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by 23throwaway23 6y ago
From the article: Three major newspaper stories. Zero climate mentions. Section A, page 12 of today’s New York Times contains a big story about the unprecedented weather pummeling California. Titled “Extreme Heat Turns State Into a Furnace,
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by 23throwaway23 6y ago
Um... There's actually quite a bit. What is the basis of your claim? The most famous is the limits to growth model (developed by the Club of Rome in the 1970's, which we're unfortunately tracking quite closely). You can read
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by 23throwaway23 6y ago
Not sure where you're getting your information. We've consistently underestimated how fast things are happening, and how much sooner they're happening. All of those problems you identified are accelerating global warming and
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by 23throwaway23 6y ago
Given that IPCC and other world bodies suggest we need to be reducing emissions by 7.6% every year for the next decade (starting this year). We're doing the almost exact opposite. The US and China are increasing hostilities and are loc
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by 23throwaway23 6y ago
This is incorrect (see other comment for methodology). Thousands of stations on land, air and sea are used. Beyond that, this is a standard disinformation talking point. It's been debunked here: https://www.skepticalscience.
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by 23throwaway23 6y ago
This is how it's typically done: https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-how-do-scientists-meas... There are thousands of measurement stations spread across the globe - on land, in the ocean and in the air. Four independ
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Global temperatures likely to hit at least 1C warming for next five years(theguardian.com)
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by 23throwaway23 6y ago
In fact, the researchers say the world's affluent citizens are responsible for most environmental impacts and are central to any future prospect of retreating to safer conditions. "Consumption of affluent households worldwide is b
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by 23throwaway23 6y ago
To highlight some important elements of their work: A group of researchers, led by a UNSW sustainability scientist, have reviewed existing academic discussions on the link between wealth, economy and associated impacts, reaching a clear con
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Civilizational Trajectories(voiceofaction.org)
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America’s longest river was recently drier than during the Dust Bowl(washingtonpost.com)
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The projected timing of abrupt ecological disruption from climate change(theguardian.com)
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by 23throwaway23 7y ago
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/fashion/style/a10339153/why-... This article claims it's abrasion due to pants and poor quality fabric
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by 23throwaway23 7y ago
It'd be interesting to actually test this out if we got rid of farm and fossil fuel subsidies that prop up monoculture. Would be an even better comparison if we account for the externalities, like soil erosion and ecocide from pesticid
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Cut global emissions by 7.6% per year for next decade to meet 1.5°C Paris target(unenvironment.org)
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Facebook, Congress, Lobbying and Revolving Doors(theguardian.com)
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by 23throwaway23 7y ago
I don't follow. The burning of fossil fuels is risking human extinction. Sure, I can now fly from New York to Shanghai. But evidence increasing points that civilization and possibly humanity won't survive this benefit. This has be
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by 23throwaway23 7y ago
The intent of the analogy is to make clear that consumers have little recourse over their "choice" to consume this material. Lots can be said about the tradeoffs of industrial civilization. We now see that it is leading us to exti
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by 23throwaway23 7y ago
That's not what the argument is saying. We obviously didn't know the ill effects of the product when it first came out (think original Coke with cocaine). Yes, it may have given us some material benefits, but now it is clear that
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by 23throwaway23 7y ago
Heroin dealers are a great analogy here. Yea, if you cut off the supply to an addict they go through a process of withdrawal. And these companies have been working hard to manufacture demand and get more addicts. The world did fine without
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by 23throwaway23 7y ago
But not when you know your product causes harm and spend BILLIONS to suppress and sow confusion around the science. We have an excellent precedence in terms of big tobacco and the lies and disinformation they fed the public about the link b
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by 23throwaway23 7y ago
This argument often gets trotted out, but it's misleading. Imagine your grandparents were introduced to heroin and became addicted to it, and you built a society around celebrating and finding new ways to use heroin. Then your parents
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Oil Companies Plan to Blow Past World Carbon Budget(theguardian.com)
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Oil and gas companies undermining climate goals, says report(theguardian.com)
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We’re Eating This Planet to Death(wired.com)
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Committed emissions from existing energy infrastructure jeopardize 1.5 °C target(nature.com)
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Just how big a problem is voter suppression?(washingtonpost.com)
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by 23throwaway23 7y ago
Did you read the article? It's talking about anomalous purging of voters.
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Alarm over voter purges as 17m Americans removed from rolls in two years(theguardian.com)
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by 23throwaway23 7y ago
Funny, how come this topic isn't flagged, but one revealing new information (updates from interim IPCC models) has been flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20574620 As for tree planting - absolutely necessary

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