Is there ANY optimistic climate news? YES. There is...

[@researchcooperative]

Here in Bangladesh irregular weather events (violent wind gusts, and flooding) are causing more damage to rice crops. Agriculturalists will try to breed new resistant varieties, but this may not enough to mitigate the damage with sufficient scale and speed (visiting BD now, in early winter, with unseasonably warm weather still).

[@aoc8548]

I think if you develop a strain able to cope with the climate extremes we are going to experience, you will need to also develop a new strain of human that is capable of digesting it.

[@atomicdmt8763]

overpopulation, perhaps

[@stephenfanthorpe2708]

@@researchcooperative the rate of deforestation in Bangladesh is likely to be significantly contributing to these events , it’s the same in many places trees reduce winds and regulate climate the more trees go the more intense these weather events will be.

[@terryquarton2523]

​@stephenfanthorpe2708 it was the herbicides in the 60s driven by the usa of their hemp crops along their river delta the washed half the country away at the time. We.were always being ask to give funds at church to.feed them.

[@stephenfanthorpe2708]

@ Im talking the current events, deforestation even in the reserves is still rampant and a lot has gone in the last 10 years. Although back to then I thought the lack of farmland was from flooding from the hydro electric dam that caused the salinity to increase thus rendering the ground ph to the scale to be unable to grow crops in, unless I’m thinking of the wrong country the list they have seemingly destroyed is long enough it’s entirely possible.

[@andders2477]

Just heard an american voting for Trump because his insuarence prices had gone up. Wonder why they are rising, could it have something to do with the weather?

[@fathybalamita1537]

That person wont have to worry about insurances cost anymore since many insurance companies are leaving high risk areas.

[@danyoutube7491]

No doubt if his financial woes continue, he'll easily be swayed by Trump saying he made prices lower than ever before, he's the greatest President etc.

[@jameslee-dp6cb]

You got to stop looking at the waves long enough to see the ocean. Yeah. Its bad, but considering we lost 12 million people to starvation during the 1930s depression, it might be for the best. At least we're still alive. Constructive thinking is what we need. Not destructive thinking.

[@petewright4640]

​@@jameslee-dp6cbNew dust bowel a coming. Several US states are now in chronic drought. Drill baby drill!

[@chefnyc]

I voted for a different reason. They gave me 2 choices: Mr Somebody vs Ms Nobody

[@veggieboyultimate]

No doubt America will go back to not caring about the environment, so it will be up to other countries to save the environment. I wish it didn't come to this, but it has.

[@ab-tf5fl]

Nearly half the states (e.g. those that voted for Harris) will still care about the environment, even if the president doesn't.

[@TheFabledSCP7000]

Go back to? They never cared in the first place

[@christopherflux6254]

I’m hoping that Musk will see the economic potential of green industry and convince Trump to back it. Not because either cares about the environment, but because Musk can sell more e-vehicles, green jobs can placate the Rust Belt and renewable energy can help America become self-reliant.

[@grahamkearnon6682]

Sadly the US is arguably already the world's worst polluter, certainly by a per head count. The pop has always been in would looking and, now this insular attitude will wreak havoc not only on them but, all of us. Do we just give up on any attempt to mitigate what IS coming.

[@grahamkearnon6682]

The Musk is well aware of the outcome, he's building a Mars capable rocket!

[@incognitotorpedo42]

Sorry, World. --an American who hoped for better.

[@BarrioBarranco1]

What? Like world war three in Europe far from your home?

[@SwordQuake2]

​​@@BarrioBarranco1dafuq are you on about? That's much more likely now that they've elected that moscovian puppet.

[@nickybeingnicky]

​You're an idiot. ​@@BarrioBarranco1our aid to Ukraine has been nothing but beneficial for the US.

[@Aliaxs]

🇪🇺🤝🇺🇸

[@Evan490BC]

@@BarrioBarranco1 What are you talking about?

[@jasenanderson8534]

A bit of good news but I'm concerned it'll start to come undone with the current US situation taking hold and denial and delay plays out. Hopefully not.

[@RP-hn1qc]

What's the carbon impact of a drinking straw made in China powered by coal travelling 6000 miles by ocean? If labor is CHEAPER South of US border compared to China then wouldn't we be saving the planet by having Pablo in Mexico make those straws VS Jackie Chan in China? Do you hate the planet?

[@statsmad2812]

While disappointing there is no reason to panic. The Energy Transition is already happening out of its own economics, requiring less industrial policy (while still influential) and subsidies than before. I am quite confident that, while this is no minor hic-cup, progress will still be booked in the coming years. It may well be an opportunity to test how self sustaining the Energy Transition process will be.

