Bread and Circuses

Then and now…

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

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I'm not interested in hope. We need action.

#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

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Spoiler alert…

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism

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It’s Friday again, and if you’re looking for great accounts to follow, here are some more of my favorites! 👏

@davidbrin
@FediTips
@Otis_Scops
@alx
@Geri

#FollowFriday

Climate optimists like to claim that as soon as we reach “net zero” — the point when capitalist commerce and industry begins emitting less carbon dioxide than the amount absorbed by oceans, rocks, or plants, along with the amount being taken out of the atmosphere (theoretically) via high-tech CO2 removal — then global warming will stop almost immediately.

It’s a nice message, one intended to make us feel better, reassured that our leaders know what they’re doing. Don’t worry, we are told, everything is under control. By 2050, if not sooner, they’ll have the situation turned around. 😃

In the meantime, we can all relax and go ahead with Business As Usual. Keep shopping, keep buying, keep driving, keep flying. And don’t forget to do your part: buy a shiny new electric SUV and recycle your plastic water bottles!

BUT — there are big problems with this phony net zero promise, and the way countries report their emissions is one of them. Investigators have found huge discrepancies accruing through the use of spurious carbon offsets, outsourcing, and other UN-approved loopholes. Also, CO2 emissions from the military are not required to be included, nor are emissions from international trade.

Some estimates suggest that actual emissions could be at least *twice* as high as what’s being shown in the official reports. No wonder global temperatures keep rising even though we’re constantly assured that great progress is being made.

In addition, there’s a growing risk that climate change itself will trigger “natural” emissions of greenhouse gases as peat bogs dry out, as drought-weakened forests burn, as permafrost melts, and as the sea floor warms, releasing previously frozen methane clathrates. So it’s not just the emissions of human industry we need to worry about.

The point is, net zero is NOT zero. Don’t fall for their lies. It’s time for real change, for system change. We must demand the end of #capitalism and a pivot toward #degrowth.

#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Degrowth

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It's not us. It's them.
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Private jet flights have soared in recent years, with the resulting climate-heating emissions rising by 50 percent, a comprehensive global analysis has revealed.

The assessment tracked more than 25,000 private jets and almost 19 million flights between 2019 and 2023. It found almost half the jets traveled less than 500 kilometers (311 miles) and 900,000 were used “like taxis” for trips of less than 50 kilometers (31 miles).

Private flights, used by just 0.003 percent of the world’s population, are the most polluting form of transport. The researchers found that passengers in larger private jets caused more CO2 emissions in an hour than the average person did in a year.
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FULL STORY ➡️ https://grist.org/transportation/used-like-taxis-soaring-private-jet-flights-drive-up-climate-heating-emissions/

#Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual #CO2 #Emissions #Climate #ClimateChange

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A couple of reminders about how important it is to “Leave those leaves alone.”

🍁 https://www.leaveleavesalone.org/
🍂 https://xerces.org/leave-the-leaves

#Nature #Fall #Autumn #Leaves

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Capitalism is stupid.

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small changes make a BIG difference (C)

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