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Climate change indicators reached record levels in 2023: WMO

37 points by TechTechTech 2y ago

ChrisArchitect 2y ago
Related: Global ocean heat has been at record levels every single day for the last year https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39756440 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39756440
Kelteseth 2y ago
And the propaganda machine by big oil is running full steam ahead! [0] https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/11/29/from-russian-pr-to-online-grifters-who-is-peddling-climate-disinformation-in-2023 https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/11/29/from-russian-pr-to...
Workaccount2 2y ago
Choose an external excuse: 1.) Corporations need to take responsibility and pay up for all the emissions they have generated. 2.) The government needs to allot more money towards building green energy sources. 3.) People in the developing world must stop using fossil fuels. 4.) Oil companies need to cover the cost of fixing the climate. 5.) The city needs to build better public transit. . . . Choose an internal excuse: 1.) My family safety depends on us having an SUV. 2.) We deserve a large home, we worked hard to get here. 3.) We cannot switch to a heat pump, gas is just so much more cost effective. 4.) Meat is central to our diets, and an excellent source of protein, who doesn't love beef? 5.) We don't have the time or money to forgo fast-shipping globalized consumer products. . . . Realize that we are going to slam into this problem full speed, face first.
- soco 2y ago
  Love it. How about adding something about shareholder value, the economy in general and of course wars.
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- bawolff 2y ago
  Otherwise known as - people will follow incentives. Trying to change behaviour by moralizing while keeping incentives in place that reward people who dont do the thing you want, is a fool's errand.
- netsharc 2y ago
  I'm surprised that I'm still just complacent about the whole thing, instead of going full-prepper. I suppose a bunker full of food, etc, will also only extend my life a few months, unless I have Zuck-level money..
  - bamboozled 2y ago
    There is no way a bunker will get Zuck through civilisation collapse.
    - warrenm 2y ago
      But...but..BUT!! It's self-contained, underground, and in Hawaii!!!! /s
  - M95D 2y ago
    That would be just more food for the raiders.
- tessar 2y ago
  here is one extreme excuse. "they do not let go what we rightfully owned." now, help think critically what we have rightfully owned and lost it.
dmehta97 2y ago
This doesn’t help: https://www.chartr.co/newsletters/2024-03-17 https://www.chartr.co/newsletters/2024-03-17
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37 points by TechTechTech 2y ago

Related: Global ocean heat has been at record levels every single day for the last year https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39756440 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39756440

Kelteseth 2y ago

And the propaganda machine by big oil is running full steam ahead! [0] https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/11/29/from-russian-pr-to-online-grifters-who-is-peddling-climate-disinformation-in-2023 https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/11/29/from-russian-pr-to...

Workaccount2 2y ago

Choose an external excuse: 1.) Corporations need to take responsibility and pay up for all the emissions they have generated. 2.) The government needs to allot more money towards building green energy sources. 3.) People in the developing world must stop using fossil fuels. 4.) Oil companies need to cover the cost of fixing the climate. 5.) The city needs to build better public transit. . . . Choose an internal excuse: 1.) My family safety depends on us having an SUV. 2.) We deserve a large home, we worked hard to get here. 3.) We cannot switch to a heat pump, gas is just so much more cost effective. 4.) Meat is central to our diets, and an excellent source of protein, who doesn't love beef? 5.) We don't have the time or money to forgo fast-shipping globalized consumer products. . . . Realize that we are going to slam into this problem full speed, face first.

soco 2y ago
Love it. How about adding something about shareholder value, the economy in general and of course wars.
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bawolff 2y ago
Otherwise known as - people will follow incentives. Trying to change behaviour by moralizing while keeping incentives in place that reward people who dont do the thing you want, is a fool's errand.
netsharc 2y ago
I'm surprised that I'm still just complacent about the whole thing, instead of going full-prepper. I suppose a bunker full of food, etc, will also only extend my life a few months, unless I have Zuck-level money..
- bamboozled 2y ago
  There is no way a bunker will get Zuck through civilisation collapse.
  - warrenm 2y ago
    But...but..BUT!! It's self-contained, underground, and in Hawaii!!!! /s
- M95D 2y ago
  That would be just more food for the raiders.
tessar 2y ago
here is one extreme excuse. "they do not let go what we rightfully owned." now, help think critically what we have rightfully owned and lost it.

dmehta97 2y ago

This doesn’t help: https://www.chartr.co/newsletters/2024-03-17 https://www.chartr.co/newsletters/2024-03-17

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