this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2026
79 points (100.0% liked)
Climate
8896 readers
5 users here now
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
Last month was hot hot hot, and it's about to get hotter
This fall
You
Will
Feel
The
Heat
(not a promo, may mother Earth have mercy on us all)
Time for a fever to burn out the infection.
may mother Earth have mercy on us all
"You're guilty of this crime
"Now it's not just a matter of fact,
"but a matter of time"
Then we will get the worst rainfall on record and people will be like "lol what drought"...
well, it's good to get confirmation we understand the physics.
We were never interested in ameliorating any of it, that would require a complete change in the social, political and economic system we live under and that needed change won't be countenanced by those of us causing this (richeat 20%). John Galbraith speaks to this in his excellent book "The Culture of Contetment"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture_of_Contentment
no, not the delusional impalacatory denial liberals suffer of a few solar panels, an ecar and jobs done.
So... from here we get to witness the accelerating collapse of civilization.
Dust Bowl 2.0 is looking like it's going to be Fire Bowl.
Fun shit, am I right?
The dust is what is left after all the fires. But for a brief moment in time shit is gonna be lit.