calodo2003
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Personally I just don’t engage when my old man says something annoying about itThanks all. Just to clarify, it was not my view point at all but family members are increasingly using that argument to excuse their indifference to climate change and I was just curious to see how everyone would respond! I have tried the inevitability of cleaner energy sources argument before but to no avail.
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I had too say something too my Mother in Law who has recently become accustomed too watching Talk TV and listening to that Julia Hartley Brewer and other moronic non scientist’s who all claim it’s a sham and that things are no where near as bad as what the “experts” sayPersonally I just don’t engage when my old man says something annoying about it
I used to for years, but what possible good can come from it? They’ll never change their minds
You know, 3.5bn people carry parasites worldwide and most are harmless. But, with species barrier collapse, see Corona-Virus, minus lableak, the primary theory is precisely that: habitat erosion. With this collapse the majority of parasites and parasite carriers in various organisms may die off - but these parasites, as per the human population, in their normative hosts, for the most part, are not life-threatening. When they have no normative host - as when we start encroaching into habitats like desertifcation and chopping down of tropical areas/jungles, as with Corona virus but many an African virus before it, and no national blame, for we all use the resources which these nations extract - then even if just 1% of these parasites jump (mutate) into hosts which, evolutionarily speaking, are not immune/used to such things, we have a potential species-death scenario. This is happening as per climate change. Warming, cooling, erratic weather patterns, but mostly, the chopping down of habitats and human encroachment.Tweet
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azoles work on fungi and some other parasites, this is a virusAt any rate, I'd declare a general public health initiative and advocate mebendazole for the entire population at a minimum. It has no side-effects and eradicates >90% of normative pork-type parasites and so on. For other varieties, there are things like Ivermectin, not for coronavirus, but for scabies and mite/lice viruses which this is of, sui generis. This stuff is around the corner and I see no one taking it very seriously.
These thoughts pop into my mind often. Selfishly I am glad I never had kids & am getting up there in age nowadays; I will probably miss the worst of it.The planet is irreversibly fecked isn't it? It's a case of just be glad that we're alive now and will be dead by the time this shit gets apocalyptic. It's the kids being born today I feel sorry for, what kind of a future will they have?
We may have reached the point where having kids could be considered selfish.These thoughts pop into my mind often. Selfishly I am glad I never had kids & am getting up there in age nowadays; I will probably miss the worst of it.
Or at least heartless.We may have reached the point where having kids could be considered selfish.
Their highways are not really designed for that type of rainfall. It messy with once in a year type rainfalls, let alone this thousand year stuff.Tweet
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Biggest issue we have combating climate change in the western world specifically but not exclusively, is a generation or two that haven't had to deal with any existential crisis in their lifetimes, whilst also having the easiest ride in the history of humanity to a decent standard of living. For a significant portion of that demographic it's inconceivable to even consider that something like climate change won't just be fixed. Everything else in their lifetime has. That mentality isn't applicable to the recent and future generations though. The end result will depend on how quickly the latest generations take power from the former.The planet is irreversibly fecked isn't it? It's a case of just be glad that we're alive now and will be dead by the time this shit gets apocalyptic. It's the kids being born today I feel sorry for, what kind of a future will they have?
Tick-borne virus, I mean secondary. I.e., ivermectin/azoles useless for coronavirus, as per the post, but very useful for chain reactions re immune systems compromised by it wherein 50% of the world's population already harbours a parasite of some form. Mostly harmless, but with species barrier erosion and mutations why take the chance?azoles work on fungi and some other parasites, this is a virus
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Planet will be fine. Not idea why people use such dramatic language. Humans will go extinct eventually, just like 99% of everything else before them. Things will be more difficult for our children, but they will still live on a planet that humans can thrive on.The planet is irreversibly fecked isn't it? It's a case of just be glad that we're alive now and will be dead by the time this shit gets apocalyptic. It's the kids being born today I feel sorry for, what kind of a future will they have?
That’s a mad take given all that’s going on right now.Planet will be fine. Not idea why people use such dramatic language. Humans will go extinct eventually, just like 99% of everything else before them. Things will be more difficult for our children, but they will still live on a planet that humans can thrive on.
Why so? Humans are very adaptable. Maybe it's you underestimating their capability.That’s a mad take given all that’s going on right now.
By all accounts if we keep going the way we are now much of the planet will be uninhabitable for humans. We can’t tolerate the sort of heat we are already seeing in a lot of places right now.Why so? Humans are very adaptable. Maybe it's you underestimating their capability.
I'm waiting for the downsideBy all accounts if we keep going the way we are now much of the planet will be uninhabitable for humans. We can’t tolerate the sort of heat we are already seeing in a lot of places right now.
we are adaptable in that we can all migrate up to the least affected countries and start massive wars for control of them, sure!
The downside is we drag down most other complex life with us which is a tragedy. We're the only species that deserves this shit.I'm waiting for the downside
Nah, cats can get in the binThe downside is we drag down most other complex life with us which is a tragedy. We're the only species that deserves this shit.
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I'm so fecking glad I live in Norway. Northern Norway at that. We had 30-odd degrees for a few days and I hated it. We won't be spared the effects of global warming (less snow, no Glazers in the very near future), and we'll take part in the global consequences (mass refugees, vulnerable supply lines, etc), but at least we're not getting that.Tweet
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These are interesting. They take entire lakes and float it on reinforced, but very basic, plastic. Then use AI bots to clean and track. Also, the newest ones, rotate. All should be doing this (following the sun). But China is way ahead in the Green energy game, if only nominally.offshore capacity
the fires shouldn't be too bad given the rainfall? it takes a long time for wood/trees to dry outI'm really concerned about what Australia has coming up this summer. We've had long bouts of rain and flooding that will have exploded plant growth. If we are going into a crazy hot and dry summer, the whole country will be a tinderbox again.
This is Red Cafe's fault. We've been trying to get rid of them for ages!I'm so fecking glad I live in Norway. Northern Norway at that. We had 30-odd degrees for a few days and I hated it. We won't be spared the effects of global warming (less snow, no Glazers in the very near future), and we'll take part in the global consequences (mass refugees, vulnerable supply lines, etc), but at least we're not getting that.
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Is there any good estimates how long it would take for CO2 levels to reach normal if lets say we hit those goals or for example the world collectively decides to hunker down and pretty much stops using CO2.It feels to me that we have reached a tipping point and that many of the predictions of how climate change will adversely affect our weather are already happening.
And so all of the pledges for net zero by the middle of this century, even assuming that they are going to be met will be far too late.
Net zero is not going to help.
We should already be taking CO2 out of the atmosphere. But that is still some way off.
Wish I knew.Is there any good estimates how long it would take for CO2 levels to reach normal if lets say we hit those goals or for example the world collectively decides to hunker down and pretty much stops using CO2.