Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist
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It is currently the beginning of Feb and our normal weather here is a few days of snow, usually a few inches, usually at least one large to shut everything down (like 10+"). Overcast. In the 20s and 30s (F).
I went skiing on Saturday and have never seen so much literally bare ground outside of the very early or very very late season.
I went to a protest today. Parked a distance away and walked. It was 68°. It feels like the end of April. We got almost no snow - only like a foot unseasonably early in the middle of November. The wildfire season this year is going to be rough, and the summer will be brutal.
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Agent Smith was right
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Let's split the bill. I'll chime in 5
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Yeah... I dunno about that. The 2C was in An Inconvenient Truth, unless my memory has completely failed me.
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may be, but with the feedback loops fully contributing then, the 6°C goal will be delayed a few decades.
and by the way, the political was to stop it at 1.5°C by 2050. nobody ever assumed 6°C an acceptable outcome.
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Its very unlikely for these reasons:
- limited lifetime
- we have already seen volcanic eruptions which put a lot of SO2 into the stratosphere, and thet did not cause an ice age, so it's clearly fine if we don't put too much
Anyway, that's what research is for.
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Some good news:
- emission rates have plateaued; we are still destroying the planet, but no longer accelerating the rate at which we do it
- Solar panels (unsubsidized) are the cheapest method of electricity generation as of 2022
- there is a fundamentally limited amount of fossil fuels, so as long as we don’t turn to Venus 2.0 by 2100 we will deplete most coal and oil and it will be possible for our ancestors to repair the planet over the following centuries.
Yeah I know even this “good news” is bleak, but it’s worth celebrating. There is some hope.
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I'm just showing that we are lowering the projection curve due to our efforts. 2 degrees is too hot by far but progress is being made, we aren't just ignoring the situation.
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Reminds me of a scene from The Newsroom
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Please, just get it over with already
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We had those for decades in the Netherlands. They were literally small supermarkets on wheels. They had a limited assortment on board, but you could order specialty items for delivery next week. They were reasonably popular in the 70’s and 80’s, rven in larger cities. Those days, there were fewer supermarkets and they tended to close at 5-6 pm. They also didn’t really do delivery like we have now.
They are still around in a limited way, but usually only for small villages that don’t really have a supermarket.
Here’s a modern example.
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None of this you can actually backup with proof. Its just your gut feeling because you are afraid to get up and take responsibility. You just need a excuse for your inaction.
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Only the people who sit on their ass all day are the virus. Just be honest and confess your just to lazy to even try and make a difference.
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Are those emission rates per capita or absolute?
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I saw it originally watching Simon Clark. Reviewing, it looks like the chart shown is actually a great example of a terrible graph; it uses 5 year periods then switches to 1 year periods without clear indication, making it look flatter than it would otherwise. If I adjust for this in a photo editor, emissions have barely slowed. I was misled, sorry for passing that on and thanks for questioning it.
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Good on you to have integrity.
But yeah, that's what I gather, too, whenever I check. Nothing we do has an impact. I'm hoping the huge renewables push in China over the last few years might finally have an effect, but
