Hopefully they did Rishi a favour while they were up there and trimmed that overgrown climber back for him before it damaged his roof. Imagine being a billionaire and not being able to afford a gardener.
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Hopefully they did Rishi a favour while they were up there and trimmed that overgrown climber back for him before it damaged his roof. Imagine being a billionaire and not being able to afford a gardener.
We had a joyfull summer - first proper tornado wrecking havoc after 30 something years, hail the size of pingpong balls ravaging crops, puting holes in roofs and now monthly rainfall in one day resulting in major landslides and floods.
Much of what has happened to you has happened here too, but at smaller scale though. However, I'm not so sure these events are going to be endemic for year 2023, I expect more of the same and worse in very near future.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66387537
The average sea temperature in July beats the previous record by a massive amount leaving climate change scientists extremely worried.
The average sea temperature in July beats the previous record by a massive amount leaving climate change scientists extremely worried.
Preposterous idea that somehow we will dig ourselves out of trouble by using technology will only prolong inaction on global scale. Idea born out of nothing but capitalism that we will somehow all be driving EVs in 20 years while breathing fresh air on a green and healthy landscape at this point irks me as idiotic.
The same as Iphone, Samsung or whatever other smartphone ad, selling people stories of important moments shared with important people, when what they're actually selling is bloody phone. And those happy faces around you, you either have them or don't, completely unrelated to phone.
It's becoming mass delusion.
If we could scale up battery production (big if), the EV one isn't that unrealistic - at least as far as new cars go. But of course that takes action.
I don’t think people are nearly as terrified about what is happening as they should be.
A lot of people will continue to be in denial about it until it's too late, as usual. On a global and individual level the scale of change needed in everyday lives is so enormous that most people would prefer to simply ignore it while they still can.
Feels like we really are fecked now, though, not in 2100 or even 2050, but now, baaaad things are happening in the next few years.
There's no doubt about that. You still feel like a bit of a loony when you suggest some things that might need to change. In real life moreso, but also here on the caf.
It’s not even the weather I’m scared of. It’s the political fall out, collapsing economies, social unrest and ultimately war that is in my opinion inevitable.
Man fights over resources.
I did read a climate report last month and there was a Portuguese commentator in the comments saying how over their June or July had been one of the mildest in years and heavily implying he was skeptical about all the scare stories and i was reading yesterday that parts of Portugal have reached 46.4C yesterday.
Someone in the pub shouted "here we go, more propaganda" at the news on the TV when they cut to the climate section.
It's certainly not the typical summer I remember from my childhood. Someone I work with just returned from Spain where temperatures were as high as 44c. Meanwhile, back home in Manchester I've been wearing my winter clothes in 15c weather, where it has rained heavily for all but 2 days since the end of June. I think I read we've had three times the normal amount of rain this summer. A happy medium seems to be wishful thinking at this point.
Good god…
People struggle to conceptualise effects that happen over a long period of time or scale, it's just one of the weaknesses of the human brain. Kind of like the fact that you only need to fold a piece of paper 42 times to reach the moon, people always look confused by that but if you analyse it, you only need to get halfway by fold 41 (and so on) and then it becomes more digestible.
One of the issues in Portugal is that a huge percentage of the population lives in Lisboa and Porto, which are on the coast and although often have very high temperatures, it's not where the real effects are noticeable. In many areas of the interior we had record high temperatures, worst droughts in a long time, worst crops in forever and people who leave there are sounding the alarm. But of course, life in the two big cities goes on as normal, so it creates the illusion it's not really that bad.
The fact many people in the big cities are struggling to get a place to live and most are focusing on making ends meet also helps to push the climate issues to the back of their mind. You can't ask someone struggling to pay rent and utilities to focus on something they aren't currently experiencing. A recent poll by a lisbon university showed that most youngsters who actively participated in climate protests and actually did something practical have secure lives financially. Those who can't find a room, a job or pay for their education tend to not care about this. Sadly this is a huge percentage of young people.
Without more equality, we're never fixing this, but very few establish a connection between these two things.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66543643
This is an interesting article on the BBC website about the development of Cargo Ships fitted with sails. These can be deployed once at sea and greatly reduce the amount of fossil fuel burnt.
The sails themselves are designed in the UK. But due to government failure to invest, they are, like most things made in China.
This is an interesting article on the BBC website about the development of Cargo Ships fitted with sails. These can be deployed once at sea and greatly reduce the amount of fossil fuel burnt.
The sails themselves are designed in the UK. But due to government failure to invest, they are, like most things made in China.
Meanwhile...
G20 poured more than $1tn on fossil fuel subsidies despite Cop26 pledges – report
Public money still flowing into industry despite agreement to phase out ‘inefficient’ subsidies, thinktank says
https://www.theguardian.com/environ...l-fuel-subsidies-despite-cop26-pledges-report
G20 poured more than $1tn on fossil fuel subsidies despite Cop26 pledges – report
Public money still flowing into industry despite agreement to phase out ‘inefficient’ subsidies, thinktank says
https://www.theguardian.com/environ...l-fuel-subsidies-despite-cop26-pledges-report
Not sure if it’s covered here. Japan have release the water from fukushima nuclear reactor to the ocean staring today.
it will impact all ocean life and also people
it will impact all ocean life and also people
It is good to have a centrist view of climate change, opposing the mindless dogma of the far left and right (exemplified in the tweets above Musk's) - coming from the world's richest man, it gives me hope for humanity
e - I should add, despite that inflammatory rhetoric from Biden's tweets, he has also charted a nice centrist course, midway between shrill activism and a pro-consumer, pro-business, pro-growth agenda. More oil and gas drilling permits than ever before, an achievment he can boast about like Obama once did! Balanced by a 10-year climate plan that takes the US somewhat near their stated goals
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It is good to have a centrist view of climate change, opposing the mindless dogma of the far left and right (exemplified in the tweets above Musk's) - coming from the world's richest man, it gives me hope for humanity
He’s the owner of Tesla, it’s in his financial interest.
I watched this yesterday, more stuff for me to be confused about.
Concerning
Not climate change-exclusive, but interesting nevertheless for those with some spare time to read. As many have rightfully pointed out, green growth is nothing but an idea that we can keep going the way we are going now.
https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4060/4/3/32
https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4060/4/3/32
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/storm-daniel-breaks-rainfall-record-in-greece/1489771
Airports and ports were closed for more than 14 hours because it was impossible for planes and boats to reach the island during to the extremely violent storm who also had an average of a one or multiple violent lightning events every 5 seconds.
Let's hope this does not turns to be a bigger catastrophe.
Airports and ports were closed for more than 14 hours because it was impossible for planes and boats to reach the island during to the extremely violent storm who also had an average of a one or multiple violent lightning events every 5 seconds.
Let's hope this does not turns to be a bigger catastrophe.
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Intriguing premise, but totally unreadable…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66753909
UN calls for radical changes to reduce the effect of climate change.
UN calls for radical changes to reduce the effect of climate change.