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I sometimes wonder if pieces like this are really just an insight into the writer’s coping strategies. For better or worse, they need good news to keep going. I

I sometimes wonder if pieces like this are really just an insight into the writer’s coping strategies. For better or worse, they need good news to keep going. I don’t know if it applies to everyone.

hotpotamus 3y ago
What else can one do? South Texas, where I live, seems to be going through desertification. Giving up on the future doesn't seem like an option for many.
jasmes 3y ago
It isn’t the worst thing in the world to occasionally take a moment to be like “okay… we made some progress. Cool.” As long as people know we have a whole lot more to do shrug is it coping or just stress management? It can be fatiguing to perpetually feel screwed.
- mistrial9 3y ago
  more than that
s1artibartfast 3y ago
I think coping strategy implies some sort of cognitive dissonance or falsehood. Meanwhile, US CO2 emissions peaked in 2007 and are down 20%, which is Franky astounding. Global CO2 emissions is predicted to peak this year or next, although a retrospective analysis may show that it already peaked earlier in 2016 or 2018. [1] If net zero is the goal, of course we are a long way from that, but it is crazy to think that there hasnt been progress. https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/gr.html https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/gr.html
- illiac786 3y ago
  the curve about CO2 concentration in the atmosphere available at your link is very linear maybe slightly accelerating. If anything it's showing that not much is changing... I selected trends in co2, global.
  - s1artibartfast 3y ago
    you have to look at growth rate. you dont have guess the linearity and slope of the line. The growth rate is measured directly, reported per year, and graphed. The largest global CO2 increases (slope)on record were in 2015, then 2016, and the trend is downward since then. Annual CO2 increase in 2022 was 26% less than the peak 2015. (2.17 ppm vs 2.95 ppm). https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/gl_gr.html https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/gl_gr.html
    - illiac786 3y ago
      Look at the graph. Downward trend of a couple of years have been common, it is much too early to assume anything based on this. Example: in 1998, the last record was 1987. I'm not holding my breath (no pun intended).
      - s1artibartfast 3y ago
        Who is making any assumptions? I simply said: >Meanwhile, US CO2 emissions peaked in 2007 and are down 20%, which is Franky astounding. Global CO2 emissions is predicted to peak this year or next, although a retrospective analysis may show that it already peaked earlier in 2016 or 2018. The historic data is fact. The trend may or may not continue. Slope may increase again, hold static, or keep decreasing. Im not saying everything is sunshine and puppies. for example, it seems that the slope of methane is still increasing.
        illiac786 3y ago
        oh I agree on the facts, I disagree on the significance you give them. It is not astounding, it is something which happened multiple times already. Secondly, I disagree on the prediction you mention.l (I would nonetheless new interested in a link on the latter, I am genuinely in search of good news, even if I'm aware I do not necessarily sound like it...)
        s1artibartfast 3y ago

hotpotamus 3y ago

What else can one do? South Texas, where I live, seems to be going through desertification. Giving up on the future doesn't seem like an option for many.

jasmes 3y ago

It isn’t the worst thing in the world to occasionally take a moment to be like “okay… we made some progress. Cool.” As long as people know we have a whole lot more to do shrug is it coping or just stress management? It can be fatiguing to perpetually feel screwed.

mistrial9 3y ago
more than that

s1artibartfast 3y ago

I think coping strategy implies some sort of cognitive dissonance or falsehood. Meanwhile, US CO2 emissions peaked in 2007 and are down 20%, which is Franky astounding. Global CO2 emissions is predicted to peak this year or next, although a retrospective analysis may show that it already peaked earlier in 2016 or 2018. [1] If net zero is the goal, of course we are a long way from that, but it is crazy to think that there hasnt been progress. https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/gr.html https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/gr.html

illiac786 3y ago
the curve about CO2 concentration in the atmosphere available at your link is very linear maybe slightly accelerating. If anything it's showing that not much is changing... I selected trends in co2, global.
- s1artibartfast 3y ago
  you have to look at growth rate. you dont have guess the linearity and slope of the line. The growth rate is measured directly, reported per year, and graphed. The largest global CO2 increases (slope)on record were in 2015, then 2016, and the trend is downward since then. Annual CO2 increase in 2022 was 26% less than the peak 2015. (2.17 ppm vs 2.95 ppm). https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/gl_gr.html https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/gl_gr.html
  - illiac786 3y ago
    Look at the graph. Downward trend of a couple of years have been common, it is much too early to assume anything based on this. Example: in 1998, the last record was 1987. I'm not holding my breath (no pun intended).
    - s1artibartfast 3y ago
      Who is making any assumptions? I simply said: >Meanwhile, US CO2 emissions peaked in 2007 and are down 20%, which is Franky astounding. Global CO2 emissions is predicted to peak this year or next, although a retrospective analysis may show that it already peaked earlier in 2016 or 2018. The historic data is fact. The trend may or may not continue. Slope may increase again, hold static, or keep decreasing. Im not saying everything is sunshine and puppies. for example, it seems that the slope of methane is still increasing.
      - illiac786 3y ago
        oh I agree on the facts, I disagree on the significance you give them. It is not astounding, it is something which happened multiple times already. Secondly, I disagree on the prediction you mention.l (I would nonetheless new interested in a link on the latter, I am genuinely in search of good news, even if I'm aware I do not necessarily sound like it...)
        s1artibartfast 3y ago