' The truth - We will go extinct, very soon.'
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Climate Undermined by Lobbying
First-of-its-kind study quantifies the effects of political lobbying on likelihood of climate policy enactment
https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2019/019485/climate-undermined-lobbying
Money, consumerism and capitalism have taken us on a rollercoaster of prosperity ending in a meat grinder at the end. We are on the last downhill of the ride and we can see the teeth coming with absolutely nothing we can do to stop it.
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India heatwave temperatures pass 50 degrees Celsius
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/india-heatwave-temperatures-
pass-50-degrees-celsius-11587904
In May 2016, Phalodi in Rajasthan recorded India's highest-ever temperature of 51 degrees Celsius. (That's 123.8 Fahrenheit)
The Indian Meteorological Department said severe heat could stay for up to a week across Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh states.
Several deaths from heatstroke have already been recorded.
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And people wonder if global climate change is real??
All of these historic records falling like dominoes ... driest ever, hottest ever, wettest ever ... even coldest ever ... are part of a predicted pattern of disruption due to global warming.
There was some noise a few months ago about how the sun was going into a "Maunder minimum" and how that would lead to global cooling, which was supposedly "the scientists'" latest concern.
Uh huh.
Some people took the USA's cold winter and delayed spring as a sign that the cooling had begun, without noticing that OTHER parts of the earth were frying!
So about that supposed global cooling ... I'll betcha dollars to donuts that the average global temperature keeps on going up. Between methane release from previously forzen soils and CO2 release from warming ocean we started something unstoppable ... like a boulder just beginning to roll downhill. We need to not only severly limit our CO2 emissions and work with a will on sequestering carbon in our soils, wetlands and forests, we need to start adapting to our new environment - providing north-south "pathways" for species migrations, managing our forests to reduce wildfires, preserving and expanding coastal wetlands to reduce storm surges etc.
Of course, we will never do that. It's like The Onion news ... we must have a death-wish.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND
America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876 .
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Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
we must have a death-wish.
Nah. We just have way too many people.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Our problems are much bigger than just overpopulation.
Scientists discover an entirely new reason for methane venting from the Arctic Shelf: underwater permafrost gas hydrates
https://www.skoltech.ru/en/2019/05/scientists-discover-an-entirely-new
-reason-for-methane-venting-from-the-arctic-shelf/?fbclid=IwAR2_70fabNWq3ZcIxn1ZZCj5GxBSEXNq03cG9c6UCuk5b-h17rHtAorKotY
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Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
And people wonder if global climate change is real??
We have a president who calls it a Chinese hoax, and appoints climate deniers to positions heading government agencies.
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Climate change: ‘We’ve created a civilisation hell bent on destroying itself – I’m terrified’, writes Earth scientist
https://theconversation.com/climate-change-weve-created-a-civilisation
-hell-bent-on-destroying-itself-im-terrified-writes-earth-scientist-113055
I wasn’t expecting much when I straight out asked him how much warming he thought we were going to achieve before we manage to make the required cuts to greenhouse gas emissions.
“Oh, I think we’re heading towards 3°C at least,” he said.
“Ah, yes, but heading towards,” I countered: “We won’t get to 3°C, will we?” (Because whatever you think of the 2°C threshold that separates “safe” from “dangerous” climate change, 3°C is well beyond what much of the world could bear.)
“Not so,” he replied.
That wasn’t his hedge, but his best assessment of where, after all the political, economic, and social wrangling we will end up.
“But what about the many millions of people directly threatened,” I went on. “Those living in low-lying nations, the farmers affected by abrupt changes in weather, kids exposed to new diseases?”
He gave a sigh, paused for a few seconds, and a sad, resigned smile crept over his face. He then simply said: “They will die.”
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Ohio lawmakers pass bill to cut renewable requirement, help nuclear and coal
Critics say the bill unnecessarily bails out nuclear, coal owner FirstEnergy Solutions.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/05/ohio-house-passes-bill-tha
t-would-allow-consumer-funded-nuclear-and-coal-subsidies/
Editorial: Utilities love the free market, until they don’t
A deregulation fan is calling for regulation's return after it bet on coal.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2015/08/editorial-utilities-love-the-f
ree-market-until-they-dont/
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