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- grafician-1
"Four key climate change indicators all set new record highs in 2021, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning that the global energy system was driving humanity towards catastrophe"
- shapesalad-1
Going green... not a solution for most of the world at all.
^ From super interesting presentation:
- Nuclear, nuclear, nuclear.Nairn
- Yup, nuclear is the wayGnash
- Do i need to watch the video to understand why solar's apparently not suitable across huge swathes of the earth?Nairn
- The carbon cost to manufacture a solar panel - and run it, in say UK - is not carbon neutral, it;s pointless. It's not eco. Hence why it's only suitableshapesalad
- for really really really sunny areas.shapesalad
- And those areas near people. else it's pointless.shapesalad
- Just put the video on in the background when you're working, instead of listening to that K-pop Boyband stuff you love listening too.shapesalad
- Much of this video so far (I'm over half way through) is wrong. He raises some interesting points, but has a very ..er.. particular, perspective.Nairn
- I'm very pro-nuclear (lol at me on a design forum), but he entirely misrepresents solar in his thinking.Nairn
- ie. for a start - if you're making solar plants in a place that uses renewables or low carbon, it 'doesn't matter' what the energy equation is.Nairn
- VERY GOOD LECTUREpr2
- neverscared1
too hot to handle... if the carbon capture tech fails.. it will not look too kool
- grafician0
"#BREAKING Volkswagen says will settle UK 'dieselgate' emissions claims for £193 million"
lol ok
- rzu-rzu1
"Mayor flew from UK to Canada to give 14-minute talk on climate change.
He spoke about the role mayors can play in tackling the climate crisis"
- shapesalad0
- this video is exactly why it's best to listen to scientists and experts, not YouTubers who cherry pick for their own biasesinteliboy
- PioneerDJ3030
Man Attacks Mona Lisa in Climate Protest
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B… (click link)
- utopian0
- We're fucked. We have totally fucked the earth up since the birth the oil industry.shapesalad
- just to be antagonistic, this also shows why switching to veganism won't help if your veg come from the wrong process...MrT
- grafician0
- Use of fossil fuels by the public, eg car drive is minimal. Industry is the biggest user of fossil fuels. What we could do is stop going on cruises.shapesalad
- International shipping makes the $ number on a price tag different.nb
- We’ll destroy the planet so that we can have a Dollar Store instead of a Three Dollar Storenb
- We’ve destroyed the planet so that a random product might cost one of our imaginary dollars instead of two imaginary dollarsnb
- neverscared2
In 2014, this French weather presenter announced the forecast for August 18, 2050 as part of a campaign to alert to the reality of climate change. Now her forecast that day is the actual forecast for the coming 4 or 5 days, in mid-June 2022.
- Nostradama?uan
- bitcoin co2 emissions.neverscared
- france makes electricity with atomic power.uan
- grafician-3
"EU votes to ban production of combustion engines for new cars by 2035 - AFP"
