The Corinthian
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They need that money to pay for their air conditioning bill which is going to rise something like 4x over the next thirty years.This is why we're all basically fecked. Nothing is going to change until the oil runs out. And then we'll be past the point of no return...if we aren't already.
Saudi oil giant Aramco sees profits soar by almost 300%
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58141607
If it helps, I don't think you should have children either.This makes me really question the idea of ever having children. It doesn’t seem fair to bring a child into a world which is becoming more and more inhospitable.
If it helps, I don't think you should have children either.
If it helps, I don't think you should have children either.
Isn't that a fairly debunked stat from about 2018 as the 71% discounted all Co2 from farming and building activities etc and only counted co2 from extracted fossil fuels ... its probably an important enough issue to use real stats rather than spreading what is know to be misleading... not that I expect any better from her
that's one of the few left-wing framings i don't agree with. it is true that the profit from using fossil fuels goes to some companies.
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I think the carrot (grants towards EV's) will be replaced by the stick (say 30% extra tax on a hybrid, 40% on a petrol and 50% on a diesel and stick up fuel duty by an obscene mount) - and yes your right if they are successful it will probably cripple currently electricity distribution networks ... given most people will probably want to charge their car at night renewables might be very difficult to achieve on a calm night time unless we see some major improvement in storage tech that rolls out quicker than the switch to EV'sSurely, if the UK puts in a law to encourage people to buy electric cars wouldn't that just provide big issues with the power grid resulting in us needing yet more power infrastructure? No problem if it's renewable energy, but we'll cut corners like we always do.
Imo we should have one big long car that stops near peoples homes and which everyone can use for free.On the topic of cars, I think the goal has to be to reduce the number of cars we need (as well as electrifying them and running them on renewable electricity). If you think about it, cars are these stupidly massive hunks of metal that are just sat on a driveway or parked clogging up streets 95% of the time. It's madness. We need a system of shared usage of a fleet of cars rather than individual ownership.
The goal really should be more investment into active travel, it solves a multitude of problems not just the congestion element alone. Moving cars to electric is a quick fix, but it'll still have the same challenges in the long run.On the topic of cars, I think the goal has to be to reduce the number of cars we need (as well as electrifying them and running them on renewable electricity). If you think about it, cars are these stupidly massive hunks of metal that are just sat on a driveway or parked clogging up streets 95% of the time. It's madness. We need a system of shared usage of a fleet of cars rather than individual ownership.
Not really a feasible solution in a sparsely populated country like Ireland where people rely on their cars to get them to the nearest shop or post office a half hour away. In towns and cities though we just need really heavy investment into PT and congestion charges and carbon taxes that make owning a car essentially pointless.On the topic of cars, I think the goal has to be to reduce the number of cars we need (as well as electrifying them and running them on renewable electricity). If you think about it, cars are these stupidly massive hunks of metal that are just sat on a driveway or parked clogging up streets 95% of the time. It's madness. We need a system of shared usage of a fleet of cars rather than individual ownership.
That's been said a lot for the past decade (or I've seen it a lot, anyway), but the question remains how. The problem is that people go to different places to different locations, making carpooling complex; and carpooling to work anyway doesn't reduce people's needs to own cars. Long-term, I think the solution might rather lie in a combination of improved neighbourhood walkability, much better public transport, and community car sharing programs; but certainly here in North America they way suburbs have been built, we're a long way off that being a viable alternative.On the topic of cars, I think the goal has to be to reduce the number of cars we need (as well as electrifying them and running them on renewable electricity). If you think about it, cars are these stupidly massive hunks of metal that are just sat on a driveway or parked clogging up streets 95% of the time. It's madness. We need a system of shared usage of a fleet of cars rather than individual ownership.
Sure, but most people don't live in sparsely populated areas.Not really a feasible solution in a sparsely populated country like Ireland where people rely on their cars to get them to the nearest shop or post office a half hour away. In towns and cities though we just need really heavy investment into PT and congestion charges and carbon taxes that make owning a car essentially pointless.
