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I'm usually not a fan of this kind of interface but for some reason I felt like this one worked pretty well and it was a good read. Would probably not have worked well if I didn't have a decent scroll wheel though so they should definitly offer an alternative UI as well.
While economy and consumerism are destroying our planet, we are complaining about the UX of an emergency call.. In other news stories I see participants of Extinction Rebellion being arrested by police as if they were criminals, while temperatures world wide are breaking all records and the ramifications are clearly seen almost anywhere on the planet. It just renders me speechless.
Either the police had probable case to make an arrest or the arrestees can sue for false arrest. In general the police do not arrest people without a reason in England.
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One way to approach this perhaps is to look at emissions per capita. Norway, as an example, is a way bigger offender (or at least has been, haven’t check recent data) than China by this metric. And it _is_ a political problem at this point. You cant really demand change from people around you if you’re not prepared to do the same yourself.
I think a more useful metric is per unit of GDP . ...because then it becomes an efficiency metric. "How much wealth can we create with X amount of CO2".
First of all it suggests that wealth is the be-all and end-all of human progress. It also implies that wealth creation is equivalent wherever it happens - that somehow if a place is more efficient at creating wealth than it should be privileged.
Finally, of course, this means that poorer countries that produce less wealth will almost certainly be less efficient by this metric, and hence should be penalized (of course, we shouldn't mention that a lot of their production actually ends up being consumed by the rich-world which can this way claim to be highly CO2 efficient).
I actually only think things will be done once insurance companies start accounting for costs here.
A lot of smaller island nations won't have that luxury.
Honest question, how is 1 degree not in some kind of normal range or within measurement error?
I like the "Source" buttons.
Politicians - including our sitting president - figured out that leveraging the ad tech of the FBs / Googles etc to micro-tune and micro-test messaging wins elections.
Who is doing the same for climate change?
Start with massively targeted message testing attached to an outcome that demonstrably has an impact on the problem.
No bullshit "awareness" vanity metrics.
I'm talking direct donations to projects that reduce co2 or recapture co2.
Direct donations to organizations or politicians that are demonstrably impacting in a similar way.
?????
Is somebody working to harness the brutal machinery of FB / Goog's advertising platform to do some good?
Can I help or write your first check as an investor?
What I have found more frustrating than those in denial of climate change lately, is those who deny responsibility. That the real problem is in other countries. India. China. America. Little old X in Europe can't possible be the ones that need to sort it out. Therefore there's no point changing our habits. I feel a little hopeless in these discussions. I have little hope for change. I cannot argue against the fact th…
Setting a good example doesn't inevitably result in everyone following along, but a proven solution is a whole lot easier to sell than a proposal that's never been tried at scale.