Doomsday Clock Update 2024

Join the Climate Emergency Forum as it discusses the 2024 Doomsday Clock update by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, an organization founded in 1945 by Albert Einstein and Manhattan Project scientists after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
This video was recorded on February 6th, 2024, and published on February 25th, 2024, and represents the opinions of the discussion participants.
Charles describes how the Bulletin has continuously highlighted global security risks from nuclear weapons, climate change, genetic engineering, and now artificial intelligence. The Doomsday Clock remains at 90 seconds to midnight, indicating a critical global situation.
Peter underscores the urgency of the situation, pointing out the alarming rate of atmospheric CO2 concentration increase and the escalating extreme weather events due to greenhouse gas emissions. He expresses concern about the lack of decisive action from leaders to address these pressing issues.
Paul echoes Peter’s sentiments, emphasizing the catastrophic consequences of unchecked climate change and nuclear threats, stressing that we are not in uncharted territory but heading towards a climate catastrophe. Paul adds the potential loss of democracy in the U.S. as an unaccounted for risk.
Links:
- 2024 Doomsday Clock Statement
thebulletin.org/doomsday-cloc...
- Manhattan Project
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhatt...
- List of states with nuclear weapons (wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
- Cold War
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War
- Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_...
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute - Military Expenditure
www.sipri.org/research/armame...
- New START
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_START
- Global Warming in the Pipeline and Earth's Energy Imblance (CEF Video)
• Global Warming in the ...
Regular Panelists:
Dr. Peter Carter - MD, Expert IPCC Reviewer and the director of the Climate Emergency Institute
Paul Beckwith - Climate Systems Scientist. Professor at the University of Ottawa's Paleoclimatology Laboratory as well as at Carleton University
Program Host and Video Co-producer:
Charles Gregoire - Electrical Engineer, Webmaster and IT prime for FacingFuture.Earth & the Climate Emergency Forum; Climate Reality Leader
Video Production and Panelists:
Heidi Brault - Video production and website assistant, Organizer and convener, Metadata technician, COP29 team lead for the Climate Emergency Forum & Facing Future; BA (Psychology); Climate Reality Leader
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[@DavidMartinez-jp6sn]

I believe we are past midnight, we are living on borrowed time.

[@mamapretz]

I agree with this. Every day is a gift.

[@danielepp3113]

Lol.

[@user-dj6hu9gq4t]

I remember having to clean bugs from the windshield every time you drove after dark. These days, there’s no bugs.🐞

[@eugeneclark5316]

Remember when night bugs would swarm around porch lights, not anymore, our outside lights have no insects, forest adjacent to our property is nearly silent

[@hime273]

Thanks to the asinine amount of Government Stratospheric Aerosol Injection. Dumping gigatons of Aluminum, Barium, Strontium, Sulfates, Graphene, & whatever other toxic shit they're spraying into the atmosphere for us all to breathe. They're spraying us like Bugs, so it's no supprise that the actual bugs are dying.

[@gehwissen3975]

Combine this with dying trees - you see a whole ecosystem dying with an absurd speed. We are talking about *'years' - insaaaaaane* I live in western Europe.

[@Thenanafarmher]

This, also, I have realize. When saying it out loud to others the looks of surprises! I am dumbfounded that as a race we can't take a second to breathe and be aware.

[@brucefrykman8295]

@@gehwissen3975 The eco-system of Europe began its collapse when some damn Neanderthal discovered that fire could actually be made. i.e. man-made fire. We are not going to get out of this predicament while Europeans are still allowed to exploit fire. Lets all demand a fire-free Europe. Fire makes CO2; it's unavoidable.

[@poigmhahon]

Since I was old enough to become aware sometime in the mid 1960's the steady degradation of planet wide systems was apparent....but what was a slow erosion then has become a cascading avalanche of destruction. It's overwhelming in it's scope and magnitude. I honestly believe a significant proportion of the population are suffering from cognitive dissonance because the reality is outside of their ability to contemplate....and then there is also a distinct human tendency when certain individuals do become aware they double down on destructive behavior. This is the strangest time in my lifetime and I don't anticipate it is going to moderate. Thanks for these discussions! It is cathartic.

[@unclepete100]

Nailed it! Couldn’t have put it better myself. Totally share your view. We sure live in an ‘interesting’ time!

