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dead_soft
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The sheer anger and unconfined vitriol from 'ordinary people' (see also anti-LTN campaigners) suggest to me they are right in direct action and protest. If you're screaming to lock up people who blocked a junction for a bit rather than the people who are actively and aggressively destroying the planet then you are probably placing your efforts in the wrong place.
orchard
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Yeah, we've got the RW media having a go at doomers, someone associated with xr for having a car, and loads of other guff; meanwhile the ipcc leak a report that states that Capitalism isn't compatible with saving the anthropocene, Finland conclude that there isn't the technology or resources to replace the current system with green solutions* and the FT features articles that recognise radical systemic change to capitalism is necessary to survive.
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In conclusion, this report suggests that replacing the existing fossil fuel powered system (oil, gas, and coal), using
renewable technologies, such as solar panels or wind turbines, will not be possible for the entire global human
population. There is simply just not enough time, nor resources to do this by the current target set by the World’s
most influential nations. What may be required, therefore, is a significant reduction of societal demand for all
resources, of all kinds. This implies a very different social contract and a radically different system of governance to
what is in place today. Inevitably, this leads to the conclusion that the existing renewable energy sectors and Everton
technology systems are merely steppingstones to something else, rather than the final solution. It is recommended
that some thought be given to this and what that something else might be.
orchard
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Oil Firm Under Investigation for Corruption is Contractor on Cambo North Sea Project
Former UK Prime Ministers David Cameron and Theresa May have both lobbied the Bahrain government on behalf of Petrofac, whose co-founder is a major Conservative donor.A firm being investigated on corruption charges and founded by a major Tory donor is a contractor on the proposed Cambo oilfield in the North Sea.
Petrofac, whose co-founder Ayman Asfari has along with his wife donated almost £900,000 to the Conservative Party, is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) for allegedly paying million-pound bribes to secure contracts in nine different countries.
Climate campaigners said the revelation showed the project was becoming “murkier” all the time and that Boris Johnson should put a stop to the development.
orchard
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Britain 2021
orchard
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Climate and Environment
Nearly 1 in 3 Americans experienced a weather disaster this summer
Climate change has turbocharged severe storms, fires, hurricanes, coastal storms and floods — threatening millions
Nearly 1 in 3 Americans live in a county hit by a weather disaster in the past three months, according to a new Washington Post analysis of federal disaster declarations. On top of that, 64 percent live in places that experienced a multiday heat wave — phenomena that are not officially deemed disasters but are considered the most dangerous form of extreme weather.
orchard
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We have leaked part III of the upcoming IPCC report. There’s no time to wait around, there’s no time for continued inaction – the people deserve to know NOW what our corporate owned politicians have done to them.
The greatest crime ever has already been carried out – the perpetrators are still at liberty, but the victims are starting to pile up.
We leaked the report because governments – pressured and bribed by fossil fuel and other industries, protecting their failed ideology and avoiding accountability – have edited the conclusions before official reports were released in the past. We leaked it to show that scientists are willing to disobey and take personal risk to inform the public.
The report explicitly states that incremental change is not a viable option. It states that individual behavioural changes alone are insignificant. It states that justice, equity and redistribution are essential to climate policy.
It says that we need massive investment – to transform energy systems, transport, industry, land use and agriculture, housing, and to prepare for the accelerating effects of climate breakdown – not the death cult of conservative economics.
It shows that we must abandon economic growth, which is the basis of capitalism.
For thousands of scientists – mostly older, privileged, moderate – to agree on something so apparently radical demonstrates the severity of the present moment. But the real radicals are in power. They will plunder the Earth until it is but fire and ash, unless we stop them.
We plead with people to go into serious nonviolent resistance. To join us in the streets to apply unbearable pressure on this genocidal system – to take it down before it takes us all down with it.
