mastodon 4.7.2I am here to learn and face the truth, not avoid it and sometimes this can alas lead to confrontation when others prefer the latter to the former.
Top 1% emit over 1,000 times more CO2 than bottom 1%
https://climateandcapitalism.com/2023/02/28/top-1-emit-over-1000-times-more-co2-than-bottom-1/
>"To stop climate change, target the rich"
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The new climate denial? Using wealth to insulate yourself from discomfort and change
Adjusted Global Temperature Data - Yes, it appears that the rate of global warming has increased.
https://tamino.wordpress.com/2024/02/16/adjusted-global-temperature-data/
> Way back in 2011 I co-authored a paper with Stefan Rahmstorf (Foster & Rahmstorf 2011, hereafter FR11)
Prof. Kevin Anderson, Climate: Where We Are Headed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipdwvvZ8Wu4
"In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
To my daughters: Don’t forgive my generation for failing you and the planet
> As the world burns, I’ve to admit to my two young daughters the guilt I share for failing to save our planet, our home.
>My generation has failed – miserably.
>We have chosen greed over generosity. We have wallowed in consumption over temperance. We have preferred indulgence over sacrifice. We consider ignorance a virtue rather than admit our stupidity. We have taken comfort in myopia rather than peer beyond the troubling horizon.
>We have behaved irresponsibly – not by chance, but with wanton neglect and a cavalier disregard for the grievous harm and irreparable damage we have caused to a planet and a younger generation who deserve a better, more hopeful fate.
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I'd completly agree with the author, which then begs the question, why bother with actions that try and save it, what he's describing is a civilisation that's repellent, is this where we live, why does he want his daughters to grow up in that ? Perhaps too big a question to ponder answering here.