[@stevealdrich2472]

When I saw the graph of the St Matthew Island reindeer in 1969 I said "That's us if we don't stop population growth". Here we are, 8 billion and increasing

[@greenthumb8266]

I remember as a kid sometime in the 70’s when the started adding red dye to meat to make it appear more palatable, and I knew then that everything that is marketed to us is a facade. When I learned about the very first lightbulb still burning a hundred years later in a fire station (I forget where now) and learned about “planned obsolescence “ I knew we were doomed, we live on a finite planet, some like to pretend not.

[@notyet2345]

Have you notice that all of the trees are dying? In my area, the trees are dying. I know I'm not the only one that notices it. The trees used be green and lush, now they look like something out of a dystopian movie.

[@Magik1369]

Great post. I think the same way and have been experiencing the same astonishment and disbelief that right now every single human being on Earth is not doing everything they possibly can to save their lives, the lives or everyone they know, and all Life on Earth. The deniers are for the most part narcissists or at the dualistic level of consciousness. People at this level engage in magical black and white thinking. They wrongfully believe that by denying some awful truth, it makes the problem go away. They have no sense of objectivity or objective truth. Peace.

[@treefrog3349]

Greed - the "economic imperative" that is espoused by our global leaders supersedes wisdom and plain common sense at every turn. Greed truly IS blind!

[@Magik1369]

The "world leaders" and particularly the USA are responsible for the greatest crimes against humanity ever committed. Wet bulb conditions are here and will only get worse. Civilization will soon collapse and all Life will go extinct. Just think, you and I busted our asses our whole lives and paid enormous tax dollars to enable these hapless clowns to destroy all Life on Earth, including our own.

[@gehwissen3975]

IDIOT - The few "greedy" ones??? - and then what are those who have been watching the greedy? Idiots - maybe. How stupid do you have to be to stop knowing that enough is enough? First an Idiot - > then greed is an option to make it worse. ""Immortal Idiots"" No one should be offended. 😂

[@brucefrykman8295]

Without leaders to steal our stuff from us greed cannot exist. If we were allowed to trade with each other leaders could not make policies that create their greed.

[@EmeraldView]

90 seconds to midnight is very optimistic of them.

[@endlessadventure541]

Here in Colombia, SA, a place where it rains constantly, it is getting hot as hell and it has not rained since November. I have been here 20 years and have never seen anything like it. Our huge resevours are drying up! Disaster is getting close.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

Are they gonna mention the famine right now in Tigray region of Ethiopia? The evil Ethiopian president tries to deny it while the UN says over 40 million children in Africa this year will be in food emergency.

[@Magik1369]

Sorry to hear it. Here in the USA it will be 88-90 deg F in many places...in February. We would normally be in a deep freeze with below zero temps. Many fires as a result of severe drought are forecast. This is an ominous sign that the climate is in fact tipping and accelerating exponentially. I wish all people the very best.

[@gehwissen3975]

'Desaster is getting closer to *industrialized* countries' Here in the 'West ' we don't often talk about it: *We have caused 80% of all emissions so far* We prefer to say: "Climate change is a global problem!!"

[@brucefrykman8295]

Every day I see all kinds of things that have never happened before. My clock woke me with the message Friday, March 15, 2024! Every new day that dawns literally screams it me; "well that's one less day until my doomsday occurs!" Its so frustrating, what can I do to stop my doomsday from approaching?

[@TennesseeJed]

Please pass the organic marmalade and vegan butter because we are toast.

[@nsbd90now]

Yeah... that means it's ok to go full-fat 'n sugar. Wheeee!

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

OK Paddington!

[@PleaseDontEatAnimals]

🍞🧈🍊👍

[@christinechandler1662]

Don't we at least deserve English muffins burnt to a crisp?

[@TennesseeJed]

@@christinechandler1662 as long as they are sustainability sourced and fair trade non GMO

[@mrrecluse7002]

The overshoot crisis, and its related threats, is the most important news in human history. Scientists, (those in touch with their inner doomer), ought not to sugarcoat it.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

science caused the crisis though - so.....

[@phoebebarnard4621]

I do not think most of us are, those who are in touch with the crossroads of civilization, at least.

