this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2023
338 points (98.3% liked)
Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.
5053 readers
471 users here now
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Right, because 30°C in the middle of September is totally normal and in no way an indication that climate change is about to get completely out for control.
Let's just go to the beach, everything is fine and we don't have to change anything, let alone something that will inconvenience us.
Temperatures in September are already past 1,5 degree increase. We need to do something. Now.
Can I ask what your solution is?
pretty sure the Dutch don't have enough time left to not be underwater.
Not turning the public against climate action, for one. We still need political majorities if you want to get anything done.
Second, we had the solution in the 90s with nuclear power. Now it's inevitable that we will see 2,5-3 degrees warming, since renewables can't replace reliable sources of energy and the world isn't willing to de-industrialize. By not excluding nuclear power, net zero by 2050 is achievable. By excluding it, net zero will never be achieved.
We might de-industrialize our country, but industry will just move to countries that do have reliable energy infrastructure. Look at industry moving from Germany to the USA, for example.