Plastic bags, climate change, renewable energy,

[rockmoose]

That one's easy to answer. Because the greedy fuckers with the power and control assume they will be dead before the worst effects are felt, and they couldn't give two shits about their own kids, let alone anyone else.

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[ForkinGreat]

 

[Plankosaurus]

These are getting less and less funny. I think I need a good size sandpit to bury my head in

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[ForkinGreat]

These are getting less and less funny. I think I need a good size sandpit to bury my head in

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That's because the shitfuckery of the federal 'government' is no laughing matter.
I also had no idea that the moratorium on fracking had been apparently lifted in Victoria. Farmers need to lock their gates. Don't invite the fracking vampires in, and they can bluster all they like, but they can all GTFO.
Very shitty that CSIRO has been used as a glove puppet by the coal and gas corporations.

 

[Scotty T]

Very shitty that CSIRO has been used as a glove puppet by the coal and gas corporations.

The paradox of the Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, finding ways to fuck and fix the planet simultaneously. It's depressing, and don't get me started on hydrogen.

This is fucking great though...

 

[pink poodle]

Solid rant.

 

[hifiandmtb]

A stark communication from those who know:

Crushing climate impacts to hit sooner than feared: draft UN report

Climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades, even if humans can tame planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to a landmark draft report from the UN's climate science advisors obtained by AFP.

phys.org

Species extinction, more widespread disease, unliveable heat, ecosystem collapse, cities menaced by rising seas—these and other devastating climate impacts are accelerating and bound to become painfully obvious before a child born today turns 30.

Carry on though, business as usual.

Until it can't be.

 

[pink poodle]

Carry on though, business as usual.

Yes sir! Think I'll throw some cash into mining. It looks like a well performing growth industry.

 

[hifiandmtb]

Wildfires blaze across western states as heatwave shatters records

Warning of potential for ‘extreme growth’ of Oregon blaze as two die in Arizona fire reconnaissance plane crash

www.theguardian.com

There will be more, more fierce, less controllable.

And there will be more, more fierce, less controllable.

Science tells us this is how it will pan out.

Tell your kids.

 

[hifiandmtb]

CC is a billion times more threatening that COVID, yet...

Trillions of dollars spent on Covid recovery in ways that harm environment

Only 10% of $17tn global bailout directed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and restoring nature, report finds

www.theguardian.com

 

[hifiandmtb]

 

[Haakon]

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This was largely expected. Over the last couple of decades there has been a softly softly approach to the dissemination of projections and climate science in general - don’t spook the horses, gently encourage gradual action lest you be shouted down again as being alarmist…

But really this is a complex system that doesn’t do nice gentles changes. Feedback loops kick in hard and fast and will bite you in the arse before you’ve had time to mutter “transition fuels!”

And the big ice sheets haven’t yet properly started to fall off… This is just a gentle introduction to the shitstorm to come. Buckle up kids!

 

[hifiandmtb]

We all have a moral obligation to care about this.

What's happened to our morality?

 

[Haakon]

We all have a moral obligation to care about this.

What's happened to our morality?

Humans don’t do morality en masse. Never have… Sometimes you’ll see it amongst individuals, but that’s not enough for this problem.

 

[pink poodle]

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Can't wait til we can travel again so I can go and see this!

 

[Haakon]

Can't wait til we can travel again so I can go and see this!

Me too! My usual annual work trip to Germany is to Bonn on the Rhine river. I bet it’s heaving at the moment!!

 

[silentbutdeadly]

We all have a moral obligation to care about this.

What's happened to our morality?

All moral obligations the world over come with caveats, trade offs, reinterpretations and fuck offs...

 

[cokeonspecialtwodollars]

We all have a moral obligation to care about this.

What's happened to our morality?

I, for one, would like to know how I can act on these moral obligations as an individual in a way that will prevent this catastrophe. Still crickets over here...

I think that it is rather telling that we are still arguing in this thread as opposed to posting stuff in this one https://www.rotorburn.com/forums/index.php?threads/climate-change-what-can-we-do.315542/

Perhaps if everyone was to become legally bound to fulfil these obligations we may stand a chance, although I still remain pessimistic and fear that it's already too late.

 

[Oddjob]

I, for one, would like to know how I can act on these moral obligations as an individual in a way that will prevent this catastrophe. Still crickets over here...


Perhaps if everyone was to become legally bound to fulfil these obligations we may stand a chance, although I still remain pessimistic and fear that it's already too late.

This is why we should have a carbon price and a public execution of Tony Abbott.

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[hifiandmtb]

I, for one, would like to know how I can act on these moral obligations as an individual in a way that will prevent this catastrophe. Still crickets over here...

Morality encompasses all decisions. Buying a gas-guzzling SUV is a moral decision. Taking an overseas flight is a moral decision. Individually not doing these things won't fix CC, but choosing to do them is a moral decision.

Morality should mean we don't tolerate what's happening now - we champion for better choices, we don't turn our backs on what we know is wrong. But we all do it - we turn our backs every day.