[@brucefrykman8295]

Scientists have recently discovered the cause of "doom" Thousands of peer reviewed "studies" have all come to the same conclusion: doom is caused by "time" They are now "studying" how time might be slowed if not stopped altogether; they just need a lot more "study" grants. Demand congress fund more time study grants - time is short!

[@Silks-]

The moment Peter said ‘irreversible’ at the start I knew we were in for a good one. There are many existential dangers, not just climate, that each seem to be reaching the edge of their precipice. We’re doomed either way, but it’s just a question of which dangers play the biggest parts in our collapse.

[@sentientflower7891]

There is an article about Mexico City potentially running out of water as soon as June 2024. It is worth some attention as the population of Mexico City is comparable to the population of Florida.

[@tinoyb9294]

As I recall, Mexico City was built around a swamp/lake system.

[@brucefrykman8295]

Scientists are working on a plan to take the hydrogen out of natural gas and the oxygen out of CO2. With just one oxygen molecule and just one methane molecule they can make two water molecules - it's a miracle!. Science is magic, it only needs a lot of money that it cannot earn in order to save us all. On the other hand the deer and antelope move to where the water is when it isn't where it used to be. Maybe if people were as smart as the animals - call it animal science.

[@notyet2345]

I don't know if this is happening in other parts of the country or the world, but where I live all the trees are dying. No matter where I go in the state that I live except for a few areas, when you look at the trees, they are all dying. I walk in the woods every day and the back of my house is all woods. I pay close attention to them because there are trees next to my house. I can tell you without doubt the trees are all dying. When I walk in the woods with my dog, I can walk by a tree one week, go back a few months later and the branches have all fallen off. The woods look like a dystopian nightmare. Am I the only one seeing all the trees dying?

[@stevemacgruther4051]

I've noticed it as well all the big trees everywhere are under stress.No insects any more as well.

[@vessietaylor]

My mom always has small dogs. I heard whatever is sprayed will cause them to get sick. Not sure, but sounds likely these days 😮

[@everythingmatters6308]

Gail Zawaki covered this in some of her videos before she died.

[@margaretlally9747]

You're not the only one. I've noticed it as well.

[@gehwissen3975]

West - Europe 80% sick to varying degrees. (1/3 not good, 1/3 quite bad, 1/3 close to death) Official numbers. In cities, parks far worse. People a funny good in to ignore this.... This is a process of 20 years - heavily accelerating over the last 6 years.

[@SkepticalTeacher]

We are royally screwed.

[@nsbd90now]

25:52 "...and one has to wonder who we are... hmm? I mean, what is our politics? What is our world view?... ...Because the conclusion that I come to is that our way of life, our view... is inherently a destructive one... ...I mean, there's nothing rational here. You can't come up with any reason why everything is getting worse and worse and worse... ...except who we are..."

[@The_Reckoning_Is_Here]

Boston Massachusetts, US here and the last 2 winters we haven’t gotten more then a couple inches of snow and less rain in the summer then we get flooded from rain events. All the weather is described are abnormal for the area. It’s not fair to younger and future generations to steal their futures out of greed.

[@pokemon42jodeldodel97]

Hello from Austria. February 2024 has been 6.5C warmer than the period from 1990 to 2020. I know February is not over but weather stations here predict this warm temperatures until mid March.

[@kiwi1fruit]

Peter, I'd like to correct one of your comments, "We are sort of watching the future disappear". Remove the "sort of" and then you would be correct. I'm heading for 90 and now have doubts I will reach my life's end before disaster beyond what is now, shrikes. You guys usually pull my comments so go ahead, won't make any difference. My hope, for even stopping the wars, which would be a first step has now faded completely, very sad. "

[@kated3165]

Eastern Canada here, and this winter has def been unusually mild! We used to get -20's and -30's consistently during January and February. This year we got rain in both. Snow has been continuing to melt like its spring... which is what should be happening in mid April. We have needed to shovel our entrance about 3-4 times, when it should be around 20-30 times by now. Last summer we got 3 times the rain that is normal, devastating farmer crops. First time farmer markets didn't have tomatoes to sell for most of the growing season! Knowing that our neighbors to the south might be about to lose their democracy is definitely terrifying. Feels like the whole world is about to devolve into chaos... I'm glad I didn't have kids, because I would be constantly worried about their future.

