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And maybe record high atmospheric CO2 concentration every few years as well. We're still on an increasing trajectory. The 2007 IPCC climate change synthesis re

And maybe record high atmospheric CO2 concentration every few years as well. We're still on an increasing trajectory. The 2007 IPCC climate change synthesis report specified a deadline of 2015 for peak CO2 in order to meet the lowest mitigation scenario. Of course we've blown past that date and it's still full speed ahead with business as usual. Alas, I try not to blather on about the severity of the climate situation in every thread.

midnitewarrior 3y ago
I'm hopeful that superconductors leading to practical fusion reactors can provide the energy to start pulling some carbon out of the air and ocean. I'm thinking this is the only way to reverse the damage on the human timeframe. I admit it's a longshot, but I think it's the only chance we have. The superconductor news is welcome, we just need to see it get truly confirmed without a doubt.
- highwaylights 3y ago
  Not to be a bummer but by far the most likely outcome here is that we don’t currently have a room temperature super-conductor, we never pull a consequential amount of carbon out of the atmosphere, and we don’t get significantly workable sustainable fusion in a timeframe that makes a difference. You’d need a bunch of jackpots to come up, in a row, immediately, at this point for technology to provide a way out of the current debacle. To paraphrase Paul Lieberstein’s character on the Newsroom: If we stop drilling globally right this second AND Everyone stops driving their car and starts biking everywhere AND We invest immediately in clean renewable energy THEN I still don’t see a way out of this. edit: found it on YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pNYp6oc37ds https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pNYp6oc37ds
  - CamperBob2 3y ago
    (Shrug) Change is part of life. We'll live.
    - Filligree 3y ago
      Lots of us won’t.
      - CamperBob2 3y ago
        Darwin will have his due, all right. Sad but true.
  - influx 3y ago
    What’s your thoughts on nuclear power?
darkclouds 3y ago
What ever came about from the CRU hack [1]? I was walking my dog there most days when that happened, and to my knowledge they never caught the spooky hackers did they? For now, just call me spooky Patsy. Anyway, whilst more and more cars and buildings with air conditioning expel heat without a considerable lag, thus amplifying the thermal heat island effect [2], and the reduction of aerosols that were contributing to global dimming [3] making it possible to warm up the sea and land to new record highs since records began [4], have the climate scientists adjusted their models yet, or are they still in full on fatalism and alarmism mode? I feel like Roy Castle [5] still lives on. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climatic_Research_Unit_email_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climatic_Research_Unit_email_c... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_heat_island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_heat_island [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_dimming#Relationship_to_climate_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_dimming#Relationship_to... [4] https://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2023/06/16/sea-surface-temperatures-breaking-records/ https://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2023/06/16/sea-surface-tempera... [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Castle

midnitewarrior 3y ago

I'm hopeful that superconductors leading to practical fusion reactors can provide the energy to start pulling some carbon out of the air and ocean. I'm thinking this is the only way to reverse the damage on the human timeframe. I admit it's a longshot, but I think it's the only chance we have. The superconductor news is welcome, we just need to see it get truly confirmed without a doubt.

highwaylights 3y ago
Not to be a bummer but by far the most likely outcome here is that we don’t currently have a room temperature super-conductor, we never pull a consequential amount of carbon out of the atmosphere, and we don’t get significantly workable sustainable fusion in a timeframe that makes a difference. You’d need a bunch of jackpots to come up, in a row, immediately, at this point for technology to provide a way out of the current debacle. To paraphrase Paul Lieberstein’s character on the Newsroom: If we stop drilling globally right this second AND Everyone stops driving their car and starts biking everywhere AND We invest immediately in clean renewable energy THEN I still don’t see a way out of this. edit: found it on YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pNYp6oc37ds https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pNYp6oc37ds
- CamperBob2 3y ago
  (Shrug) Change is part of life. We'll live.
  - Filligree 3y ago
    Lots of us won’t.
    - CamperBob2 3y ago
      Darwin will have his due, all right. Sad but true.
- influx 3y ago
  What’s your thoughts on nuclear power?

darkclouds 3y ago

What ever came about from the CRU hack [1]? I was walking my dog there most days when that happened, and to my knowledge they never caught the spooky hackers did they? For now, just call me spooky Patsy. Anyway, whilst more and more cars and buildings with air conditioning expel heat without a considerable lag, thus amplifying the thermal heat island effect [2], and the reduction of aerosols that were contributing to global dimming [3] making it possible to warm up the sea and land to new record highs since records began [4], have the climate scientists adjusted their models yet, or are they still in full on fatalism and alarmism mode? I feel like Roy Castle [5] still lives on. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climatic_Research_Unit_email_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climatic_Research_Unit_email_c... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_heat_island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_heat_island [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_dimming#Relationship_to_climate_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_dimming#Relationship_to... [4] https://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2023/06/16/sea-surface-temperatures-breaking-records/ https://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2023/06/16/sea-surface-tempera... [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Castle