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Satellite Images Show Vast Swaths of the Arctic On Fire
- Thread starter wafflebrain
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Shocked it catching on fire happens every year. This looks insane in comparison.
I am typically not shook by the global warming articles, this summer has gotten to me. The whole world is melting this summer.
I am typically not shook by the global warming articles, this summer has gotten to me. The whole world is melting this summer.
"You ever get to the point mentally where you hope the world burns down?"
Honestly, I don't see why more countries aren't discussing technological solutions and mitigation through public works. That's far more likely to actually stick than expecting people to just do the right thing. Humans suck at not doing things. We're not wired for it as a whole. But we're really really good at doing things.
Planet Earth: "It sure was, but when you're all gone, whatever species survive will make me great again :^)"
The people of Pompeji also had time to flee as there was volcanic activity beforehand. Those petrified bodies that are a tourist attraction nowadays were the ones that were literally going 'This is fine.' and didn't flee, yet we tell ourselves today that they were surprised by a sudden, unforseeable erruption. Maybe because we know deep down that we haven't actually changed a bit in 2000 years.
In the end a species unable to adapt is doomed to extinction, this isn't nihilism or some edgy hot take, this is how nature works.
In the end a species unable to adapt is doomed to extinction, this isn't nihilism or some edgy hot take, this is how nature works.
Yeah, I'm a bit baffled by that as well. Make no mistake, trying to keep the amount of climate change as small as possible is obviously very important. Though, to be honest, the fact that so much attention is given to the things the average person can (or much rather can't, as you say) do irks me in no small way, because it conveniently ignores big and powerful industries emitting much more greenhouse gases than anyone else.
To come back to the point you made, yes, I fully agree. It strikes me as some kind of wishful thinking -- "Hey, if we all don't fly as much anymore and eat less meat, maybe things won't be so bad after all!" Yeah, no. That ship has sailed a good while ago. That doesn't mean it's a bad idea to (not) do these things, but that simply won't cut it.
Looking at this thread, though, maybe it's not wishful thinking but defeatism. Yes, it's gonna get warmer and more extreme weather patterns will emerge. Now, how are you going to deal with that and especially help those with fewer means to do so?
Using ACs makes the problem worse, unfortunately. Global warming is only going to speed up without some truly drastic changes.
Climate change is just a lingering source of depression in my life that I will not actively think about for a few days and then it always pops back up. I'm fucking sick of it
How difficult is it for the people with their head in the sand about this to understand how fragile our place on this planet actually is? We're not special.
When it all goes to shit, I hope every one of the cunt's who had the power to enact large-scale change and continued to sit idly by get battered to fuck or worse.
When it all goes to shit, I hope every one of the cunt's who had the power to enact large-scale change and continued to sit idly by get battered to fuck or worse.
Nah, those people will fuck off to their private islands and lead a happy life with all the resources they need.
Positive feedback loops are a bitch.
Burning a peatland is one of the most destructive acts possible when it comes to releasing CO2, because not only are you releasing the very densely stored Carbon, you're also destroying the most efficient Carbon storage ecosystem we have.
Earth will do just fine putting us in our place all on it's own.
Actually it's mostly peatlands, one of the most dense Carbon sinks found in nature.
Burning a peatland is one of the most destructive acts possible when it comes to releasing CO2, because not only are you releasing the very densely stored Carbon, you're also destroying the most efficient Carbon storage ecosystem we have.
External intervention of that nature will not be required.
Earth will do just fine putting us in our place all on it's own.
Part of the problem is that in some countries the government's deliberately built not to do that, and would require immense power among political parties which are very difficult to create (like getting 2/3rd majority congress in the US). The president can't just snap their fingers and fix things like that.
The political parties are also part of the group of people that you bolded in the other post
True, but they work within the system and like I said, they can't get that either. The action required would require a political party working together in unison on a scale, and numbers, we haven't had in modern times.
Humans, the most adaptable and successful species in all history, will continue to be adaptable and successful.
Individual humans, even large groups of them, may face great adversity as climate changes occur.
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We as in the human species will be fine as well, probably, as in I don't think humans are going to go extinct. It's gonna get very ugly, though.