[@richardgraham7055]

Here in Edmonton there has been almost no snow and last year's forest fires still smoulder. In my backyard, I found new green leaves on the raspberry canes.

[@heidibrault1313]

In Eastern Ontario, we only had to use the snowblower three or four times. Definitely fewer really cold days this winter, and most of the rest of the snow will very likely melt this coming week.

[@kated3165]

@@richardgraham7055 I think all the snow went to NS and P.E.I this year...

[@greenthumb8266]

Being a very close neighbor to your south in Michigan, US, I can echo your view of this winter. And my heart aches for my children and grandchildren, knowing the difficulties they will soon face. And just a note, isn’t it strange that one party of our government and our SC judges are doing everything they can to bring more children into this world and excitedly so?

[@notyet2345]

I have lived on the east coast my entire life. Growing up, snowstorms were the norm during the winters. Now it snows once a year and we only get a few inches. Winter temps usually average around 30's when I was younger. Now the average temps in the winter are in in the 40s to 50s range. I don't even wear a winter coat anymore. I usually go outside in just a hoodie. And in the summertime, I have to go for walks a certain time of day because its too hot.

[@dianewallace6064]

"All the busy little creatures, chasing down their destinies, living in the pools they soon forget about the sea." Neil Peart, Rush.

[@ronaldolivas5486]

Bravo.....Time after time, we lose sight of the way, our causes can't see their effects

[@johngray1439]

Bravo, well done , thank you all.

[@heidibrault1313]

Thank you so much for your support.

[@chris4973]

I’m an Idiot (A parody based on Monty Python’s I’m a Lumberjack) Lead: I’m an idiot and that’s ok. I believe the lies media vomit out each day. Chorus: He’s an idiot and that’s ok He believes lies media vomit out each day. Lead: Let’s cut down trees. Let’s eat our lunch. Let’s go to the lavatory. Every day let’s go shopping and have buttered scones with tea. Chorus: We cut down trees. We eat our lunch. We go to the lavatory. Every day we’ll go shopping and have buttered scones with tea. We’re all idiots and that’s ok. We believe the lies media vomit out each day. Lead: I cut down trees, breathe wildfire smoke Bulldoze wild fields of flowers What bugs me most is watching Men dress up like me ma. Chorus: He cuts down trees, breathes wildfire smoke Bulldozes fields of flowers What bugs him most is watching Men dress up like his ma?… (As in the original, the Chorus starts to fidget and look nervous, but resumes heartily on the refrain) We’re all idiots and that’s ok. We believe wha media vomiteaches up each day. Lead: I cut down trees, pollute the land, the oceans and the sky. I’m living large for right now. The rest of life can die. Chorus: He cuts down trees, pollutes the land, the ocean and the sky. He’s living large for right now. The rest of life can die…? (As in the original skit, during this last bit the chorus breaks down somewhat, but in this version finally attacks the lead singer)

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

do you have to butter the scones or is the butter baked into the scones? hahah. Nice parody!

[@christinechandler1662]

Excellent, excellent!

[@AndTecks]

The problem is the stupid people that would bet theirs and your life without even giving it 10 seconds of thought..... Then call you stupid. If I am wrong, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, as most people would.

[@vessietaylor]

Wonderfully Done. Will have to put this on paper. The tune is quite natural. Thank you. ❤

[@gehwissen3975]

""Immortal Idiots"" is by far the best diagnosis - when the question arises, 'How could this happen?'

[@chyfields]

Attitudes and behaviour would change when we treat the planet as a living entity. It's so sad to see us dismantle generations of the nature reserve.

[@user-dj6hu9gq4t]

I helped clean out a judges chambers after his passing, his books were sorted and a few were to be discarded, I picked up one of these books not really noticing the title. When later I had an opportunity to look at the book, it was the summation of meetings held with government and business and military leaders. They were making plans for the changing climate. What’s interesting, everyone from government to generals knew it was happening and the meetings had taken place in 1987. Media and spin doctors kept it in question for decades.

[@daviribeiro8846]

Many People dont whant tô face The reality

[@danlemmon2739]

We are all frogs in boiling water unaware of the boiling water. A stressed species unable to respond to the external effects happening on a global scale. I think we will all just watch with terror as the collapse of our planet continues to bring more unexpected catastrophes never before seen. I pray for all our safety and unity moving forward.

