My hot take - climate change is about to hit in a major way!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually, we are likely on the cusp of a 60% reduction in solar activity that will usher in a mini ice age: https://www.science.org/content/article/there-mini-ice-age-horizon

Things always tend to work out.

That's fascinating.

It is and would be fascinating if it happens. I believe in climate change but after living through covid, I’m very skeptical of what the experts say on addressing climate change. If our experts couldn’t even figure out and be transparent about something as simple as mask wearing, then how can they lead us to fight climate change? Similar to COVID, many suggestions don’t really fight climate change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually, we are likely on the cusp of a 60% reduction in solar activity that will usher in a mini ice age: https://www.science.org/content/article/there-mini-ice-age-horizon

Things always tend to work out.

Things always tend to work out? WTF?

Tell that to the American Bison or Wooly Mammoth for that matter. Or the Anasazi.

[Anonymous]

The whole trying to curb climate change is moronic. First of all, we just can't. It's likely too late and if it isn't, our lifestyles make it impossible. NO WAY any of us gives up our creature comforts and conveniences. No way. Rich, poor, it's human nature to life as well as we can and that involves polluting the earth. Lawns, transportation, electricity, food, we just don't live like we used to and there's too many people around that the earth will suffer. I wish we would instead put all the money and energy into figuring how to live assuming that we only have 5-10 years globally to be outside 100% of the year. I wish we would take the energy of trying to pass legislation in this country into partnering with the brightest minds globally on how to save us all. We have to assume that we are all dead more or less with enough time so why not accept the inevitable and work on solutions to mitigate/adapt?

While it's true that perhaps we don't end up roasting but freezing, we still have to account for future generations surviving outdoors.

People need to accept we're not going to make it to 2030 or 2100. We will hopefully make it to 2025 before the kids stop going out to play outdoors in July here. The temps are so hot, the humidity is so thick, can't even breath on some days! Floods, storms, temperatures, I really don't think it's going to be another 50 years. I say 5-10, we are all globally in the same boat.

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This thread is hilarious.

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Anonymous wrote:It's frustrating that climate change will cause such misery in the coming decades and so few people care. I don't understand how even selfish people aren't at least concerned about what their own children will live through. Is it a state of denial?

It’s that no matter what we do, it won’t slow down climate change.

What about housing construction on oceanfront property? How bad is that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The whole trying to curb climate change is moronic. First of all, we just can't. It's likely too late and if it isn't, our lifestyles make it impossible. NO WAY any of us gives up our creature comforts and conveniences. No way. Rich, poor, it's human nature to life as well as we can and that involves polluting the earth. Lawns, transportation, electricity, food, we just don't live like we used to and there's too many people around that the earth will suffer. I wish we would instead put all the money and energy into figuring how to live assuming that we only have 5-10 years globally to be outside 100% of the year. I wish we would take the energy of trying to pass legislation in this country into partnering with the brightest minds globally on how to save us all. We have to assume that we are all dead more or less with enough time so why not accept the inevitable and work on solutions to mitigate/adapt?

While it's true that perhaps we don't end up roasting but freezing, we still have to account for future generations surviving outdoors.

People need to accept we're not going to make it to 2030 or 2100. We will hopefully make it to 2025 before the kids stop going out to play outdoors in July here. The temps are so hot, the humidity is so thick, can't even breath on some days! Floods, storms, temperatures, I really don't think it's going to be another 50 years. I say 5-10, we are all globally in the same boat.

Well said.

Has anyone noticed that there's a LOT of "this is a false alarm" propaganda being put out at an increasing rate, while warnings are increasingly minimized? I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually, we are likely on the cusp of a 60% reduction in solar activity that will usher in a mini ice age: https://www.science.org/content/article/there-mini-ice-age-horizon

Things always tend to work out.

Things always tend to work out? WTF?

Tell that to the American Bison or Wooly Mammoth for that matter. Or the Anasazi.

Paleo-Americans eliminated them wooly mammoth through over-hunting. Settlers nearly did the same to the bison. The Anasazi had a variety of things stacked against them, but ultimately their own immune systems were what failed them.

[Anonymous]

https://news.stanford.edu/2023/01/30/ai-predicts-global-warming-will-exceed-1-5-degrees-2030s/
This is happening. I can’t believe people still think this is made up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you nicer this week’s forecast?

This type of heat wave isn’t normal.

And hurricane season is forecast to be a record breaker (people will die and billions in damage done).

We need action on climate justice RIGHT NOW!

I saw on the teevee that eating bugs will make the weather stop, so we have that going for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually, we are likely on the cusp of a 60% reduction in solar activity that will usher in a mini ice age: https://www.science.org/content/article/there-mini-ice-age-horizon

Things always tend to work out.

That's fascinating.

It is and would be fascinating if it happens. I believe in climate change but after living through covid, I’m very skeptical of what the experts say on addressing climate change. If our experts couldn’t even figure out and be transparent about something as simple as mask wearing, then how can they lead us to fight climate change? Similar to COVID, many suggestions don’t really fight climate change.

Climate change is something we've been aware of for decades and researching for longer than that.

COVID 19 was new, we'd never studied it, and we had a President who was against a good, cohesive government policy. It's a very different situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you nicer this week’s forecast?

This type of heat wave isn’t normal.

And hurricane season is forecast to be a record breaker (people will die and billions in damage done).

We need action on climate justice RIGHT NOW!

Hey Al Gore, how's Tipper doing these days?

[Anonymous]

My hot take is that anyone that has been on an airplane in the last 10 years, owns a car with an internal combustion engine, or lives in a house with spare rooms is not serious about fixing climate change and wants everyone else to "do something" instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My hot take is that anyone that has been on an airplane in the last 10 years, owns a car with an internal combustion engine, or lives in a house with spare rooms is not serious about fixing climate change and wants everyone else to "do something" instead.

I think anyone who doesn't fully embrace and support a rapid expansion of nuclear powered electricity generation is not serious about climate change. If we do that, you can charge your electric cars with it, along with everything else. The airlines will just be a relative blip at that point.

If you're going to come back at me about "but what about the long term storage issue???" you're not serious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My hot take is that anyone that has been on an airplane in the last 10 years, owns a car with an internal combustion engine, or lives in a house with spare rooms is not serious about fixing climate change and wants everyone else to "do something" instead.

I think anyone who doesn't fully embrace and support a rapid expansion of nuclear powered electricity generation is not serious about climate change. If we do that, you can charge your electric cars with it, along with everything else. The airlines will just be a relative blip at that point.

If you're going to come back at me about "but what about the long term storage issue???" you're not serious.

Definitely against nuclear power plants but agree we need to come up with better options. Battery operated power plants seem like a much greener and safer alternative for making electricity than nuclear plants. But nuclear is a complete non-starter.

[Anonymous]

This weekend is too cold and rainy for the beach where is my global warming