"Transition pathways entail distributional consequences such as changes in employment and economic structure"
"Equity and justice are important enabling conditions for effective climate mitigation. Institutions and governance that address equity and supporting narratives that promote just transitions can build broader support for climate policymaking"
"Individuals can contribute to overcoming barriers and enable climate change mitigation. Individual behavioural change in isolation cannot reduce GHG emissions significantly"
"If 10-30% of the population were to demonstrate commitment to low-carbon technologies, behaviours and lifestyles, new social norms would be established"
"Collective action through formal social movements and informal lifestyle movements expands the potential for climate policy and supports system change"
"Estimates of committed CO2 emissions from current fossil energy infrastructure are 658 GtCO2 […] nearly double the remaining carbon budget"
"Delayed action increases challenges to both economic and societal feasibility after 2030"
The greatest crime ever has already been carried out – the perpetrators are still at liberty, but the victims are starting to pile up.
We leaked the report because governments – pressured and bribed by fossil fuel and other industries, protecting their failed ideology and avoiding accountability – have edited the conclusions before official reports were released in the past. We leaked it to show that scientists are willing to disobey and take personal risk to inform the public.
The report explicitly states that incremental change is not a viable option. It states that individual behavioural changes alone are insignificant. It states that justice, equity and redistribution are essential to climate policy.
It says that we need massive investment – to transform energy systems, transport, industry, land use and agriculture, housing, and to prepare for the accelerating effects of climate breakdown – not the death cult of conservative economics.
It shows that we must abandon economic growth, which is the basis of capitalism.
For thousands of scientists – mostly older, privileged, moderate – to agree on something so apparently radical demonstrates the severity of the present moment. But the real radicals are in power. They will plunder the Earth until it is but fire and ash, unless we stop them.
We plead with people to go into serious nonviolent resistance. To join us in the streets to apply unbearable pressure on this genocidal system – to take it down before it takes us all down with it.
The leaked documents can be found HERE.
Some meaningful sentences from the report...
"Mitigation and development goals cannot be met through incremental change""Transition pathways entail distributional consequences such as changes in employment and economic structure"
"Equity and justice are important enabling conditions for effective climate mitigation. Institutions and governance that address equity and supporting narratives that promote just transitions can build broader support for climate policymaking"
"Individuals can contribute to overcoming barriers and enable climate change mitigation. Individual behavioural change in isolation cannot reduce GHG emissions significantly"
"If 10-30% of the population were to demonstrate commitment to low-carbon technologies, behaviours and lifestyles, new social norms would be established"
"Collective action through formal social movements and informal lifestyle movements expands the potential for climate policy and supports system change"
"Estimates of committed CO2 emissions from current fossil energy infrastructure are 658 GtCO2 […] nearly double the remaining carbon budget"
"Delayed action increases challenges to both economic and societal feasibility after 2030"
NilSatisOptimum
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All ways good to have look at the other news when the government is shouting look over here, could put this int EU or Tory thread.
Just makes a mockery of our Government and its environmental pledges.
www.independent.co.uk
Just makes a mockery of our Government and its environmental pledges.
Polluters told to dump risky sewage into rivers as Brexit disrupts water treatment
Supply chain disruption leading to fears of water treatment chemical shortage
www.independent.co.uk
And the government is ditching any environmental requirements from the Australia trade deal too.
Not sure if this goes here or the ale house.
I think it's a fairly big deal.
Last weekend MIT scientists took a giant step towards fusion.
If we can realize this it would end fossil fuels almost immediately!
https://news.mit.edu/2021/MIT-CFS-major-advance-toward-fusion-energy-0908
I think it's a fairly big deal.
Last weekend MIT scientists took a giant step towards fusion.
If we can realize this it would end fossil fuels almost immediately!
https://news.mit.edu/2021/MIT-CFS-major-advance-toward-fusion-energy-0908
Clearly no one has seen spiderman 2.
orchard
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Would be fantastic if that ever happened with no environmental consequences, the technology was shared swiftly internationally and the carbon extractors just hung up the keys and jogged on.
A pessimist would say it's hopium to keep the masses unconcerned whilst we keep the carbon pumping.
we could all do with a few extra limbs
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