[@jimtaggert42]

thank you

[@ClimateEmergencyForum]

You're welcome

[@anthonydavis3872]

At this point it is likely that those skeptical about climate change will not change their perspective. So, instead of emphasizing the latest illustrations of climate change realities, it is critical now to emphasize what is to be done through the near and medium future to mitigate climate change impacts. For instance, what is to be done about the impact of heating oceans, sea-level rise, and intensifying coastal storms on the massive displacement of human populations and the destruction of coastal infrastructure? What is required for humane and ecologically sustainable mitigation? Human capacity for empathetically driven social cooperation is the essential attribute offering hope and courage in the face of the existential crisis. How is this to be activated at a scale to have impact?

[@brianwheeldon4643]

It's not a question of hope. When temperature rises above zero degrees Celsius ice melts. No amount of hope will prevent it. Only reducing the temperature below zero will prevent the melt. The word is revolution and deliberative democracy with WW1 and WW2 action to mitigate and adapt.

[@anthonydavis3872]

Of course action requires hope - the quality that underwrites and sustains action. The actions you designate as essential particularly require humans to draw on their capacity for empathetically driven social cooperation for the hope and courage in order to move together and participate in transformative change. By the way, there is no short or medium term way to reduce temperatures sufficiently to halt a significant sea level rise and all that will accompany this. When the IPCC panel concludes this one has to know that the situation will be much worse.@@brianwheeldon4643

[@joeymurdazalotmore6355]

nothing will b done n you no it ,

[@davehendricks4824]

I’d like to thank you both for your uplifting assessment of our future.

[@ClimateEmergencyForum]

You're welcome ;-)

[@user-wi8dl5ml6m]

​@ClimateEmergencyForum it cute baby war Devil not 😢 Bombs no sorry

[@anaoha999]

Check out Thwaites tongue just collapsed

[@mitchellkrouth5083]

No surprise we are living in the world and we treated like a toddler treats a toy.

[@TheDoomWizard]

End of our world situation!

[@Magik1369]

Yep. Wet bulb conditions are now here and humans simply cannot survive in such conditions. Some people believe they will simply go inside and crank on the AC but everyone will be doing that and it will crash the power grids but will be too hot and dangerous for crews to maintain the grid.

[@lonewanderer9982]

Git ur brando and popcorn ready.

[@cityofwelland634]

Gentlemen you are right on the money. The situation is very sad and I fear we don't have the will to change. What I think will bring this home is to show the next island or group of people who will lose their home in the near future and to bring that to the foreground. If Miami begins eroding and ending up in the ocean then and only then will people wake up. But in the meantime we will continue to steer the bus over a cliff. Don from Niagara

[@shelleysolomon2228]

It must be so difficult for u all realizing truth and seeing lies passed as reality. I empathize…. i saw it psychologically in peeps. i refused to take projections (onto me) and gaslighting (also onto me) as ok I feel like were living in “the body snatchers “. Old sci-fi movie. And Politically we just cant get thru !! sooo awful

[@miguel5785]

18:12 In this regard, the Spanish Minister for the Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, who is part of the bigger coalition partner the Socialist party, has adopted degrowth and proposed to open the debate about it. The smaller coalition party Podemos also defends it. I know this is of little consequence for world affairs, but maybe a sign that things are changing?

[@martiansoon9092]

One of the worst things that science misses is human behavior. How we behave and what motivates us is often the driver under any changes. When we talk about climate threats pure physics explains just what is happening and what could be done, but not the reality of what is realistic to happen. Physics says that we have about 10% chance to limit warming to 1,5C, but when you add politics, human behavior, sociology and so on to the mix, the possibility of limiting warming under even 2,0C is gone. This reality is almost always missed in the real world. Also similar thing can be seen in science. We study worst case scenarios more often than scenarios that are making things better. This easily offers a worst cases in the frontline, but the better ones are simply not studied or not seen in the public. It would be nice to see some studies on scientific study behaviors too. But yet still the multiple indicators that we study are offering a picture of a dying world. Also Macron saying that NATO members are discussing about sending troops to Ukraine. I'd say 90 seconds in the doomsday clock is an OPTIMISTIC view.

