Climate Change is in Turbo Mode.

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A dire message from climate scientists.

Nearly 80% of top-level climate scientists expect that global temperatures will rise by at least 2.5°C. (4.5 F) by 2100, while only 6% thought the world would succeed in limiting global heating to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels, a survey published Wednesday by The Guardian.

Many scientists have been anticipating this. The effects are 4x stronger in the Arctic regions, accelerating ice melt. We are going to experience a huge rise in sea levels. 6’ — 10’ in Southern Florida. Most of the state will disappear under the water. The Gulf states like Alabama, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi will lose waterfront and infrastructure. The largest cities on the Gulf and Eastern seaboard, Houston, New York, Boston and Jackson will experience several feet of water in the lower parts of the cities as the twice daily high tides create several feet of water in the streets, rendering them unlivable.

Storms will devastate inland areas up to ten times their former reach. Regional differences in sea levels are unpredictable for this article, but nothing within 10’ of the present sea level will be spared. There is a significant threat to the AMOC current the brings warm waters and temperate climate to the West coast of Europe and all of England and brings cooling waters to the tropics.

The West Coast won’t be spared. San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Portland will lose most of their waterfront and harbor infrastructure. L.A. and Long Beach harbors and San Francisco Bay and Bay frontage and their airports will be inundated and useless.

The effect on Northern Europe will be devastating. Germany, Holland , Belgium France and Spain will all loose most of their harbors and coastal infrastructure. Italy will lose Venice, everyone will lose beaches and waterfront structures. Greece and the Mediterranean won’t be recognizable.

The cost of replacement will be in the trillions of dollars, completely unaffordable, as countries struggle to feed and house the billions of their displaced citizens. Agriculture won’t be able to adapt to the weather that will effect food production and drown orchards. Too much rain that floods fields will prevent planting while droughts in other places shrivels what was sown. Storm intensity has already been demonstrated when only 1C (1.8F) was reached. The devastating effects of an increase of 2.5C (4.5F) can only be imagined.

A 1C rise in ocean temperatures will evicerate the krill that feed on algae that grows under the ice. Hundreds of aquatic species depend on this most basic food source. The collapse of the food chain will cause most pinipeds, penguins, and whales to be eradicated along with the predators that feed on them.

Many adaptations will emerge, and mitigation will perhaps, still salvage what’s left of the world; the newly discovered 5.5 trillion tons of natural Hydrogen, the taming of Nuclear fusion to provide an unlimited non-polluting source of energy being perfected by a coalition of 35 countries with ITER, in France; shading the earth with ultralight particles in the atmosphere to mimic Volcanic eruption’s; cloud seeding that doubles cloud cover over large areas to reflect the sun’s rays back into space. We have very little time left to stave off the worst.

Have a nice day.
Climate Change is in Turbo Mode.
 

Stop parroting, get real.
I'm tired of both overly optimistic messages from climate activists and scare stories of the impending apocalypse. It's about time we get realistic. "Net zero” by 2050 is not a realistic goal and it's about time we admit it. I am afraid that many plans that are eating up money are fuelled by wishful thinking rather than by rational thought. Let’s have a look.

Correction to what I say at 01:30, that should have been "according to current policies and actions" (not just "policies").

Information-dense video, but we all want information. Right? Bueller? Bueller?

I suspect it's really all about political and financial profiteering. A latter-day Red Scare.
 
The majority of people who deny these facts are the boomers who caused this to happen.
Huh? Really?

(Boomers): Although the answer of when it happened can vary, most people agree that the baby boom occurred around 1946 and 1964.
So the very first "boomers" didn't reach majority (21 y/o) until 1967, by which time much of the damage and ongoing damaging trends were well underway. You might look earlier if you want to find the true culprits and assign blame. Try the fatcat ("silent") generation who've always lived pretty high on the hog post-depression compared to everyone after them.
 
Huh? Really?


So the very first "boomers" didn't reach majority (21 y/o) until 1967, by which time much of the damage and ongoing damaging trends were well underway. You might look earlier if you want to find the true culprits and assign blame. Try the fatcat ("silent") generation who've always lived pretty high on the hog post-depression compared to everyone after them.
I agree...and we inherited it all. What did we do with all the wealth and resource?, yes, that was us. We couldn't see past our precious desires enough to STOP consuming. We are the "No satisfaction" generation. The most selfish generation ever. Me, me, me, not a thought for the environment. We destroyed our nest all in one generation.
 
