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I'm in Denver. We got snow last night. It's a miracle! We sure could use some of that global warming right now!
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Jan 1, 2022 17:47
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The Wisest Moron posted:I will be the Eco-Stalinist this planet needs. I'll be the eco-Makhno or something. Down with the ship!
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Jan 1, 2022 17:57
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Topo Chico Debarge posted:
I didn't realize evergreens were fireproof
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Jan 1, 2022 18:00
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starkebn posted:Civilisation is crumbling and we've got less than 20 years left. Germany is doing the responsible thing and decommissioning the nuclear power plants safely. Well I can kinda see the point to what you're saying. If poo poo is really coming apart you don't want nuclear stuff lying around for some religious nut with grand aspirations to pick up. Or children.
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Jan 1, 2022 18:05
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Modern nuclear plants aren't a nuke factory
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Jan 1, 2022 18:08
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people aren't worried about someone unlocking nuclear icbm's on their tech tree with an unattended nuclear power plant, it is that if you leave them to sit around unattended for long enough bad things usually happen so it's better to have them decommissioned now instead of having the country shatter apart and stop maintaining it's own critical infrastructure
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Jan 1, 2022 18:10
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SKULL.GIF posted:I didn't realize evergreens were fireproof i noticed that too. maybe the houses were made of nitrocellulose.
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Jan 1, 2022 18:12
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SKULL.GIF posted:I didn't realize evergreens were fireproof Especially for spread out 'ornamental' trees, it's very common for no fuel to be in proximity to them so as long as they're old enough to have no limbs near the ground they survive a lot of fires.
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Jan 1, 2022 18:28
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fires have been a part of forest ecology forever, what humans have done is made those fires bigger and hotter. With winds blowing the fire as quickly through areas cleared of fire load (aka lawns), which access to irrigated water (again because of the lawns) it’s kinda a perfect situation for tree survival
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Jan 1, 2022 18:33
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Xaris posted:
It's really not a big deal, we hit unprecedented levels of methane and co2 every year, it's perfectly normal and not that bad yet.
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Jan 1, 2022 19:07
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jetz0r posted:It's really not a big deal, we hit unprecedented levels of methane and co2 every year, it's perfectly normal and not that bad yet. we normally receive all our food in multiple layers of disposable poison which we discard immediately, what's so weird about that, we've always done it like this well when I say always I mean like since we developed the plastic disposable poison a few years ago
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Jan 1, 2022 19:10
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Trabisnikof posted:fires have been a part of forest ecology forever, what humans have done is made those fires bigger and hotter. With winds blowing the fire as quickly through areas cleared of fire load (aka lawns), which access to irrigated water (again because of the lawns) it’s kinda a perfect situation for tree survival Not house survival tho, apparently, somehow
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Jan 1, 2022 21:04
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a small bit of good news https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59843697 quote:A new law banning plastic packaging on most fruit and vegetables comes into effect in France from New Year's day.
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Jan 1, 2022 21:07
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quote:and fast-food restaurants will no longer be able offer free plastic toys. rofl we'd see literal riots if that happened in the US
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Jan 1, 2022 21:10
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starkebn posted:Civilisation is crumbling and we've got less than 20 years left. Germany is doing the responsible thing and decommissioning the nuclear power plants safely. oh poo poo this is right
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Jan 1, 2022 21:13
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Xaris posted:
I like big numbers 
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Jan 1, 2022 21:21
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aphid_licker posted:Not house survival tho, apparently, somehow yeah dry wood catches fire better than living wood
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Jan 1, 2022 21:24
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Paradoxish posted:I like big numbers and round figures, IYKWIM
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Jan 1, 2022 21:27
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Trabisnikof posted:yeah
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Jan 1, 2022 21:31
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Who wants to go skiing?
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Jan 1, 2022 21:36
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I dunno goons, maybe we should all just see a psychiatrist and chill. 
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Jan 1, 2022 21:54
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Rime posted:I dunno goons, maybe we should all just see a psychiatrist and chill. Sounds like denial to me.
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Jan 1, 2022 21:56
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the worse the world gets the better cspam gets so from a utilitarian perspective everything is fine / 
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Jan 1, 2022 21:58
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Rime posted:I dunno goons, maybe we should all just see a psychiatrist and chill. Just fuckin go outside Oh wait that's covid. Fuckin uhhhhhhhhhh...
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Jan 1, 2022 22:15
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Outside is also where all the CO2 is. Better to be inside, amongst all the plastic
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Jan 1, 2022 22:31
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my new coin offering will pay people 1 coin per pound of co2 removed from the air unfortunately the people using it realize it's easier to grab carbon dioxide if you are making it so my carbcoin rigs are just coal engines with a digital counter on the exhaust
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Jan 1, 2022 22:37
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Rectal Death Adept posted:my new coin offering will pay people 1 coin per pound of co2 removed from the air and the engines powering nothing
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Jan 1, 2022 22:49
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we see plastic as the enemy, but maybe it’s our key to survival - just wrap everyone in enough plastic to insulate us from climate change
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Jan 1, 2022 23:00
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Ruggan posted:we see plastic as the enemy, but maybe it’s our key to survival - just wrap everyone in enough plastic to insulate us from climate change Either assimilate it or die of it, the choice is yours
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Jan 1, 2022 23:03
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https://twitter.com/ericfisher/status/1477356258629984256
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Jan 1, 2022 23:07
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It's been a warm December and there is reason to believe maybe this one will be our last
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Jan 1, 2022 23:16
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apatheticman posted:It's been a warm December and there is reason to believe maybe this one will be our last i keep checking in and seeing the most grotesque optimism, smh
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Jan 1, 2022 23:18
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apatheticman posted:It's been a warm December and there is reason to believe maybe this one will be our last That's still hope.
