Atmospheric CO2 levels accelerate upwards
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Atmospheric CO2 levels accelerate upwards
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#2I am terrified. Should I be?
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#3I am terrified. Should I be?
No, that would lead to paralysis.
Learn to live in a world where climate change is happening and adjust accordingly. There is no way going back now. The party is coming to an end. We must go forward.
You don't have to solve this problem in one day by yourself. You probably cannot really "solve" it at all. It's time to let go of things we cannot save and hold on to those which grow valuable in the future.
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#4I am terrified. Should I be?
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#5I am terrified. Should I be?
Buy shares in houseboat companies. Short sell coastal property.
Re: Atmospheric CO2 levels accelerate upwards
#6I don't like the way they fudge the graph axes to make it look more dramatic. It's a significant rise all on its own, why make it look suspect by messing with the presentation?
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#7I don't like sensationalism as it clouds the mind with short-lived buzzes. Instead of always trying to alarm people of the big invisible terror lurking in the dark, we should educate people on how to handle the situation. What are the scenarios? What can we do ourselves for those scenarios (not to prevent, but to prepare)? Which cities and countries will be lost at what point in time? How do we protect ourselves?
Be constructive, be creative.
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#8I am terrified. Should I be?
No, that would lead to paralysis. Learn to live in a world where climate change is happening and adjust accordingly. There is no way going back now. The party is coming to an end. We must go forward. You don't have to solve this problem in one day by yourself. You probably cannot really "solve" it at all. It's time to let go of things we cannot save and hold on to those which grow valuable in the future.
I really resonate with this comment. The best way to 'deal' with climate change on an individual level is to always vote for folks who are trying to rein it in, to live your life with a minimal carbon footprint, and to create plans for larger, more intense weather events.
Re: Atmospheric CO2 levels accelerate upwards
#9I don't like the way they fudge the graph axes to make it look more dramatic. It's a significant rise all on its own, why make it look suspect by messing with the presentation?
I wouldn't call this fudging. It's just easier to see the effect when the Y axis starts at the low point of the line, rather than at 0. Especially when you consider that the atmosphere always contains a baseline level of C02, and we wouldn't want it otherwise; it protects us from a significant chunk of the UV spectrum. This choice could actually be seen as less arbitrary than starting at zero.
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#10It is less expensive (for society) to prevent the release of previously sequestered CO2 than it is to deal with the consequences of introducing the CO2 into the carbon cycle.
Though since the costs of releasing sequestered CO2 are socialized, but the benefits are privatized, the US (at the federal level) continues to choose inaction.