[@Edo9River]

I would appeciate, for the sake of my Japanese English learners, an update on the list of the most important planet shaking processes (which get regularly treated by Paul), and a sub list of the occurances of each major severe weather events, since the beginning of the year. Maybe it would be appropriate to wait until March for summarizing severe weather events

[@JohnMelland]

Konichiwa! Earth Quakes and Tsunamis. Yes Im aware of the Japanese island and its history, have a friend in Hiroshima Prefecture, farms are doing well. Hibagon Also ok.

[@inotmark]

Always remember that extinction begins with conception. The rest follows as naturally as the night follows the day. No need to fret.

[@issuesboy]

We’re 40 years too late. Nothing will stop this train. It left the station four decades ago.

[@miguel5785]

When talking about doom, there's a difference between saying we're doomed if we don't take meaningful action and saying we're doomed no matter what. Maybe those scientist you mention but don't name refer to the latter?

[@brucefrykman8295]

I remember the days when you could not even buy Minnesota grown pineapples, I remember when outdoor ice hockey was impossible in Miami. I remember the days that when a baby was born with a vagina she was called a girl. These were the days before we learned our science stories in school. What is your favorite science story?

[@forcingclimateinfo7014]

We have gone so far that nature may soon need a helping carbon hand🤚,we did it!. Thank you Paul and Peter. Sweden

[@ClimateEmergencyForum]

You're welcome.

[@Sheikyoraboody]

What happened to Regina?

[@ClimateEmergencyForum]

She couldn't make that day. She'll be in the next one.

[@amberazurescale5617]

That was also my first thought... Regina, we miss you! 😄

[@robertcartwright4374]

Everyone's moving to the much funkier Saskatoon.

[@dianewallace6064]

"The cold equation has been balanced" by "the forces that killed with neither hatred or malice.", Tom Godwin, The Cold Equations.

[@stevenspurger9105]

Green Energy doesn’t mean we do MORE energy, we need to do less travel, smaller homes, cheaper foods, less $$$. Consumption is tied to CO2. What country wants to CONSUME LESS??

[@leonardkellum6984]

Keeping your sanity when society is loosing it, and concerned with $ and worse, and no remote control.

[@jocelynevkb5889]

What's the contribution of the industrial-military complex outputs to global warming? Warmongering & warfaring seems a lucrative business for the Western elites, but the ensuing Ecocides are not factored in (not even the Genocides!) ...

[@jazziejim]

The new guy’s manner does not fit the situation. The Mr. Rogers of armagedon. I expect him to break into singing “It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.”

[@nsbd90now]

The more I embrace acceptance of our doom "faster than expected" the more it becomes just kind of existentially dramatic and exciting. I guess that's a good thing. Like I'm being well-adjusted and positive in the face of the reality.

[@Lyra0966]

Where's Regina Valdez?

[@heidibrault1313]

Regina couldn't make it for this recording. She'll be in the next video.

[@Lyra0966]

@@heidibrault1313 Oh great. Her stand in is very good, but I did wonder if she had decided for some reason to move on to other pastures. Which I would have been disappointed about, because she's such a sweetie 😊.

[@heidibrault1313]

@@Lyra0966 Her "stand in" is Charles, one of the co-producers.

[@Lyra0966]

@@heidibrault1313 Thank you. I like Charles also.

[@andrewjackson7785]

Nothing much will change in the next 3 decades, like we’ve had nothing much happen in the previous 3 decades. Life for most people on earth has been greatly improved compared to when my grandparents lived in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Crop yields have increased greatly , and living conditions are vastly different. A slight warming has saved tens of thousands of lives. The IPCC reports say there is no crisis. Man can manage as we always have done, changes around us (like the Dutch) and we have plenty of time to do it. There isn’t enough money for renewables, so an increase in energy demand has to come from oil, gas, and coal in order for goods to be made and life to be sustained. The Roman and medieval warm periods were global and much warmer than our current temperatures with lower CO2. The earth has a variable structure to its climate and always will.

[@Muddslinger0415]

The ipcc says there is an emergency so I don’t know where you get your info

[@raggdoll1977]

is he a ventriloquist on the side

[@ppetal1]

I tried to make a small donation to Paul's site and they wouldn't allow me to change my card number.

[@heidibrault1313]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll let him know.

