Climate Crisis: Are we doing enough?

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the snail

the snail

Active Member
Stevo 666 said:
People have called me worse.

Making the point that other dry places can manage. What makes you think Australia will 'run out of fresh water' soon?
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A lot of agriculture in Oz/US depends on underground aquifers which are being drained faster than they are refilled. As the levels drop they have to drill deeper for water,eventually it becomes uneconomic,and that's the end of farming.
 
Pblakeney

Pblakeney

Veteran
Beebo said:
I’ve just stumbled across a Carl Sagan argument which he was making 35 years ago on Green spending v military spending. And the importance of being prepared.
It is put into sharp focus by the current NATO 5% pledge.

View: https://youtu.be/4C6co5qXEE4?si=cz2M5ZVtzkBYWkA2
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I wouldn’t put too much weight on the 5%.
Apart from helping out Ukraine it was mostly to keep Trump onside, and a vast amount could be well used to improve infrastructure in this country which counts towards the 5%.
 
Psamathe

Psamathe

Guru
Google’s huge new Essex datacentre to emit 570,000 tonnes of CO2 a year
Spread across 52 hectares (128 acres), the Thurrock “hyperscale datacentre” will be part of a wave of mammoth computer and AI power houses if it secures planning consent.
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That amounts to about 500 flights from Heathrow to Málaga every week, according to the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization’s carbon calculator.
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At only equivalent of 500 flights a week CO₂ a week maybe we could throw in a few new international airport runways as well? Should make sure what prospects there might be for any climate recovery are trashed.
 
Ianonabike

Ianonabike

Regular
Looks like someone tried to make a citizen's arrest


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGfYMNd8mME
 
icowden

icowden

Shaman
bobzmyunkle said:
It's not a holiday says Tracy
A spokesperson from West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) told the BBC that the trip was "supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, and no public money has been spent on her attendance
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If only there were some way that these people could have attended a meeting without needing to fly half way round the world using huge amounts of aviation fuel which contributes to climate change...

Maybe....

A Teams meeting?
 
Psamathe

Psamathe

Guru
icowden said:
If only there were some way that these people could have attended a meeting without needing to fly half way round the world using huge amounts of aviation fuel which contributes to climate change...

Maybe....

A Teams meeting?
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Except for some attendees, when one of the richest countries in the world is telling everybody else "we can't afford to contribute to find to save world's tropical rainforests (the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF)) ..." maybe face to face?

And if the UK as one of the richest countries in the world isn't prepared to contribute why would others make sacrifices and help save the planet?
 
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