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Re: Global warming has accelerated significantly

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As an observation, global warming has completely disappeared as social concern in the last few years. Great that someone is still publishing research, but it seems like being a climate scientist has gone from hottest field to nobody cares.

Well, this did hit #1 on HN. A bunch of us might actually still be worried about it.

Re: Global warming has accelerated significantly

#62

We might actually hit the jackpot from The Peripheral.

I don't buy it. I read the Peripheral, and through the whole thing I was always asking "who actually built all the stuff these guys were inheriting"??? Are we assuming robots got to a level where incredible magical worlds could be built to server just a few people?

Re: Global warming has accelerated significantly

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post #6

Basically the oceans are way way way too hot which is melting even the most ancient ice and that can never be undone in our lifetimes (well maybe from a nuclear winter) USA is about to have another El Nino summer which will be scorching from overheating oceans But don't worry, USA is solving the problem by Biden banning cheap electric cars and Trump ending electric subsidies entirely, forcing coal plants to restart

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Why so blatantly lean into Jevans paradox?

In this case, there is no ceiling on global emissions. If one country reduces to zero there would absolutely be less emissions than if they hadn't. There's no incentive for China and India to pick up the slack and create more pollution just to cover what the US stopped making.

Re: Global warming has accelerated significantly

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post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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> India and China burn orders of magnitude more They don't, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di... > and they aren't going to slow down. China already did, according to https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/11/china-co2-emis...

yeah all these charts you need to read the footnotes, this wikipedia is co2 from fossil fuels not land changes which probably is some random fraction

Re: Global warming has accelerated significantly

#65

As an observation, global warming has completely disappeared as social concern in the last few years. Great that someone is still publishing research, but it seems like being a climate scientist has gone from hottest field to nobody cares.

Because of first COVID-19 and the post-peak economic chaos distracting us, and then afterwards Trump and Putin and Netenyahu and the global rise of erratic mayhem as a political platform.

https://xkcd.com/2275/

Eventually we'll have to deal with the Giant Spider Downtown, it's just that the to-do list is growing from the top.

Re: Global warming has accelerated significantly

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post #6

Basically the oceans are way way way too hot which is melting even the most ancient ice and that can never be undone in our lifetimes (well maybe from a nuclear winter) USA is about to have another El Nino summer which will be scorching from overheating oceans But don't worry, USA is solving the problem by Biden banning cheap electric cars and Trump ending electric subsidies entirely, forcing coal plants to restart

Biden?!

It reminds me of what I used to say whenever I've completed a contract for a client.

"And remember, now that I'm gone, every problem that occurs is my fault. So stop looking for the culprit, find a solution"

Re: Global warming has accelerated significantly

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post #6

Basically the oceans are way way way too hot which is melting even the most ancient ice and that can never be undone in our lifetimes (well maybe from a nuclear winter) USA is about to have another El Nino summer which will be scorching from overheating oceans But don't worry, USA is solving the problem by Biden banning cheap electric cars and Trump ending electric subsidies entirely, forcing coal plants to restart

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China outpaced the US for renewable energy rollout years ago, and isn't stopping now, because it's seen as energy security. It's not even close.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_China

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_the_United...

Re: Global warming has accelerated significantly

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Your attempts at derailing the discourse is not only frustrating – in the case of climate change it might just kill us all. You're a danger.

Chill. People need to cope, and humor, sarcasm, etc.. are ok
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