The climate of the memes of the climate!
Planet is on fire!
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I ought to care but I've lost that ability. Annihilation is not scary. I won't be alive or awake to experience it.
I bet this is also somehow the immigrants' fault. /s
(Looking at you, right-wing voters in EU. ò.ó )
Nah, there are 2 ways of thinking about this topic, which the right wing idiots in Germany use (at the same time): 1. there's no climate change, because look: cold weather right now and 2. This change occurs naturally, nothing to do with us but planets and stuff.
I have a coworker who hates undocumented immigrants because she thinks they're all unvaccinated and spreaders of disease. This would be an unremarkable bit of stupidity except that she's also anti-vax.
Fringe fascists in Europe have already been co-opting the green message for the last 10 years.
Because that's what fascism does: take a popular idea and worm it's way inside.
With the textbook example being "national socialism".
Eh, humanity had a nice run. I mean it's not like I can stop the 100 highest polluting countries and corporations that account for like 90% of the problem. So I might as well just accept our inevitable extinction.
It's not like I'm running large vessels that measure their fuel consumption in gallons per mile, and have them run 24/7 so that stuff can get delivered slightly faster...
You know Amazon is using a lot of Rivians for delivery, now if only we could stop the jets...
While I get the sentiment and believe action is necessary, this is the wrong way to approach it. Panic is not the way we will solve this crisis.
There's a way out, and if we get through we'll be in a better place than we've ever been. We need to mass invest in green technology. Solar, wind, nuclear, throw everything at it and see what sticks. Solar is already on the right track to save us, but it's better if it goes even faster and have a few back up plans.
Panic is not the way we will solve this crisis.
In this case panic is preferable to completely ignoring the problem as is currently humanity's strategy.
Standard deviations is a deliberately misleading tactic to present this data, this is in reality a small temperature change.
Do you really thing someone would manipulate data to show a more sensationalized image of what's happening? Then post it on the internet with a misleading message?
Do you really think someone would go on the internet and lie like that?
It's a form of normalization to highlight how abnormal the change is.
yay
This whole affair is caused by too many people existing. Mass death is the only solution. Relax and enjoy the ride to a better future!
You first
Although I also think there is a correlatin between number of people and detrimental climate effects, it's wrong to reduce the causes to that. Despite the fact that "the richest 10 percent of people produce half of the planet’s individual-consumption-based fossil fuel emissions, while the poorest 50 percent — about 3.5 billion people — contribute only 10 percent", it is mainly due to our modern way of life and production. As you probably know, the climate started the downwards spiral since the industrialisation. If we werent producing so insanely much GHG-emitting stuff, it wouldn't be such a problem. (Regarding temperature alone. There are of course also other detrimental effects on our eco-systems due to things like overuse of fertilisers for example.)
You realise that the link you posted is full of shit, do you? The Oxfam shifts the blame from consumers to the owners of manufacturing and logistical facilities. It states that Bezos is responsible for all the associated costs of the shit YOU buy. But guess what? If you wouldn't buy that shit, Bezos won't be selling that shit and there would be no pollution.
Get your facts straight next time.
babydoomers did their thing and wont face the consequences. shit for anyone else.
I'm not sure placing blame is going to help right this second....
But since we're already doing it. I'm going to throw blame at every Corpo ever.
Already happening in some places. The future is here, it's just not evenly distributed.
It's going to be hilarious when Mexico conquers the Free State of Texas though