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Rap Record Hoarder posted:On a somewhat more constructive note, I just got a job with a political org that is focusing on doing some campaigns around climate change, environmental justice, etc. What are some solid academic journals that I can tell my bosses to purchase access to for climate research? Might be that sociology journals, or economics ones, or poli sci, or something else will be what your organization focuses on and you'll want access accordingly.
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Nov 24, 2015 23:44
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LookingGodIntheEye posted:E: I thought about writing this post after reading this. quote:If we accept Theobald's assertion It's possible that agw is unsolvable but it doesn't look that way. Things will get lovely but people are already moving away from the causes of it.
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Jan 10, 2016 07:12
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Evil_Greven posted:If all the smarter people don't have kids (presumably dumb people are going to continue doing so), it's going to be loving Idiocracy out in the future.
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Mar 31, 2016 08:30
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oxsnard posted:That's the other thing; the one renewable that actually produces way more energy than it costs to build/produce (hydro) has fallen out of favor. I'd like to see more geothermal just for the increased chance of releasing eldritch horrors man was not meant to know.
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Apr 18, 2016 23:44
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khwarezm posted:Lets perk things up with a story of a large energy company taking the farsighted, responsible appr... wait, whoops: quote:But EU proposals to label tar sands oil as more polluting than other oil – which could lead to additional taxes – risked companies “being penalised subjectively on the basis of adverse perceptions”, according to BP.
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Apr 20, 2016 19:35
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whitey delenda est posted:Also that plane is flying with or without a given person on it. Flying will result in an increase in suffering in the future. Whether or not you're comfortable with that is a choice for each person to make similar to choices made for pretty much all 1st world consumer choices (though those are generally dealing with past suffering instead of future). It's also similar to choosing to continue to live at 1st world standards; best individual choice is almost always going to be suicide (or slaughter). This is why having a moral system that values the infinitesimal future suffering over current happiness is hosed up (well, one reason). I don't fly for vacations (and I have sterilized myself) but that's a personal choice and not for everyone. And I could be convinced to fly for a variety of reasons since that choice isn't particularly meaningful and I can think of several ways it would be a net positive. tl;dr flying don't matter much
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Apr 23, 2016 15:00
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Might be able to get some ideas from the NEPTUNE project (that's an acronym and I ain't spelling it out). Undersea network but may be helpful.
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May 12, 2016 04:27
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CommieGIR posted:.....capitalism raising standards of living? Hello? Gilded Age? We didn't learn a loving thing. I think we can all agree that no technological progress or anything would have happened without capitalism. The Soviets certainly never made any contributions.
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May 28, 2016 05:48
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Placid Marmot posted:Jevons Paradox, among other feedback mechanisms, is known, and I never said it wasn't??? ? Do you still think that your unrealistic example of $0.03/gallon fuel disproves Jevon's Paradox? I don't think this is a productive course of discussion. The rebound effect is real but the existence of Jevons paradox is not necessarily real. It requires a rebound effect greater than the reduction due to increased efficiency, which is silly for a lot of things (HVAC, anything that's always on, cooking). It can also be mitigated very easily by legislation, like increasing the gas tax as price/distance drops.
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Jul 20, 2016 19:36
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ToxicSlurpee posted:Personally I don't like the doom and gloom. Humans are highly likely to screw off into space. We may not travel the stars any time soon but space habitats should be doable. There is also serious talk about Mars. Mars is not habitable nor is space. No matter how bad Earth gets, barring Venus, it will be better than Mars and better than space.
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Jul 23, 2016 04:46
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Paradoxish posted:The biggest issue with natural gas at the moment is in methane leakage from extraction. The lack of regulation of storage sites isn't the best, either. Nor the constant leaks along delivery pipelines.
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Jul 30, 2016 04:40
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Salt Fish posted:What exactly does that mean? The last election he ran in was 2000 and this came out in 2006. His goal was to encourage and enable political action in regards to climate change.
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Aug 5, 2016 21:44
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Fansy posted:Should I push her into getting some therapy
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Aug 28, 2016 02:15
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Nocturtle posted:Maybe it's too little/too late but there was a significant drop in carbon emissions per capita and per GDP over the past decade. It will be interesting to see if the recent collapse in oil prices results in higher emissions. Actually it's too little too late because we've done hosed up a long time ago but at least there's some progress.
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Oct 4, 2016 16:15
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This is a thing now so clearly nothing is going on.
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Oct 19, 2016 04:03
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Nocturtle posted:I hope the bears eat them. They've got nothing else to swim to so ... maybe?
