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World ocean temperatures in 2021 were the hottest ever recorded

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Re: World ocean temperatures in 2021 were the hottest ever recorded

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Post by kilbuz »

xwdv wrote: post #98

Every year, it seems like we get closer and closer to the end. One day, temperatures will be so hot, and they will not go down. They will only continue to rise, people being kept alive by AC. Then the power grids will fail, and AC won't work, and people will just pass out from heat strokes and die off. And the world will be left with only the few who can withstand the increasing temperatures. And then the temperature…

Your first sentence is a tautology. We are by definition closer to the end than ever before, and always will be.

Re: World ocean temperatures in 2021 were the hottest ever recorded

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Post by swader999 »

soperj wrote: post #78
tenpies wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Calgary. It amazes me that despite the Chinese money laundering, the Trudeau Federal government willingness to back residential real estate through monetary, immigration, and legal policies; and just the general Canadian willingness to pretend everyone is well-intended and no one would lie in a mortgage application; that Calgary is the one place in Canada that remains somewhat reasonably priced. Multiple road and rai…

Didn't you have a flood that put a mudslide right through the saddledome in the last 5 years?

Yes! 2013 and the mitigations since then and planned should work.

Re: World ocean temperatures in 2021 were the hottest ever recorded

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Post by hanklazard »

willio58 wrote: post #18

Is anyone on HN reconsidering having children because of climate change? Recently I've had a big shift myself on this topic, probably influenced by not many women my age (younger than 30) having any interest in bringing a child into a world where they could potentially suffer real physical danger due to climate change.

It is daunting, but the world has looked at least this scary before and it didn’t stop the generations of people who led to our existence right now.

As a person who just had a child, I strongly recommend it so far. It is more challenging than most things I have done in my life, but also more rewarding. I am forced to be selfless in a way that I never have been before. And I know it’s annoying to hear people say these things, but they are true.

For those who don’t want children, of course that’s your choice. I just hope we don’t let fear ruin such a beautiful opportunity for those who would be parents and children.

Re: World ocean temperatures in 2021 were the hottest ever recorded

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Post by vibrio_bobtail »

willio58 wrote: post #18

Is anyone on HN reconsidering having children because of climate change? Recently I've had a big shift myself on this topic, probably influenced by not many women my age (younger than 30) having any interest in bringing a child into a world where they could potentially suffer real physical danger due to climate change.

I've never really understood this. If I had the choice today to be born today or never,I would definitely choose to be born. Why would my unborn children decide differently. Honestly curious how you would answer this question.

Re: World ocean temperatures in 2021 were the hottest ever recorded

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Post by [deleted] »

matsemann wrote: post #10
horstmeyer wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Too bad you can't go skiing, but I'm a bit more worried about plant and wildlife that "thinks" it's spring and then will get killed when it gets cold again later.

Of course. And I also know a single instance isn't proof of climate change. But I wanted to point out / rant about how the winters have changed over time here. It's sad. And summers hotter than ever. Have had to buy AC, as if we're in Southern Europe.

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Re: World ocean temperatures in 2021 were the hottest ever recorded

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Post by warlog »

vanusa wrote: post #77
anonporridge wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function."

Actually the problem is that a sizable cabal has come to understand the exponential function all too well. And has applied it to the theory and practice of capital investment in exchange for increasing returns (back to the investors) -- while externalizing cost (onto the environment, and those less empowered).

That's not the exponential function.

That's grift and theft.

Re: World ocean temperatures in 2021 were the hottest ever recorded

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Post by refurb »

willio58 wrote: post #18

Is anyone on HN reconsidering having children because of climate change? Recently I've had a big shift myself on this topic, probably influenced by not many women my age (younger than 30) having any interest in bringing a child into a world where they could potentially suffer real physical danger due to climate change.

Is the world any more scary that before?

Re: World ocean temperatures in 2021 were the hottest ever recorded

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Post by refurb »

mandmandam wrote: post #92

I'd like to remind the HN community, some of whom are rather quick to defend the corporate matrix, that fossil fuel companies saw this coming in the 70s and covered it up. And they had broad, deep-pocketed support. Government subsidized them, and protected them after their oil spills. Media ran Exxon and Chevron's greenwashing ads, Police beat up protesters, going so far as to infiltrate their groups, seduce their le…

Anyone who drove a car or took a flight or bought things they didn’t need contributed too.

Don’t try and weasel out of it.

Re: World ocean temperatures in 2021 were the hottest ever recorded

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Post by betwixthewires »

xwdv wrote: post #98

Every year, it seems like we get closer and closer to the end. One day, temperatures will be so hot, and they will not go down. They will only continue to rise, people being kept alive by AC. Then the power grids will fail, and AC won't work, and people will just pass out from heat strokes and die off. And the world will be left with only the few who can withstand the increasing temperatures. And then the temperature…

I don't know if this comment is serious or not, but if so, it is hyperbolic nonsense. Not to say there's no warming, obviously there is, or to say it won't have detrimental effects, but it's people saying things like this that give deniers ammo to call it a doomsday cult. If you truly believe what you've just said, you need to take a step out of your own head and unbiasedly self reflect and examine the merit of your worldview for a minute.
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