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I notice how the last time, a lot of these climate change posts go uncommented for a long time. Personally, I always feel gloom and doom when seeing them. We

I notice how the last time, a lot of these climate change posts go uncommented for a long time. Personally, I always feel gloom and doom when seeing them. We are fucked, there is no known scalable way to fix the damage if we wanted, and in fact the western world is partying straight into disaster. Maybe I'm not alone here, so the stories get voted up but not commented on? For what its worth, I see some hope the last few years. Some people are doing something both on a scientific and sociological level. Things are finally moving, even if it is not yet enough.

Proven 5y ago
- Nothing was done about Climate Change back then - It was an "extinction" event - In reality, nothing really happened, and here we go again, people feel gloom and doom... > Things are finally moving, even if it is not yet enough. Here's a link for you, Buffet and other heroes who can help the good things happen faster: https://fiscal.treasury.gov/public/gifts-to-government.html https://fiscal.treasury.gov/public/gifts-to-government.html
bioinformatics 5y ago
Do something then, you can be the example to us all.
- whodidwhatnow 5y ago
  > We are fucked, there is no known scalable way to fix the damage if we wanted But there isn't anything to do. We missed our chance.
  - ahevia 5y ago
    Thats a load of dung. We will no doubt be ravaged by climate change and are likely to reach 1.5 - 2 degrees warning, but we are by no means going extinct. Focus on solutions & building resislency, not doom posting on HN https://www.drawdown.org/ https://www.drawdown.org/ https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet
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    - whodidwhatnow 5y ago
      > We will no doubt be ravaged by climate change and are likely to reach 1.5 - 2 degrees warning Yes... because we missed our chance to solve for this. I get that humans on the whole will survive. But the "be the change you want to see in the world" type of feel goodery is complete bs. "You" are not the problem for climate change. Our politics are the problem and we seem determined to not solve that.
      - ahevia 5y ago
        I will not assume what country you are from or how active you are in your local community, but here in the US among progressive or environmental groups we have seen a great deal of progress on the state & federal level on fixing the system. Lots of people are determined to solve this, sadly there is a lot of opposition too. Don't be the change you want to see in the world, demand the change you want to see in your system. Don't rollover & accept defeat
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  - adrianN 5y ago
    We likely missed our chance to limit warming to 1.5°, but we haven't missed our chance to stay below 2.5°. Every tenth of a degree counts.
dogma1138 5y ago
While climate change is a serious problem it’s nowhere near an extinction level event for humanity. While not an excuse to fuck up the planet more than we have had, we can pretty much turn it into a wasteland and still survive with modern technology it won’t be fun and it would cost many lives but realistically if you are living in a western country today you are both unfortunately and fortunately going to be shielded from most of it.
jp555 5y ago
"Over the long term, the future is decided by optimists." Kevin Kelly
lobocinza 5y ago
> Maybe I'm not alone here, so the stories get voted up but not commented on? IDK, maybe. Hypothesis: 1. Although we think its important we are tired of it because its always the same story. 2. Although we ACK the problem we want to avoid news about the imminent problem that we as individuals can not really act against.

Proven 5y ago

- Nothing was done about Climate Change back then - It was an "extinction" event - In reality, nothing really happened, and here we go again, people feel gloom and doom... > Things are finally moving, even if it is not yet enough. Here's a link for you, Buffet and other heroes who can help the good things happen faster: https://fiscal.treasury.gov/public/gifts-to-government.html https://fiscal.treasury.gov/public/gifts-to-government.html

bioinformatics 5y ago

Do something then, you can be the example to us all.

whodidwhatnow 5y ago
> We are fucked, there is no known scalable way to fix the damage if we wanted But there isn't anything to do. We missed our chance.
- ahevia 5y ago
  Thats a load of dung. We will no doubt be ravaged by climate change and are likely to reach 1.5 - 2 degrees warning, but we are by no means going extinct. Focus on solutions & building resislency, not doom posting on HN https://www.drawdown.org/ https://www.drawdown.org/ https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet
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  - whodidwhatnow 5y ago
    > We will no doubt be ravaged by climate change and are likely to reach 1.5 - 2 degrees warning Yes... because we missed our chance to solve for this. I get that humans on the whole will survive. But the "be the change you want to see in the world" type of feel goodery is complete bs. "You" are not the problem for climate change. Our politics are the problem and we seem determined to not solve that.
    - ahevia 5y ago
      I will not assume what country you are from or how active you are in your local community, but here in the US among progressive or environmental groups we have seen a great deal of progress on the state & federal level on fixing the system. Lots of people are determined to solve this, sadly there is a lot of opposition too. Don't be the change you want to see in the world, demand the change you want to see in your system. Don't rollover & accept defeat
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- adrianN 5y ago
  We likely missed our chance to limit warming to 1.5°, but we haven't missed our chance to stay below 2.5°. Every tenth of a degree counts.

dogma1138 5y ago

While climate change is a serious problem it’s nowhere near an extinction level event for humanity. While not an excuse to fuck up the planet more than we have had, we can pretty much turn it into a wasteland and still survive with modern technology it won’t be fun and it would cost many lives but realistically if you are living in a western country today you are both unfortunately and fortunately going to be shielded from most of it.

jp555 5y ago

"Over the long term, the future is decided by optimists." Kevin Kelly

lobocinza 5y ago

> Maybe I'm not alone here, so the stories get voted up but not commented on? IDK, maybe. Hypothesis: 1. Although we think its important we are tired of it because its always the same story. 2. Although we ACK the problem we want to avoid news about the imminent problem that we as individuals can not really act against.