[@fj103]

👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@gigabane7357]

I wish we could accept that it is already over for the surface of the planet and get on with global deep adaptation. Anyone ever spent time with a storage heater or thermal batteries, especially the type that use water... I am sure if so you may have geeked out about all the BTU's and such you could store in just a swimming pool sized body of water. 11 Hiroshima bombs worth of heat per second.. The ocean is one giant storage heater and we are charging it by roughly that amount this year or very soon. Whatever heat we put into the oceans over time will essentially equalize and radiate and maintain its own heat balance with the atmosphere regardless of any other consideration. However warm the oceans get, that heat will be with us for a thousand years and we have put in enough to already send us to hot house. Though I do suspect that the collapsing AMOC is actually nature putting on the emergency brake. If the north gets a mini ice age, Albedo should improve in the energy balances favour giving us longer to survive and fix the problem in general even though the mini ice age will add it's own nuance to survival. But anyway, heat is the problem and even if we magically go net zero we still have the difference between whatever co2 level we stop at and the true climate sensitivity plus feedbacks to go before temps stop afterwards...12, 13, 14, how high will the Hiroshima bombs worth of heat per SECOND go before it finally tanks and starts to decline. This is why comments like that of Mann regarding if the co2 stops the heating stops is insanity, massive oceanic thermal reclamation using co2 based geoexchange is the ONLY solution. I dare any of these 'real' you tube scientists to have a genuine brain storm with me about it so I can prove it.

[@gigabane7357]

anti doomer sentiments are like if back in caveman times your scout runs screaming into the cave he sees bears coming. and someone is like 'don't over react, bears have always been there' or some such. If the doomer is following very good and credible science but then taking just a few small leaps of intuition on top, you should really pay attention, especially if you do not have the mental energy due to the pressures of civilization to really ponder things and learn enough. Doom and negativity has kept us alive since the beginning of time. the planet is absolutely going to collapse and the fact is, the magnitude and horror is just unbelievable. not going to change a thing though. mass extinction is all but certain without a miracle. We need to be thinking about making the worlds first collosal underground terrariums to protect parts of the ecosphere. hard copy back ups of nature, protected from the air and water and supplied energy through geoexchange and geothermal.

[@publicdomain1103]

Intervention now or forever regret the daze of illusion cast by the status quo.,

[@thevanman4498]

We have forgotten how to tell analogue time, this is the digital age after all. 11:58:30 looks far more ominous.

[@lowket]

What if the Doomsday Clock is 2 minutes past 12, and nobody knows it? Just think about it...

[@mad_cat_1st]

13:26 - Wrong again. They're WAAAAAY bigger.

[@thelasttellurian]

With today's internet, everyone can know what's really going on if they really want to. They don't.

[@sudd3660]

yes and no, it takes effort to get around the algorithms to find facts. normal people are fed so much misinformation they are basically mentally crippled. and the internet is also to blame, humans can not deal with it.

[@Glenn_Ratcliffe]

That nuclear winter u refer2 is reminiscent of y the dinos died out

[@jerrylyns7331]

People on the left in the US frequently discuss “doomerism” negatively because people here will use their pessimism as an excuse to not try for better. Thus leftists call for less “doomerism” as a reactionary argument The truth is harder than either side wants to admit “not only are we doomed, we have to try and fix it anyways”

[@sudd3660]

we need sacrifices, as long as we all can do that, we can get somewhere. no more excuses of things we things we need, or jobs we "need", or food and things we think we need. any need that is an actual need is long term need of humans and life on earth to live sustainability with each other. look at it this way: everyone can not live, sacrifices have to be made.

[@hime273]

You first

[@sudd3660]

@@hime273 i can not do it alone, and hopefully the bad people go first, not the ones that actually want to change.

[@user-dm3ok7rf6l]

So then where are we? More are writing and talking. Will that be enough?

[@MyKharli]

I guess the doomsday clock time is relative , 12.30 for many already .

[@robertcartwright4374]

Excellent point!

[@valerieannrumpf4151]

Just wait until the north Atlantic current shuts down 😂😂😂.

[@joaquinmisajr.1215]

Amor Fati ! Carpe Diem!

