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So much for the 1.5° goal…
I’m sure most world governments are ignoring scientists saying “there is still a chance if we do these things” because those things would damage global conglomerate profits. We’re fucked. Unless a lot of us suddenly become ecoterrorists targeting the biggest polluters.
Small changes never were a viable solution, but for a while they could be sold as one. Especially the ones where the consumer became the problem and one to take action (recycling et al.) Only a complete restructuring of society would do much of anything, and now it’s even too late for that because of both the time and the population. Yeah, it’s pessimistic and doomerism, but it’s also reality.
It didn’t need “a complete restructuring of society” – that’s its own kind of cynical disinformation – but rather just (a) ending subsidies for polluting industries (including imposing taxes to compensate for externalities) and (b) zoning reform to cease subsidizing low density.
Well, what do you expect if an unintentional Geo Engineering experiment get’s shut down one day to the other. The Oceans are running a fever because of that…temps have jumped 2-3°C in just 3 years. More heat, more humidity, more dark clouds, even more energy - more temperature, less Co2 Absorption… But it would be great, if we could stop all that doom and gloom stuff. There’s still quite a lot of positive stuff happening.
Edit: To clarify, I’m talking about the IMO (International Maritime Organization) lowering the sulfur in crude oil for ships from 3% allowed to 0,5% in 2020 and the resulting “darker” clouds, due to sulfur “binding” water molecules. This in term lead to about 80% more energy from the sun that got “transferred” in to the atmosphere and the oceans, instead of being reflected with “white” clouds.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-low-sulphur-shipping-rules-are-affecting-global-warming/ https://phys.org/news/2024-05-sulfur-content-shipping-fuel-maritime.html https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024/egusphere-2024-1428/ https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-sulphur-reductions-in-shipping-fuel-and-increased-maritime-warming/
make sure to drive a lot and eat animal products and fly places so we can keep the streak going! 💪😎🔥
First of many.
Has anyone tried voting against Climate Change? /s
Don’t try any of that anti-voting shit. Yes yes, we need to do a lot more than that, but voting is also fucking important. Voting is the bare minimum of effort.
One day, you’ll realize it’s not the shoes preventing you from jumping higher.