Huumons have been burning down the world ever since the Fire was Found and the wheel was built. Nothing new here.
If the Poles melt the water levels risen should not mor rains fall in the mountains washing them to flat lands. Then everyone
lives above the water table again. Learning to swim is a god given right. Plenty of water will solve a lot of problems. Flooding
is just part of the scheme along with snow drifts. As Californin moves up to Alaska, one more PITA problem solved. Texas having
200,000,000 residents will invade Mexico and so that problem gets solved. Everyone is a Texan. Ya have New Englanders, S. Easterners,
Westerner's and Hart landers. A lot of low land will be swamps so then ya have the Swamper's Be they far north or South. Sure
Tall fences will be built to keep the Swamper's out!
 
Huumons have been burning down the world ever since the Fire was Found and the wheel was built. Nothing new here.
If the Poles melt the water levels risen should not mor rains fall in the mountains washing them to flat lands. Then everyone
lives above the water table again. Learning to swim is a god given right. Plenty of water will solve a lot of problems. Flooding
is just part of the scheme along with snow drifts. As Californin moves up to Alaska, one more PITA problem solved. Texas having
200,000,000 residents will invade Mexico and so that problem gets solved. Everyone is a Texan. Ya have New Englanders, S. Easterners,
Westerner's and Hart landers. A lot of low land will be swamps so then ya have the Swamper's Be they far north or South. Sure
Tall fences will be built to keep the Swamper's out!
Hold on, there are a few problems with this view:

Yes, humans have impacted the environment for centuries. But the current climate crisis is happening much faster than anything in history, causing extreme weather events, rising sea levels that threaten coastal cities (not solved by just swimming!), and mass extinctions.
Melting ice caps disrupt weather patterns, not guarantee more rain everywhere. Some areas will experience more flooding, others more drought.
Millions of people live in coastal regions and low-lying islands. Rising sea levels will displace them, causing a humanitarian crisis. "Californication" of Alaska isn't a solution, it's an ecological nightmare.
Climate change is about more than rising sea levels. It's about increased wildfires, heatwaves, and disruptions to agriculture, affecting food security for all.
We can still mitigate the worst effects of climate change, but it requires global action now. Building walls won't solve the problem, it just creates new ones.

The climate crisis is a serious problem, but it's not insurmountable. By working together, we can create a better future for everyone, not just "Texans" and "Swampers."
 
Start by banning air conditioning. It consumes a great deal of power, with all of its generation and transmission impacts not to mention the waste heat it dumps into the ecosystem.
 
What about all the millions of solar panels and wind farm turbines that are all eventually going to end up in land fill, and how were they manufactured ? Electricity?

When the wind turbines burn out, they have been known to start fires.
 
Sure Hummons the past 100 years have been burning the world up faster than all of the past ones.
It's called progress. 150,000 Airplanes take off most every day. Most likely a Billion Cars. Lots
less is the only current answer. These past 100 years have been a Blast. Likely has to end.
Surenity, Yoga, Song. That sort of stuff taking over. Your rock will love you but stoned too.

Think of the effort needed to just clean stuff up. The million tons of loose plastic bottles. Maybe
A robot fleet of ships acting like vacuum cleaners will be able to deal with it. Woops more power needed.
Major Cities of the World have built mountains of it. Call it Land fill, but its Mountains built.
 
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George Carlin died in 2008. The planet is much worse; people? The same. Worse, I mean. Everything is worse. @Trade
Carlin was more complex than people want to pretend today.

His "liberal persona" for standup was adopted later in his career as more marketable. That was really about it.


Many of his early roles in film and TV were even "rougher" - he was pretty extreme. Yet the liberal myth persists.
 
Carlin was more complex than people want to pretend today.

His "liberal persona" for standup was adopted later in his career as more marketable. That was really about it.


Many of his early roles in film and TV were even "rougher" - he was pretty extreme. Yet the liberal myth persists.
Carlin takes big shots at both parties all the time. If your a "liberal" he is gonna expose some big myths that you hold sacred. Yep, George didn't have a sacred bone in his body. :)
 
Stop parroting, get real.


Information-dense video, but we all want information. Right? Bueller? Bueller?

I suspect it's really all about political and financial profiteering. A latter-day Red Scare.
How much evidence do people need and how many climate scientists have to scream this from the rooftops until they pay attention to the avalanche of crises our planet is already dealing with?

We've only just begun to reap the terrible global warming harvest we've sown with fossil fuels.
 
A dire message from climate scientists.

Nearly 80% of top-level climate scientists expect that global temperatures will rise by at least 2.5°C. (4.5 F) by 2100, while only 6% thought the world would succeed in limiting global heating to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels, a survey published Wednesday by The Guardian.

