Insanite posted:

https://twitter.com/dailyposter/status/1438886768317591558?s=20

strange feelings re Daisy posted:

I knew permafrost melt was theorized to release methane deposits but I didn't know they would come in the form of giant explosions
https://twitter.com/motherboard/status/1443051176371658753?s=20

Man Musk posted:

https://twitter.com/staradvertiser/status/1443796590297292800?s=21

MightyBigMinus posted:

if gen z sucks as hard as boomers have then we don't have to worry about the 'future ones' part

Mola Yam posted:

~smol~ nuclear war. and then it just stops.

VideoGameVet posted:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-deniers-shift-tactics-to-inactivism/

quote:

Climate Deniers Shift Tactics to 'Inactivism'
After detailing the systematic efforts to block action on climate in the book, you say that you are optimistic. What makes you hopeful?

We’re not going to get a Green New Deal, not from this Congress. But we might get a climate bill that involves market mechanisms, as well as incentives. President-elect Joe Biden is pretty pragmatic on this. He’s appointed John Kerry [as special presidential envoy for climate], who is capable of pulling that off. I think we’re headed toward some kind of market approach to dealing with climate.

Rutibex posted:

they are not climate deniers. most of them are too old, they will be dead before they experience any consequences

its not that they dont understand, its that they dont care

fits my needs posted:

https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1446819738848534529?s=20

lol

quote:

When I met with Thompson and Kobaly in the desert, they told me they’re not trying to shut down the golf industry, and I’m with them on that. There’d be no Palm Springs without golf, just as there would have been no Rat Pack without Sinatra. The industry employs several thousand people, drawing hordes of snowbirds and pumping as much as $1 billion into the local economy.

Real hurthling! posted:

my dads big into it. complains every year about the "winter greens" being lovely for putting

quote:

Maybe it’s not ineptitude.
I believe it is deliberate sabotage perpetuated for power and profit.
Manchin and Sinema are not Democrats.


Let’s make sure we remember that Cinema has asked for $100 billion in cuts off of the climate section of the reconciliation package because, as Sanders pointed out this weekend, she is receiving donations (also known as bribes everywhere else on earth) from oil and gas companies. The President and Pelosi should already be announcing their plans to run primary challengers against her and Manchin and any other Democrats that are resisting this legislation. Their political careers have to be brought to an end in short order for not falling in line. This couldn’t be more serious, and the Democratic leadership needs to start to act like it.


THE TRUTH: Manchin and Sienna are Republican plants who snaked their way in with the claim they’re “moderates”. Someday we’ll find out these two cynical narcissists did it all for the money and power.



I hope Senators Manchin and Sinema realize they have this sacred responsibility. If they get their way and this does not pass, then they need to realize that their 'win' means that world is likely to start crashing down around our ears economically and ecologically inside the next two decades. Then all their concerns about spending will look even more ridiculous and deeply tragic than they do now, the human suffering will be immense and (maybe this will motivate them) their names will live forever in infamy.



Since Manchin and Sinema are quite obviously motivated by money, perhaps Bezos, Zukerburg, Gates and Soros (maybe a few other billionaires) can call a secret meeting with them. Fly ‘em out to a private luxury island and give them the option of some ungodly amount in a secret offshore account in exchange for their vote on the legislation and the end of the filibuster. Sure it’s awful, but nothing else seems to have any effect on them.

Cold on a Cob posted:

https://twitter.com/hausfath/status/1412974177292742658?s=20

hmm

Basic Poster posted:

Lmao Florida

T-Paine posted:

https://twitter.com/jasonhickel/status/1449343995268714497

SKULL.GIF posted:

the key part is "their fair share", China is enormous so they get an accordingly enormous share. They're putting out a lot of heat but not more than they were budgeted for, unlike everyone else in that chart

It's why Belgium outranks them on that chart even though Belgium is a tiny fraction of China

kater posted:

lol love to feel uncomfortable getting a glass of water

KaptainKrunk posted:

1) conventional oil peaked in 2007; we're plateauing right now
2) fracking was an entirely subsidized, QE, geopolitical play that failed. All the good spots are sucked up and the industry has no will or desire to grow even if it could.
3) Saudi Arabia and Russia exaggerate their production capacity by counting drawdowns from inventories as excess production capacity.

SKULL.GIF posted:

Ever notice how all the heavily plasticked advanced and Westernized regions are the ones becoming very fat and also having plummeting birthrates?

Car Hater posted:

Miami Beach Above Water Tree Census 2050:

One (1) Large Palm Tree
Six (6) Small Mangrove
One (1) Skeleton Arm Poking Out of the Sand Giving a Thumbs-Up



Success!!

TACD posted:

you should buy them a card. get one of the ones that plays a jingly tune one time before it gets thrown away

Slavvy posted:

It's unbelievably really weird how so many folks are intent on arguing that the world will be worse in the future. Like, if that's your take on humanity then I guess you might as well start investing in coal.

silicone thrills posted:

https://twitter.com/borkwilly/status/1453957968441999376?s=20

Cabbages and Kings posted:

Conspiratiorist posted:

https://twitter.com/rbsw/status/1455191011832045571

In God We Trust huh

r u ready to WALK posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBufEIPat1k

lmao