This guy has a bunch of videos about this subject.That's been said a lot for the past decade (or I've seen it a lot, anyway), but the question remains how. The problem is that people go to different places to different locations, making carpooling complex; and carpooling to work anyway doesn't reduce people's needs to own cars. Long-term, I think the solution might rather lie in a combination of improved neighbourhood walkability, much better public transport, and community car sharing programs; but certainly here in North America they way suburbs have been built, we're a long way off that being a viable alternative.
You’d have to basically rebuild most American cities, as their layout and zoning laws are designed around cars.That's been said a lot for the past decade (or I've seen it a lot, anyway), but the question remains how. The problem is that people go to different places to different locations, making carpooling complex; and carpooling to work anyway doesn't reduce people's needs to own cars. Long-term, I think the solution might rather lie in a combination of improved neighbourhood walkability, much better public transport, and community car sharing programs; but certainly here in North America they way suburbs have been built, we're a long way off that being a viable alternative.
That's a very interesting channel - thanks for sharing. It makes a lot of strong points for the North American context, including references to past situations and how conscious choices have led us to today's situation - and how thus conscious choices can lead us into another direction as well. The Coventry video is good for that as well, especially the Amsterdam-Coventry example mentioned somewhere in the middle.This guy has a bunch of videos about this subject.
I lived even further north than Oulu and cycled all winter one year, so it's certainly doable. Some quite steep hills too, and I only slipped once (which I actually believe was on a flat bit). All you need are some decent winter tyres, and ice is no problem. The biggest problem is actually snow, but if you have decent snow shovelling infrastructure then that is less of a factor.Oulu is pretty far up north - if they can bike all year long, so can I. (Some people did in Helsinki as well, but I was worried some of the hills I had to go over might get too slippery...)
Surely the answer is self driving cars. Car ownership will become mostly obsolete in cities if that ever becomes a reality.On the topic of cars, I think the goal has to be to reduce the number of cars we need (as well as electrifying them and running them on renewable electricity). If you think about it, cars are these stupidly massive hunks of metal that are just sat on a driveway or parked clogging up streets 95% of the time. It's madness. We need a system of shared usage of a fleet of cars rather than individual ownership.
The narrator even says that studded tires are actually rare in Oulu.I lived even further north than Oulu and cycled all winter one year, so it's certainly doable. Some quite steep hills too, and I only slipped once (which I actually believe was on a flat bit). All you need are some decent winter tyres, and ice is no problem. The biggest problem is actually snow, but if you have decent snow shovelling infrastructure then that is less of a factor.
Yes, let´s use the climate crisis as an excuse to get rid of democracy, shall we. Putin, Xi, Erdogan and Trump will love it.
Who said anything about getting rid of democracy? Not her, that's for sure.Yes, let´s use the climate crisis as an excuse to get rid of democracy, shall we. Putin, Xi, Erdogan and Trump will love it.
Uber would have helped. I was an Uber driver eons ago when it was just ride sharing. A few days a week I’d pick up a few strangers and drop them off on route to work. I got paid a small fee for helping someone. With zero cost or time impact to me.That's been said a lot for the past decade (or I've seen it a lot, anyway), but the question remains how. The problem is that people go to different places to different locations, making carpooling complex; and carpooling to work anyway doesn't reduce people's needs to own cars. Long-term, I think the solution might rather lie in a combination of improved neighbourhood walkability, much better public transport, and community car sharing programs; but certainly here in North America they way suburbs have been built, we're a long way off that being a viable alternative.
What on earth are you on about?Yes, let´s use the climate crisis as an excuse to get rid of democracy, shall we. Putin, Xi, Erdogan and Trump will love it.
She is talking about system change. Stop using fossil fuels is not system chance. Getting rid of the free marked (and hence one of the cornerstones in Western Liberalism) is.What on earth are you on about?
I'm afraid you're conflating a lot of stuff here. Liberalism, democracy, and capitalism are three separate things. You can curtail the free market yet still have free, democratic elections; you can completely curtail social freedoms (of speech, of marriage, etc.) and still have a capitalist economy; and so on.She is talking about system change. Stop using fossil fuels is not system chance. Getting rid of the free marked (and hence one of the cornerstones in Western Liberalism) is.
I´m worried that in a time when Western Liberalism and Democracy are under attack both from outside and inside democratic countries - the climate change will fuel a new brand of attacks.
