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[–] [email protected] 56 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

It's too late to save Britain from overheating

Not a huge fan of this headline. While it's true that we're locked in for a certain amount of warming, phrasing it as "it's too late" kind of implies "why bother", which is not a healthy attitude towards climate change.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago

Neither is we/they/AI/God will figure it out. I don't read the headline that way though, it's more a factual "there will be overheating, so get ready", which is totally appropriate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

telegraph is a firmly right wing rag posing as a legit news source

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The IPCC has always been thought of as being conservative in its estimates of climate change, so to hear Jim Skea, the Chair of the IPCC, say it’s too late is sobering

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago

As long as his declaration isn’t a sudden prompt for all UK industry to say “fuck it” to any green initiatives.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Well said!

This report makes for sobering reading, but it's never too late to stop fighting for a better tomorrow:

Remember, hope and optimism are important motivators:

and pessimism isn't useful:

So try not to let bad news like this get you down or facilitate a spiral into Doomerism:

And try to limit the bad news you ingest, as it can be bad for your metal health:

And be mindful of the media's propensity to favour bad news over good:

Finally, remember to take time to remind yourself about everything going right in the world

Things are tough out there, so try and remain positive friends!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Fight to reduce carbon emissions. Keep taking action.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

Also abusive corporations, sociopath billionaires, and corrupt politician that enable both

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

The weatherman!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Time for Doggerland to return..oh more flooding you say

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

If thebgulfndtreamnsroos, Britain will need those 3 degrees... 4D Chess folks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I thought global warming was going to disrupt the gulf stream and make the UK colder?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That hasn't happened yet and we don't know for sure if/when it will

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

It seems to me that the newer the research is the sooner the estimates seem to be getting, so my money is on a collapse before 2050 and I wouldn't be surprised at all if it happens within a decade.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

It's going to overheat first, just long enough for the folks there to spend billions of £ installing air conditioners, and then it's going to be plunged into a localized ice age.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

So you're saying that for a brief moment in time climate change will create a lot of value for shareholders?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

ಠ_ಠ Listen here you little shit.

serious answer


Only for "big HVAC." For everybody else, it's just a broken-window fallacy with no upside at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

So frost punk timeline 2 centuries late

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago

All hail and farewell to Britain.