[@ddoperations2768]

We can’t stop what’s coming. Sit back and drink a beer. 😮😅

[@russmarkham2197]

i like to think we can still reduce the risk of human extinction

[@fazerianducati]

It doesn’t matter what you like to think, only facts matter…

[@robertcartwright4374]

"I know what beer leads to ..."

[@alanjones1956]

I hate marmalade but my Dad loved it. Funny world!

[@samcarena4702]

Please Peter give it up. Just enjoy the time that remains. I certainly am, lots of travel and enjoyment

[@randydinglehopper62]

That's a solid ruh-roh from me, dawg

[@jogrannymonkey]

buying chickens

[@Andropov758]

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[@daviribeiro8846]

Bebidas The tornados, at South Atlantic há happened, a Haricane over West castelo if África, a monte ago at Micbuque a tropical stirm born,

[@davidwatson7604]

Algo boost! Lana Del Rey Lana Del Rey

[@daviribeiro8846]

The unic thong worse them AI us The neuro link ....devil is in The back desde of neurolink

[@graemetunbridge1738]

I think the 'doom' arguement is that it will be seen as 'too late' to do anything useful about the problem. The new 'denialism'.

[@THEOneAndOnlyDOCTORofHUMANICS]

I am available when you are ready to address the psychological aspect behind the species responsible for the Anthropocene! Or, perhaps you need a little denial of your own?!? Professor-Marty.

[@daviribeiro8846]

The speechs in The Internet about People out of Schengen community IRS almost danferius because The majority of them try ti hiddrn The reality

[@daviribeiro8846]

Borning sy Moçambique The tropical syorm moved yo Nort Atlantic and became a Hharricane ...

[@daviribeiro8846]

I Think we should try tô lendo The populayion with tinga like a Day eithout meat eating ....

[@DonQuickZote]

Without watching the video I’m guessing about 5 seconds to midnight? Lol.

[@daviribeiro8846]

AI, and G5, and Meraverse all of it Stella like death

[@user-pi5jw4nj3s]

I know the future ❤Maranatha

[@daviribeiro8846]

A mean a Day all over The world without a eat meat .. and doutor at all

[@janklaas6885]

📍21:49 Coronavirus escaped from a lab in Wuhan.

[@christinearmington]

Okay. Now what? Will you wear a mask?

[@Glenn_Ratcliffe]

I hear u2 Paul but on AI: this non American C's the potential 2b 2figure out a Co2/heatin solution. Sure the political world (*of which US isn't globally hegemonic anymore) dose face AI issues but I'm refering2 clim8 solutions not geopolitics.

[@StillPlaysWithModelTrains1956]

What the hell does an atomic blast have to do with "climate change"?

[@bruceclark4754]

US democracy? Excuse me. What democracy?

[@Maulfurion]

In Antarctica they have a same pyramid as in Giza. As you see around Giza, somewhat of a hole opened up and oasis didn’t handle it, water had to go somewhere too, it found it’s place. Oasis never came back. If you check the ozone hole timelapse on antarctic, you can see them turning on the pyramid and ripping the magnets to charge spacecraft, in turn it heats everything up like it did at Giza. How much heat do you need? +2C? No problem! It’s humans in those Ufo’s. They are slowly destroying us.

[@user-wo6qn3vf9n]

The World will end when The Almighty says so and not before.

[@Glenn_Ratcliffe]

I hear u Pete but given u no WayTF more than I'll eva no, u (like me) need2 not get disheartened. 4me AI sorta is dat re-enlightening of hope

[@beavischrist5]

No one talks about geoengineering and the wheather weopons they have these days😮. Everyone really thinks its the CO2??? Geeeesh.

[@sudd3660]

so your idea is that all the humans on earth does nothing wrong and you blame a few. how convenient for you personally.

[@Glenn_Ratcliffe]

More like extinction territory

[@carinwiseman4309]

Some Russian leader? P.S. Wuhan lab.

[@JohnMelland]

Niet, Chinese leader, Xi Xing Ping, WEF, UN, NATO. Wuhan, 100s, biolabs.

[@cherilynnfisher5658]

THE ARKISTS ARE COMING!

[@jocelynevkb5889]

What's the contribution of the industrial-military complex outputs to global warming? Warmongering & warfaring seems a lucrative business for the Western elites, but the ensuing Ecocides are not factored in (not even the Genocides!) ...