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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world.  About 1C of total warming.  Second chart:  about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability.  Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases.  About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

They'll kill everything rather than just consume less. We should round them up. Place them in a deep holding cell in a pit. We can call it Sheol, and the person who feeds and waters them daily can be granted the title of Charon.

We'll disperse into decentralized communities hardly bigger than villages. Then, maybe, before we try this whole industrial thing again, we can learn to respect and revere the world and the life around us.

Not saying this will work but its better than blocking out the fucking sun, our main source of energy.

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They = 95% of the population in developed & developing countries. No one wants to be affected by actually useful climate policies, no company, no politician, no voter. Those who actually do are a minuscule minority. Otherwise we'd see vastly different parties and votes. So if we're real for a second, drastic dumb shit like this is likely the only thing that can still save us.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

It sucks we're in the minority then. I'd be ecstatic to change this entire society up.

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I suggested sending them to live on the Pacific Garbage Patch. Start with anyone who owns a pickup truck they don’t need for work.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I prefer a more top-down approach to eliminate the most pollution. Start with the richest person and move on down until 1.5C is possible.

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh ok. Then you’ll ALMOST IMMEDIATELY be eliminating people who own pickup trucks they don’t need for work.