Very cool visualization! What are the causes of the rapid acceleration starting in the 80s, I assume globalization had something to do with it?
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#12Very cool visualization! What are the causes of the rapid acceleration starting in the 80s, I assume globalization had something to do with it?
Climate effects are typically delayed by decades.
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Yerp, they forgot to add all the shareholder value that was created
Maybe the real treasure was the production surplus stolen from the proletariat along the way.
These are actually great ideas for discussing more figures, with a focus on the human dimensions of global change.
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#14so here's a fun question: it's become quite trendy in policy circles in california to incentivize the removal of lawns and gardens as part of water conservation efforts.
doesn't removal of fertile topsoil and replacement of it with rocks and cacti at scale actually reduce carbon sequestration and heat absorption capacity?
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#15I find data presented in such a manner, without comment, quite a bit more compelling than much of what passes for debate these days.
A significant part of the debate is simply scientists going, "please, for the love of god, look at the data."
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#16so here's a fun question: it's become quite trendy in policy circles in california to incentivize the removal of lawns and gardens as part of water conservation efforts. doesn't removal of fertile topsoil and replacement of it with rocks and cacti at scale actually reduce carbon sequestration and heat absorption capacity?
The water conservation need outweighs the marginal carbon sequestration I’d imagine.
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#18so here's a fun question: it's become quite trendy in policy circles in california to incentivize the removal of lawns and gardens as part of water conservation efforts. doesn't removal of fertile topsoil and replacement of it with rocks and cacti at scale actually reduce carbon sequestration and heat absorption capacity?
What was the vegetation like before humans arrived? We should go back to that.
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#19so here's a fun question: it's become quite trendy in policy circles in california to incentivize the removal of lawns and gardens as part of water conservation efforts. doesn't removal of fertile topsoil and replacement of it with rocks and cacti at scale actually reduce carbon sequestration and heat absorption capacity?
Grassy lawns and lush gardens in dry areas require so much water any water any possible benefit of carbon sequestration is counterbalanced by the irrigation infrastructure required.
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#20I find data presented in such a manner, without comment, quite a bit more compelling than much of what passes for debate these days.
Agree visualizations are more powerful. But it would be nice to see a discussion about the data itself.