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Jan 1, 2022 23:22
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apatheticman posted:It's been a warm December and there is reason to believe maybe this one will be our last this could easily go to the chorus of long december by counting crows
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Jan 1, 2022 23:37
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this is the last year for me, inshallah
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Jan 1, 2022 23:59
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Had to say goodbye to my parents 20 year old cat the other day. We got her from a seafood restaurant that has long since been torn down and replaced by a big apartment building. She was a strong but happy animal who liked being around people, all varieties of foods, and chasing around the occasional lizard or bug. Hated the sound of garbage trucks and always wanted to see where they were for her own safety, we think she might have lost some family members to one since she grew up near a dumpster. I imagine some of her longevity was partly from her begging days diet of bits of fish and fries from there. I will miss visiting with her and sharing meals.  Living in florida i used to have fish three or four times a week until a few years back that had to stop because it started making me feel dizzy for a couple days after eating it. Probably accumulated metals or other kinds of pollution, idk. There are only a few decent restaurants left that have good fried fish or shrimp anyways and who knows where their suppliers get it from. When i was a kid there would be groups of shrimp boats out in the bay with their nets hanging wide off the sides like wings, haven't seen one of those in ages. Last I heard of them the few remaining ones were being used to pick up dead sealife from the big red tide bloom in July. Weird to think about how the places i grew up and the foods that our bodies were built on have changed and disappeared.   Also lost my friendly window lizard a couple months back. I was gone in the afternoons more and he lost interest in the window, moved up higher in the trees and roof area exploring more (they are somewhat territorial and keep in a 1 or 2 meter range usually.) Last time i saw him he was looking down on me from on the roof and watching the garden. Then a few days later i saw a crow out of the garage window eating something and got a quick picture before flying away. Felt pretty bad not having him greet me from his branch out there any more but it's good that his energy went to another animal. Lately some younger ones that are probably his offspring will peek in for a moment to watch me doing kitchen stuff and then scurry off.  Lots of loss last year, two older neighbors to the virus, some animal friends, the mass death in the water from red tide. Seems progress changes things only for the worse. At least i have memories to keep and there are still some living things out there to hang out and share time with. Thankful there are still birds in the parks nearby and waterways that manage to have little schools of fish to watch swim as the tides rise.
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Jan 2, 2022 00:08
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Ruggan posted:we see plastic as the enemy, but maybe it’s our key to survival - just wrap everyone in enough plastic to insulate us from climate change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGnwofrU924&t=3945s
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Jan 2, 2022 01:12
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apatheticman posted:It's been a warm December and there is reason to believe maybe this one will be our last That’s fair but I think it’s incredibly unrealistic to tell people not to use air conditioning, heating, plastics, automobiles, electricity, various chemicals, etc. or even taken to a further extreme somehow drop everything in their lives that potentially emits carbon directly or even indirectly and somehow become self-sustaining luddites. On the other hand, it is a good idea to try and use public transport, teleconference, eat less meat or become vegan, purchase products and service from companies that perform the best ethically and vote for politicians that are driving us towards a better society that trends towards polluting less.
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Jan 2, 2022 01:43
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Rime posted:That’s fair but I think it’s incredibly unrealistic to tell people not to use air conditioning, heating, plastics, automobiles, electricity, various chemicals, etc. or even taken to a further extreme somehow drop everything in their lives that potentially emits carbon directly or even indirectly and somehow become self-sustaining luddites. I know voting is a meme here, but continuing to vote for those who may not outright deny climate science but instead only make miniscule changes that do nothing material to fix the underlying problems is worse than if the climate deniers were in power. At least when the climate deniers are in control there's a conversation, an enemy, a sense of necessity, etc.. When instead our elected officials are repeatedly signalling things are improving (e.g. NY pension blah blah bullshit) it leads to complacency among the people. We're paying a much bigger price for incremental progress here than we would otherwise, since incremental progress cannot solve these problems.
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Jan 2, 2022 02:06
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500 good dogs posted:I know voting is a meme here, but continuing to vote for those who may not outright deny climate science but instead only make miniscule changes that do nothing material to fix the underlying problems is worse than if the climate deniers were in power. At least when the climate deniers are in control there's a conversation, an enemy, a sense of necessity, etc.. When instead our elected officials are repeatedly signalling things are improving (e.g. NY pension blah blah bullshit) it leads to complacency among the people. We're paying a much bigger price for incremental progress here than we would otherwise, since incremental progress cannot solve these problems. 
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