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Multisatellite data depicts a record-breaking methane leak from a well blowout

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Re: Multisatellite data depicts a record-breaking methane leak from a well blowout

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Post by OsrsNeedsf2P »

anonym29 wrote: post #17
linotype wrote: post #4

We’re not going to make it are we?

Short of China and India voluntarily holding themselves to the same standards as Western Europe and the US for free, we are not going to avoid catastrophic global warming. The good news is, while we may not be able to prevent climate change, we are not powerless against it. The Dutch know how to win the fight against sea level rise. Middle Eastern architecture knows how to keep people cool even with >50°C air tempera…

> Short of China and India voluntarily holding themselves to the same standards as Western Europe and the US

China and India emit significantly less CO2 per capita than Western Europe and the US [0] - and that's ignoring the fact they do all of our manufacturing.

[0] https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-pe...

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Post by altdataseller »

ars wrote: post #15
linotype wrote: post #4

We’re not going to make it are we?

We'll be fine. We'll have to make adjustments, but we'll be fine. So will the planet, and so will the vast majority of animals.

“Save the earth?! The planet will be absolutely fine… humans on the other hand..”

Re: Multisatellite data depicts a record-breaking methane leak from a well blowout

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Post by simpaticoder »

darkteflon wrote: post #10
linotype wrote: post #4

We’re not going to make it are we?

Not even close. https://jonathanfranzen.com/what-if-we-stopped-pretending/

On the bright side for those that have always wanted to travel to other worlds and terraform them, we'll now have an opportunity to have that experience without the travel.

Re: Multisatellite data depicts a record-breaking methane leak from a well blowout

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Post by MSFT_Edging »

ars wrote: post #15
linotype wrote: post #4

We’re not going to make it are we?

We'll be fine. We'll have to make adjustments, but we'll be fine. So will the planet, and so will the vast majority of animals.

The vast majority of animals are cattle/livestock for meat production.

If we want to be alright, we'll probably want to start reducing the cattle headcount.

Re: Multisatellite data depicts a record-breaking methane leak from a well blowout

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Post by jofer »

swayvil wrote: post #12

why don't they have a little methane-detector-activated igniter? Burn it up before it gets away.

It's a blowout. That means what it sounds like. An explosion and a fire. To fix it, you have to put out the fire. Once you put out the fire, you're still releasing methane.

Methane is flared instead of released under normal conditions if it's not being captured. A blowout is very much not normal conditions.

Re: Multisatellite data depicts a record-breaking methane leak from a well blowout

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Post by gjsman-1000 »

OsrsNeedsf2P wrote: post #21
anonym29 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Short of China and India voluntarily holding themselves to the same standards as Western Europe and the US for free, we are not going to avoid catastrophic global warming. The good news is, while we may not be able to prevent climate change, we are not powerless against it. The Dutch know how to win the fight against sea level rise. Middle Eastern architecture knows how to keep people cool even with >50°C air tempera…

> Short of China and India voluntarily holding themselves to the same standards as Western Europe and the US China and India emit significantly less CO2 per capita than Western Europe and the US [0] - and that's ignoring the fact they do all of our manufacturing. [0] https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-pe...

Per capita is misleading. China has over 1 billion people more than the US, the majority of them in abject poverty. Same for India; so their per capita number is artificially skewed downward.

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Post by willy_k »

sroussey wrote: post #13
linotype wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The guy who’s funding $45 million a month for the candidate that wants to end EVs and pump more oil? That Elon?

Do Tesla’s EVs offset SpaceX rockets?

They don’t even offset themselves, but SpaceX rockets would likely be a key part in deploying solar shades if necessary

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Post by jncfhnb »

anonym29 wrote: post #17
linotype wrote: post #4

We’re not going to make it are we?

Short of China and India voluntarily holding themselves to the same standards as Western Europe and the US for free, we are not going to avoid catastrophic global warming. The good news is, while we may not be able to prevent climate change, we are not powerless against it. The Dutch know how to win the fight against sea level rise. Middle Eastern architecture knows how to keep people cool even with >50°C air tempera…

Who knows how to handle a billion refugees?

Re: Multisatellite data depicts a record-breaking methane leak from a well blowout

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Post by mitthrowaway2 »

gjsman-1000 wrote: post #26
OsrsNeedsf2P wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Short of China and India voluntarily holding themselves to the same standards as Western Europe and the US China and India emit significantly less CO2 per capita than Western Europe and the US [0] - and that's ignoring the fact they do all of our manufacturing. [0] https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-pe...

Per capita is misleading. China has over 1 billion people more than the US, the majority of them in abject poverty. Same for India; so their per capita number is artificially skewed downward.

Why is that misleading? That doesn't sound like "artificial skew" to me.

Re: Multisatellite data depicts a record-breaking methane leak from a well blowout

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Post by linotype »

greenavocado wrote: post #20
linotype wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The guy who’s funding $45 million a month for the candidate that wants to end EVs and pump more oil? That Elon?

Do you have any idea how much CO2 is released in a single rocket launch? LOL

Re-read my comment.
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