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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world.  About 1C of total warming.  Second chart:  about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability.  Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases.  About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I know I’m preaching to the choir but we need to do more and yesterday.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Elect me and I’ll set a goal by 2040 that we will consider a policy to begin looking at doing more.

[–] SGG 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's crazy talk! Just mentioning that made my shares in FuckThisPlanetOilForLife drop by 0.0000001 percent! You'll ruin the economy! Think of the share holders and the rich!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

We are so fucked. I focus on enjoying the time we have.

[–] mojofrododojo 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I'm just listening to assholes vroom-vrooming up and down the nearby thoroughfare day and night. Each and every one is accelerating the problems for everyone, and they can't give a fuck.

I see nascar and f1 and think: what fucking planet is this being broadcast from?

India, pakistan and mexico are literally cooking. this week we're predicting heat waves all over the US and Canada even.

How many dead people from heat will it take before someone says "Hey, you know, we could cut out a lot of emissions just by stopping the 'for funs' bullshit"?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I can offer you worse. Rolling coal is legal here. It’s considered cool to put out lots of black exhaust.

[–] mojofrododojo 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Rolling coal is legal here.

I live in the states, it doesn't seem to be illegal here. Do we suffer from the same assholes?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

To be clear, it’s legal and common especially because we don’t have any emissions standards enforcement. In my state, there is no test whatsoever, and even if you’re blatantly belching clouds of smoke it is 100% tolerated. It’s a bizarre badge of honor among some hyper conservative residents to pollute as much as possible.

I think operating a motor vehicle should entail a certain degree of responsibility including environmental responsibility.

[–] mojofrododojo 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I think operating a motor vehicle should entail a certain degree of responsibility including environmental responsibility.

yup. and consequences for those who won't. world's literally cooking guys, every bit will help, and every vroom vroom revving their fucking engines is hurting. time to be adults and put the toxic toys away.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] mojofrododojo 2 points 6 months ago

roomba f1.

we're fixing this shit!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Meanwhile in the Netherlands we are installing a new government of parties that don't believe in global warming. 😭

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

I feel you, we have that coming for us in Germany within the next 10 years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Do they also have plans to build more dykes and polders?