BIG HEADLINE posted:

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/amp/ncna1285341

“Silent Night” is set in a near future in which the earth has experienced massive environmental collapse. Poisonous storms sweep the landscape, and everyone caught in them dies in hideous agony. The British government has issued euthanasia pills to (almost) everyone so they can die with less pain.

But it's a dark comedy!

BIG HEADLINE posted:

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/amp/ncna1285341

“Silent Night” is set in a near future in which the earth has experienced massive environmental collapse. Poisonous storms sweep the landscape, and everyone caught in them dies in hideous agony. The British government has issued euthanasia pills to (almost) everyone so they can die with less pain.

But it's a dark comedy!

Milo and POTUS posted:

No government's going to issue suicide pills. You'll suffer until the day you die

quote:

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said on Wednesday that the private sector has the ability to find solutions to climate change by funding the trillions needed for a global clean energy transition.

Kerry said that no government in the world has enough money to solve the climate crisis or complete the energy transition, and that private investment in clean energy technology is therefore critical to combatting climate change.

Pryor on Fire posted:

The new poly panels and lipo batteries are making solar really tempting nowadays, if you're handy you can build a pretty massive system for $2k-3k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLgGGB_McW0

Seatbelts posted:

gently caress yeah but you should go with monocrystal half cells; the price has come way down and they are nearly 28% efficient.
you don't need azimuth and horizon tracking but panels are really only good when they are pointed directly at the sun, the minimum acceptance angle is like 5 degrees +/-

actionjackson posted:

the government printed trillions of dollars when covid started lol

Cup Runneth Over posted:

T-Paine posted:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/01/john-kerry-says-private-sector-can-win-climate-change-battle.html

I made a noise that sounds like a Canada goose honking when I read this

Alobar posted:

e: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EDwqC4iO9A&t=974s this is a different one, but it shows people cooking on it lol it looks like the same kind of barrel

bedpan posted:

lolling again that the same societies who are in the process catastrophically bungling the response to COVID are suppose to be able to address the far more difficult problem of climate change

quote:

ONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Nearly five days after military households first reported their tap water smelled like fuel and was making them sick, the Navy on Thursday night announced its tests have confirmed the presence of petroleum in the Red Hill drinking water well.

“We have pretty conclusive indications that there are volatile petroleum products in the well,” said U.S. Pacific Fleet Deputy Commander Blake Converse, at a virtual town hall on Thursday night.

“And we determined that it is the likely source of the contamination of our water distribution system across the Navy system.”

The Navy shut down its Red Hill pumping shaft Sunday night, but failed to inform the public.

“The Red Hill shaft was closed for two reasons. The first reason — it was the closest shaft to folks who reported petroleum smells, sheens in their water and taste in their water so the logical source was the Red Hill shaft,” Converse said. “Red Hill shaft is closer to petroleum sources that we’re experiencing.”

Tests conducted “throughout the rest of the Navy water distribution system” have come back negative for petroleum, he added.

That’s in contrast with the results from the state Health Department, which found petroleum in a water sample from Red Hill Elementary School.

And in a sample HNN sent to a private lab, technicians detected the presence of diesel.

Meanwhile, the Board of Water Supply has said its systems are not impacted by the contamination. But officials also expressed concern the contamination in the Navy’s water could spread.

avy officials said by identifying the source of the contamination, they hoped to be able to move quickly to “develop a plan to restore the potable water system to EPA standards.”

In a news release late Thursday, the Navy said the Red Hill sample contained levels of petroleum hydrocarbons “roughly four to 10 times below the Hawaii Department of Health Environmental Action Level.” The Navy did not release the actual sample results, however.

Converse added there is also work underway to determine how the petroleum got in the well in the first place. Since the contamination reports first arose, there’s been intense scrutiny on the Navy’s Red Hill Fuel Storage Facility — whose underground tanks are situated above the aquifer.

The tainted water has prompted widespread concern among government officials.

On Thursday morning, U.S. Rep. Kai Kahele called the threat a crisis “of astronomical proportions” and called on the Navy to move more quickly to identify the problem and fix it.

Real hurthling! posted:

lmao the aquifer is directly under the tanks

The Wisest Moron posted:

Yes, I'm experiencing "Existential Dread" over losing my lifestyle with easy access to food, water, and medicine because I'm spoiled

bedpan posted:

lolling again that the same societies who are in the process catastrophically bungling the response to COVID are suppose to be able to address the far more difficult problem of climate change

Real hurthling! posted:

at that point just pour the oil in the water and use a longer straw to get the water once it all separates into density layers

Wolfy posted:

Water and food are overrated anyway.

I watched Snowpiercer the other day and I believe that’s how climate change is going to play out.

bag em and tag em posted:

Snowpiercer was severely optimistic about our willingness to invest in trains

Lastgirl posted:

yeah, it's called hypermaterialism, it makes people go apeshit because they realize they're zoo people in an enclosure instead of finding purpose and service with some kind of tangible spirituality aspect to make things meaningful rather than just worthless endless acquisition for nothing since it all goes to dust anyways

Lastgirl posted:

yeah, it's called hypermaterialism, it makes people go apeshit because they realize they're zoo people in an enclosure instead of finding purpose and service with some kind of tangible spirituality aspect to make things meaningful rather than just worthless endless acquisition for nothing since it all goes to dust anyways

americans literally consume more anti-depressants than any other nation in the world, it's a theme park cosplay nation with cosplay citizens who really are just debtor consumerists.

a book called Ishmael by Daniel Quinn somewhat touches on this, but grossly underestimated how utterly psychotic people will go to lengths in the endless depth of narcissism to feed a voracious appetite of cheap thrills that quickly evaporate endlessly and to maintain this illusion by violence and coercion.

The Wisest Moron posted:

Here's a story about how with a little ingenuity and gumption we can fix regular pollution with noise pollution!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtlPTE-UmY4

I am genuinely glad that there are people dedicated to saving ducks from cooking themselves in acid, but it's pretty that the method of choice is shooting in their direction lol.