A rapid end to burning fossil fuel would arrest the heating that has caused extreme damage in recent weeks; and that rapid end is possible.

www.newyorker.com

Big Heat and Big Oil

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Camus (il, lui) @jlai.lu

2y ago

L'arrêt rapide de la combustion des combustibles fossiles permettrait de mettre un terme au réchauffement qui a causé des dégâts extrêmes ces dernières semaines ; et cet arrêt est possible

www.newyorker.com /magazine/2023/07/24/big-heat-and-big-oil

27 comments

If only this was an actual possibility..
- Right? The slow end was even more possible and that didn’t happen…
I think we all know rapid change is possible if the right motivators are there. Not sure how you get people and legislators to make the rapid change we need.
A few things we can do as individuals is fly less, eat less meat, drive less (where possible).
On a larger scale, write to your representatives, and vote for people who actually put climate change at the forefront of their agenda. It's now time for us all to be really pushy.
- Giving up and joining in on the destruction definitely isn't gonna help
  What you've been doing isn't useless, it's what other people should also be doing.
  
  I completely understand the sentiment, and it is very frustrating living in the greenest way you can and it not seeminging to make a dent. But we can only really impact our circle of influence and control around us.
  We have seen change on the economic level, if you look at the rise of dairy free milks a d plant based foods, 5 years ago they weren't main stream and now they are. All we can do is try and push the small changes with our wallets and hope to see the chnage to economies. As more people talk about climate change and write to their representatives the more these issues will be pushed to the fore as politicians will see them as important.
  I have no idea if any of this change will happen soon enough, but I don't think the alternative is acceptable.
  
  I FEEL you. All these systems, gas powered cars, factory farms, wasteful manufacturering, it was all here when I got here. There was never a time that I have lived on this planet where it was not heating. I didn't choose to participate in these systems, I had no other choice. I do what I can, but in the end, how much choice did I have? Did any of us have?
We need to vote for people who will address climate issues. Mitigation and adaptation.
- But what if those people won't let us discriminate against the gays? Checkmate leftists!
- People who will adress climate issues don't receive millions in donations for their political campaigns.
  
  Right, and that makes voting for them much more important.
Possible yes. But is it likely?
As the article says: The earth's temperature is going to increase, no matter what we do — because the earth is not in equilibrium currently. The oceans will continue to warm up, even if we stop all emissions of CO2 right now. Which is not to say that action is meaningless. But there is such a thing as being too late.
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