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I know Europe isn't as anti climate change as US but I really hope rhat the world atarts taking this seriously When Europe is as hot as Asia during summers and

I know Europe isn't as anti climate change as US but I really hope rhat the world atarts taking this seriously When Europe is as hot as Asia during summers and as hot as Asia during respective winters that clearly proves beyond a shadow of doubt that global warming is real Because Trump had said "it is snowing here" to justify xlimate denying. They have extreme polar vortex over there so they haven't yet faced the severity of climate change, I think.

vinay427 4y ago
> I know Europe isn't as anti climate change as US I feel like this isn't the clearest phrasing. :) Perhaps you meant anti-anti-climate change (clunky) or anti-climate change awareness or similar?
- thewhitetulip 4y ago
  yes EU doesnt seem to be big climate change deniers & their leaders can understand the difference between weather and climate
m_mueller 4y ago
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- thewhitetulip 4y ago
  Are we reading the same comment? I merely prayed that the world wakes up to the climate disaster Imagine having to dumpsnow via a helicopter... This means things are going to be worse in the coming years Every country needs to wake up and fix issues of non renewable energy
  - m_mueller 4y ago
    it was just an issue with your phrasing of 'anti climate change'. I think you meant 'climate change denying' or something like that, then it makes more sense. Being 'anti climate change' to me means that you try to stop the change, and by your comment I read it as the US being more advanced in that regard.
pjc50 4y ago
This very much varies depending on where you are in Europe and who you are talking to. Much of Western Europe gets a climate that is warmer than the same latitude in the US because of the Gulf Stream. It's possible that climate change might disrupt that resulting in certain regions being _colder_. In the meantime, the latitudes at which you can economically grow wine grapes are gradually moving northwards. If you sort https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-per-capita/ https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-pe... by per capita, you see that the biggest emitters are: - Gulf states which run on oil - Microstates/islands which have very inefficient generation - and then Estonia is worse than the US, because it still has lots of Soviet-era coal generation. Most of Europe has per-capita emissions about half those of the US, comparable to those of China. The US has bad emissions because of cheap petrol and over 200GW of coal fired power stations.
sschueller 4y ago
Sadly this is a global problem and no matter what tiny Switzerland does to be green, it has almost zero effect when the big polluters are still arguing if climate change is real.
- thewhitetulip 4y ago
  exactly. we really need to work together like we did during CFC ozone hole crisis

vinay427 4y ago

> I know Europe isn't as anti climate change as US I feel like this isn't the clearest phrasing. :) Perhaps you meant anti-anti-climate change (clunky) or anti-climate change awareness or similar?

thewhitetulip 4y ago
yes EU doesnt seem to be big climate change deniers & their leaders can understand the difference between weather and climate

m_mueller 4y ago

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thewhitetulip 4y ago
Are we reading the same comment? I merely prayed that the world wakes up to the climate disaster Imagine having to dumpsnow via a helicopter... This means things are going to be worse in the coming years Every country needs to wake up and fix issues of non renewable energy
- m_mueller 4y ago
  it was just an issue with your phrasing of 'anti climate change'. I think you meant 'climate change denying' or something like that, then it makes more sense. Being 'anti climate change' to me means that you try to stop the change, and by your comment I read it as the US being more advanced in that regard.

pjc50 4y ago

This very much varies depending on where you are in Europe and who you are talking to. Much of Western Europe gets a climate that is warmer than the same latitude in the US because of the Gulf Stream. It's possible that climate change might disrupt that resulting in certain regions being _colder_. In the meantime, the latitudes at which you can economically grow wine grapes are gradually moving northwards. If you sort https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-per-capita/ https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-pe... by per capita, you see that the biggest emitters are: - Gulf states which run on oil - Microstates/islands which have very inefficient generation - and then Estonia is worse than the US, because it still has lots of Soviet-era coal generation. Most of Europe has per-capita emissions about half those of the US, comparable to those of China. The US has bad emissions because of cheap petrol and over 200GW of coal fired power stations.

sschueller 4y ago

Sadly this is a global problem and no matter what tiny Switzerland does to be green, it has almost zero effect when the big polluters are still arguing if climate change is real.

thewhitetulip 4y ago
exactly. we really need to work together like we did during CFC ozone hole crisis