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I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Post by tticvs »

jokoon wrote: post #264

I live in the south of france, and I really need to move to a cooler region in france. Summer are very long, nights are hot, makes it hard to sleep well. I don't have enough money to install AC. Mobile AC is too noisy. I have been postponing for 4 years now. I am reading The Ministry Of The Future, it's a great book. India will be the first to suffer from this.

KSR is a good prose writer but I found The Ministry of the Future to be full of extremely unconvincing scenarios and I don't think you should let it inform your worldview. It's just a story written by someone who does not really know what they're talking about.

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Post by peterpost2 »

bilsbie wrote: post #482

I used to worry but living through 30 years of catastrophic predictions not happening has made me question the messenger instead. Some examples(1): 1989: Rising seas to ‘obliterate’ nations by 2000 2008: Al Gore warns of ice-free Arctic by 2013 (1) https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-of-failed-eco-poca... Don’t get me wrong. I still think it’s an area of concern. I’m actually a raging environmentalist but I jus…

>but living through 30 years of catastrophic predictions not happening has made me question the messenger instead.

Have you seen what's been happening the last couple of years? There are catastrophic predictions actually happening, sure some of them were wrong but the planet is in a pretty fucked up state right now.

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Post by Corrado »

huppeldepup wrote: post #472

Why was the link changed? 3 hours ago it linked to this: https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2024/01/i-used-to-not-worr... Now it links to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCo3XwTRg9o

Dang, the new video is NOT the original Sabine video and is some weird, stupid thing. Please change it back to Sabine's video.

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Post by freen »

xienze wrote: post #445
CalRobert wrote: post #428

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The plan appears to be massive gun turrets at every southern border at this rate.

You sure about that? The plan seems to be letting in anyone and everyone who says the magic words “asylum” or “refugee.”

Look up the rates of successful asylum and refugee applications.

In the US, which takes in far more refugees and asylum seekers, it’s around half a percentage point of all legal immigration attempts succeed.

https://www.cato.org/blog/why-legal-immigration-nearly-impos...

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Post by throwuwu »

pk-protect-ai wrote: post #145

I no longer worry. I'm extremely pessimistic about the impending climate change. I believe Sabine isn't pessimistic enough about what to anticipate. Consider the tundra methane emissions and the explosive release of methane-hydrates from the oceans, along with water vapor, a potent greenhouse gas. The disaster looming over all ecosystems (a mass extinction event) that will happen in decades and the doom-phase could l…

You don’t need soil, you need fertilizer and water. We farm outside now because it’s cheap. If you move to a temporarily inhospitable place then farming outside is no longer cheap so it is better to do it inside or in outdoor hydroponic or aeroponic systems if the weather is nice enough.

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Post by hiAndrewQuinn »

Unfrozen0688 wrote: post #477
hiAndrewQuinn wrote: post #328

I never worried particularly much about climate change, but just to hedge my bets for my kids I moved to northern Europe. For the most part it's just equated to milder (= bearable) Winters and nicer summers up here. I guess we also spend a fair bit on moving to renewables up here - Finland achieved energy self sufficiency last year thanks to a good combination of nuclear + solar + hydro. If I were an ideologue in eit…

Sweden here, welcome! We need more of your kind of immigrant for sure! Working is number 1, willing to take part, and learning the culture.

Glad to be here! I'll likely be visiting Sweden for work next month, you guys are doing great over there.

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Post by bilsbie »

peterpost2 wrote: post #492
bilsbie wrote: post #482

I used to worry but living through 30 years of catastrophic predictions not happening has made me question the messenger instead. Some examples(1): 1989: Rising seas to ‘obliterate’ nations by 2000 2008: Al Gore warns of ice-free Arctic by 2013 (1) https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-of-failed-eco-poca... Don’t get me wrong. I still think it’s an area of concern. I’m actually a raging environmentalist but I jus…

>but living through 30 years of catastrophic predictions not happening has made me question the messenger instead. Have you seen what's been happening the last couple of years? There are catastrophic predictions actually happening, sure some of them were wrong but the planet is in a pretty fucked up state right now.

Do you have an example or two that’s not open to interpretation?

I’ve seen a lot of things blamed on climate that are debatable. Wild fires, hurricanes, freak high tides, etc.

If it’s a true crisis we shouldn’t be grasping at normal climate events and trying to argue they’re slightly worse.

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Post by kristofferR »

Corrado wrote: post #493
huppeldepup wrote: post #472

Why was the link changed? 3 hours ago it linked to this: https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2024/01/i-used-to-not-worr... Now it links to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCo3XwTRg9o

Dang, the new video is NOT the original Sabine video and is some weird, stupid thing. Please change it back to Sabine's video.

Is Dang trolling us?

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Post by iandanforth »

Corrado wrote: post #493
huppeldepup wrote: post #472

Why was the link changed? 3 hours ago it linked to this: https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2024/01/i-used-to-not-worr... Now it links to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCo3XwTRg9o

Dang, the new video is NOT the original Sabine video and is some weird, stupid thing. Please change it back to Sabine's video.

The new video is however a spot on commentary on people who didn't worry about climate change but now do. Very sharp swap, IMO.
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