Nope. That would take decades before it has global effect and wouldn't change anything in the meantime. it also wouldn't change behaviours and industry pollution, and would have to draconian to have the effect required, even in the long-term Action is required right now, and this will have to include changing how we do things.Best way to slow this down is by people having less kids.
Surely capitalism is curtailed in many ways, no one is disputing that. And surely you can have capitalism without democracy (China, Vietnam etc), but there are no examples of democracy without a free marked. Introducing new legislations is not what springs to my mind when I hear "system change" though. There are already plenty of people arguing that Democracy is not suited to deal with climate change, and that gives me the chill.I'm afraid you're conflating a lot of stuff here. Liberalism, democracy, and capitalism are three separate things. You can curtail the free market yet still have free, democratic elections; you can completely curtail social freedoms (of speech, of marriage, etc.) and still have a capitalist economy; and so on.
Further, reigning in the free market is not the same as getting rid of it. There is already no completely 'free' market; wherever you will go in the world, there are all kinds of legislation that govern all aspects of economical activity - including in, say, the US or the UK.
In this case, then, what we would need is strong legislation around emissions and financial responsibility for its downstream consequences; and some kind of international action to set up strong legislation around emissions that ensures that international companies cannot dodge this through international bookkeeping (like what's being developed right now with minimum company tax levels). That would not affect democracy in any kind of way, and would not blow up capitalism in any kind of way. It would provide system change, however, both by making companies responsible for long-term consequences of their actions (right now companies pollute, and governments and individual citizens are on the hook for the long-term economic and health consequences), and by adopting international solidarity instead of pure competition (currently usually in the form of a race to the bottom on regulations and taxation).
This is a myth that needs to die. People are already having less kids. Nearly the entirety of Europe is below replacement rate already, and all other industrialized or industrializing countries are following close behind. As poorer countries become less poor, with better access to contraception and education (for girls in particular), and lower child mortality rates, their birth rates are falling as well. China is projected to have a population of 1 billion in 2100, which is 400 million fewer than today. Some projections have them as low as 7-800 million. India will also have hundreds of millions fewer people.Best way to slow this down is by people having less kids.
Not today there aren't. Historically there have been plenty of examples. And part of the reason why free market democracy is the only game in town now has to do with the cold war, and how it ended. Any country toying with not having capitalism during the cold war would quickly find itself on the American hit list, which would force them into the hands of the Soviet Union, not exactly a country which was going to foster democracy. And though the cold war is over, we're still firmly in the Age of America and the west, which has made capitalism a practical guarantee.Surely capitalism is curtailed in many ways, no one is disputing that. And surely you can have capitalism without democracy (China, Vietnam etc), but there are no examples of democracy without a free marked. Introducing new legislations is not what springs to my mind when I hear "system change" though. There are already plenty of people arguing that Democracy is not suited to deal with climate change, and that gives me the chill.
Exactly right and I think the numbers put forward are the G20 countries contribute 80% of all emissions. The G20 are the countries with slower population growth rates.This is a myth that needs to die. People are already having less kids. Nearly the entirety of Europe is below replacement rate already, and all other industrialized or industrializing countries are following close behind. As poorer countries become less poor, with better access to contraception and education (for girls in particular), and lower child mortality rates, their birth rates are falling as well. China is projected to have a population of 1 billion in 2100, which is 400 million fewer than today. Some projections have them as low as 7-800 million. India will also have hundreds of millions fewer people.
The only challenge is if global warming makes it so that the poor countries can't ever become not poor, but then what's the population growth solution? Invade them and force them to have fewer children?
Besides, @Cheimoon is right, any change to population growth that happens right now would take decades to have any effect. And all the kids in Africa are either way going to grow up and want to have children of their own. That ship sailed when those kids were born and survived early childhood.
I agree with the 1st line. The companies are meeting a real need.If you cripple those 100 companies, 300 will replace. Rather than attacking these companies you need them on your side and working closely with them.
Cool find. I wondered where this was from (New Zealand, it turns out) and found out that there is actually an article about the history of this clipping, as people questioned its authenticity:
We were warned quite a long time