Many scientists have been anticipating this. The effects are 4x stronger in the Arctic regions, accelerating ice melt. We are going to experience a huge rise in sea levels. 6’ — 10’ in Southern Florida. Most of the state will disappear under the water. The Gulf states like Alabama, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi will lose waterfront and infrastructure. The largest cities on the Gulf and Eastern seaboard, Houston, New York, Boston and Jackson will experience several feet of water in the lower parts of the cities as the twice daily high tides create several feet of water in the streets, rendering them unlivable.


Storms will devastate inland areas up to ten times their former reach. Regional differences in sea levels are unpredictable for this article, but nothing within 10’ of the present sea level will be spared. There is a significant threat to the AMOC current the brings warm waters and temperate climate to the West coast of Europe and all of England and brings cooling waters to the tropics.

The West Coast won’t be spared. San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Portland will lose most of their waterfront and harbor infrastructure. L.A. and Long Beach harbors and San Francisco Bay and Bay frontage and their airports will be inundated and useless.

The effect on Northern Europe will be devastating. Germany, Holland , Belgium France and Spain will all loose most of their harbors and coastal infrastructure. Italy will lose Venice, everyone will lose beaches and waterfront structures. Greece and the Mediterranean won’t be recognizable.

The cost of replacement will be in the trillions of dollars, completely unaffordable, as countries struggle to feed and house the billions of their displaced citizens. Agriculture won’t be able to adapt to the weather that will effect food production and drown orchards. Too much rain that floods fields will prevent planting while droughts in other places shrivels what was sown. Storm intensity has already been demonstrated when only 1C (1.8F) was reached. The devastating effects of an increase of 2.5C (4.5F) can only be imagined.

A 1C rise in ocean temperatures will evicerate the krill that feed on algae that grows under the ice. Hundreds of aquatic species depend on this most basic food source. The collapse of the food chain will cause most pinipeds, penguins, and whales to be eradicated along with the predators that feed on them.

Many adaptations will emerge, and mitigation will perhaps, still salvage what’s left of the world; the newly discovered 5.5 trillion tons of natural Hydrogen, the taming of Nuclear fusion to provide an unlimited non-polluting source of energy being perfected by a coalition of 35 countries with ITER, in France; shading the earth with ultralight particles in the atmosphere to mimic Volcanic eruption’s; cloud seeding that doubles cloud cover over large areas to reflect the sun’s rays back into space. We have very little time left to stave off the worst.

Have a nice day.
Climate Change is in Turbo Mode.
Years ago I came across a website that had an interactive climate change map that showed the potential future changes to the coastlines of the continents. You could put in a year and it would show their best approximation of what would happen to the low lying areas along coasts. I've looked and looked but never been able to find it again.

But in Drumheller, where the dinosaur museum is, they have a series of maps that show the world as it was then (time of the dinosaurs) til now. From no ice at the poles because it was hotter to progressively getting colder with the Antarctic and Greenland covered in miles deep ice and sea ice over the entire north pole. It's been a while since I've been there, but I believe it showed that at one time, Alberta where I live now, basically was on the ocean with the Rocky Mountains being myriad islands.
 
It looks like one straw man after another is being knocked down. And this isn't coming from any "right-wing nutjob" information outlet either.

The 'not silver lining' of this story about fighting climate change eh? Reminds me of the zeal for developing carbon capture and storage. Our government is throwing hundreds of millions at it and apparently, after you factor in 'the details', it only captures about 5% but costs, costs, costs. The claim is that it will capture 85%, but that doesn't take into account the emissions from the power system in this province and it takes a lot of energy to accomplish it. Doesn't take into account either, that some intend to use it to force into the abandoned wells to get out the last bit of LNG, thereby allowing that carbon back into the environment........all kinds of ways to cheat the plan to save the environment or at least slow this growing crisis, down.
 
There has to be some middle ground somewhere. This has become a political football where the sport is played by demanding sacrifices by other people while accepting none yourself. All the while ignoring that some people are already making significant sacrifices while others have no intention of beginning their own.

So many falsies out there, from "greenness" of EVs to the plastic recycling scam and beyond.
The availability of cheap landfill space in Michigan attracts trucked-in garbage from out of state and even from Canada. That’s because, under the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, waste is considered a commodity, and states and counties cannot restrict its import or export from other states or even other countries.
Yes, Canada is one of our major polluters here. Don't even get me started on those douchebags at Enbridge.
 


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