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Oct 19, 2016 10:15
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Banana Man posted:It's not enough! We're gonna fuckin die!!! *blows brains out* Less methane and one less consumer, nice!
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Oct 20, 2016 03:53
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BattleMoose posted:So I just came across this letter to Nature. (not behind a paywall)
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Oct 26, 2016 07:10
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Nov 22, 2016 08:15
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Kenzie posted:It's kinda hard to see how that poo poo can be sustainable. ...or pretty much any city.
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Dec 1, 2016 03:18
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Rated PG-34 posted:the economist ran an article about how the exxon pick is cool and good so we're ok Awesome! Just what everyone needed.
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Dec 13, 2016 22:02
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Oxxidation posted:It's enough for me to stop bothering with my 401k, at the very least. Even if I do live long enough to hit retirement age, something tells me I won't want to stick around for much longer after that. And there's the point where you should seek professional help. Not kidding. Get your mood and behavior checked by a professional; there are therapies and drugs that can help with making things better. Or you'll find out you're totally rational and be on firmer footing for taking potentially irreversible actions.
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Dec 19, 2016 03:17
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Climate change thread: there is always more and it is always worse (or whatever that was called)
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Jan 15, 2017 08:17
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OAquinas posted:Take stock and quickly know how absolutely hosed we are. OAquinas posted:absolutely OAquinas posted:absolutely hosed
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Jan 18, 2017 04:11
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Zudgemud posted:You will be fine because you are not Bangladesh, Yemen, Egypt or the Maldives, piss poor countries with lovely location, you will most likely not even suffer many climate refugees because you are surrounded by two large moats. It'll only be one moat.
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Jan 25, 2017 18:38
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shrike82 posted:Kinda surprised how muted government employees in climate change or environmental related agencies have been. At this point, working for the Trump administration should be seen as being a collaborationist. If they say anything they can almost certainly be fired for cause.
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Jan 27, 2017 06:18
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Who needs the environment when someone has a job posted:“(2) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘air pollutant’ does not include carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride.”.
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Feb 26, 2017 21:44
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Uncle Jam posted:I was wondering today if being merely existing, not consuming anything, in the US propels you in the top 50% of carbon footprints in the world. I'm talking about service planning and other things that go off census data. That hypothetical person wouldn't necessarily be in the top 50% - that's an individual level determination, determined by actual emissions.
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Mar 4, 2017 01:07
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Darth Walrus posted:What happened to Larsen C? Haven't heard about it in a while. Couldn't find anything new. Might not hear about it again given likely information lockdown on anything to do with climate.
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Mar 17, 2017 00:11
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call to action posted:Remember when people assumed that we'd at least be trending towards greater climate acceptance/mitigation work as the signs of climate change made themselves obvious? lol
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Mar 21, 2017 02:27
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Goa Tse-tung posted:yeah how'd that go down anyway? isn't this literally a 1st amendment violation? On their own time they can say whatever they want but when acting as a representative of the State they can't It hasn't helped. *typo too good not to leave in
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Mar 21, 2017 16:00
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call to action posted:No, buying a motorcycle is a good idea because it is fun and distracts you from the fact that major, permanent, painful societal upheaval is probably less than a generation away. Plus you have a better chance of being an organ donor!
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Apr 11, 2017 21:52
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call to action posted:I actually opted out of organ donor status when I started riding just to spite people that make jokes like this, to ensure that I'll have the last laugh Congratulations on being an awful person, I guess?
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Apr 11, 2017 23:50
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cjx4gJFME0 I always thought this was an idea so stupid only a joke cartoon character could even entertain it. 
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May 6, 2017 18:21
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I'm just glad we're solving the Fermi paradox
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May 22, 2017 21:21
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Hello Sailor posted:Those GT of CO2-equivalent reductions are just estimates for implementation only in the US, right? Pretty sure "tropical forests" aren't able to be implemented in the US on any meaningful scale.
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Jun 9, 2017 02:10
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Oxxidation posted:gonna be fantastic when all those people die I'm considering investment in crow futures but I'm fairly certain it'll be completely ignored that all these people screwed everyone over.
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Jul 10, 2017 21:04
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Just in case someone was feeling hopeful and hadn't seen this yet, E.P.A. Announces Repeal of Major Obama-Era Carbon Emissions Rule. ...the new stupid newbie is just cruel.
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Hail the eighteenth Satan. Trump taps climate skeptic to lead White House environment office quote:Trump picked Kathleen Hartnett White to serve as a member, and eventually chairwoman, of the Council on Environmental Quality This is fine. Everything is fine.
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