[@terencefield3204]

Come on chin up nobody needs an environment. They just need a luxury apartment on fifth Avenue.

[@suteki恋人]

@@statsmad2812 yep, this right here. the government KNOWS they can benefit and profit off of a massive green energy transition.

[@adrianaloborec2205]

The coming recession will very likely mitigate some of that at least. Birth rates are likely to fall even more, that will help too. Maybe not in a very short run, but eventually. Nature has a way of balancing things- unfortunately, there will be people suffering in the process. I wish people were wiser on average, but my wishes are just wishes.

[@emersontan9030]

How does this work when the U.S. has the ability to single-handedly fry the planet with its own emissions? Fossil fuels can be made so cheap via “drill baby drill” policies that it wil be very hard to compete cleanly and pressure will mount to drop targets to preserve incumbent industries.

[@corradoalamanni179]

Or they could make more green research and manufacturing viable. We need energy abundace to transition

[@panstromek]

US is ~13% of world emissions and they have been going down for a while (20 years or so). I wouldn't expect their emissions to change all that much.

[@3lancerofficialmaybe871]

​@@corradoalamanni179good luck convincing Trump to do that.

[@emersontan9030]

@@panstromek the only reason they were going down was deindustrialising - as stuff is moved onshore I would expect those numbers to leap upwards

[@donovanjones4175]

@@emersontan9030 China won’t listen but American corporate has already been on the move. All our car factories are closed (or closing) to retool for ev . Ready to go in 1-3 years,

[@florinadrian5174]

The timing of this clip is so bad. The Muricans just re-elected their king.

[@mafarmerga]

Exactly. Trump will roll back everything that Biden accomplished. There is NO good news.

[@Evan490BC]

"King" is a rather optimistic term... Welcome to dystopia 2.0.

[@dougsheldon5560]

And now everything will be undone.

[@aquelpibe]

If only he were a king. More like the American Putin. Terrible news.

[@nicolasuribestanko]

NOT A KING. AN EMPEROR. Salve, imperator nostrum! Laudamus te!

[@stokepusher5481]

Never a better time to persevere for the best of things, when things seem all a bit much

[@IMBlakeley]

We in the UK might have shut down coal but Drax is still running and that's dreadful.

[@petewright4640]

What's the problem? We are only burning the trees that would otherwise burn down in US forest fires. But yes I agree. It's pretty stupid.

[@formxshape]

Think about this, we shut down Uk coal - but where do our lithium batteries come from? Our solar panels? The silicon used in solar panels? Yep… China. And what do China use to smelt and power all this manufacturing? Dirty coal power. They don’t care about waste run offs, just dump it in rivers. They don’t care about filters etc, jump pump out the dirty coal smoke. China have built coal powered plants at a rate of almost 1 per day. This is the stupidity of ‘going green’, it simply means exporting the manufacturing to China, because otherwise keeping it on-shore, would ultimately mean the cost of energy for production would be higher than the return by using the products to yield green energy. Net solar panels only become cost efficient if their energy cost to manufacture is dirt cheap, hence we export that to China. In total we are not actually saving the environment, we have simple allowed for an alternative energy solution to be sold in, to make a hefty profit, while exporting the pollution to China. What’s worse is, due to the lack of care and regulations in China the amount of pollution is worse than if we had kept it on-shore.

[@MrSensible2]

No! Dreadful would be the widespread power cuts that would ensue if we shut Drax down tomorrow. We're entering very dangerous, geopolitical waters where an expanded war in Europe is a very real possibility. The lights need to stay on to ensure our short-term survival & we can worry about the long-term another day.

[@Kimhjortsbjerg]

We don't count the UK as a democracy anymore. You prison people that use their fucking brain !

[@hemablokker]

Thanks

[@JustHaveaThink]

Thanks for your support. Much appreciated :-)

[@maramé.r]

The problem with the released data on Carbon emissions by most countries is that they often omit emissions from aviation and shipping, both sectors that are predicted to grow. The UK has gradually increased it’s (long distance) imports and home production of goods and food has reduced. Emissions from sheep and cattle farming (which include methane) are also played down while being subsidised with public money. In Wales, we import almost all of our food despite being a predominantly rural region

[@RP-hn1qc]

IIRC, pears are farmed in Chili, South America shipped to Vietnam then shipped to America. Around 14,000 miles of sea travel + up to 3000 miles driving cross country in USA to enjoy a pear in a plastic cup any time of the year. What's the carbon impact of each cup of pears that come in packs of six.

[@stephenfanthorpe2708]

⁠@@RP-hn1qc​​⁠​⁠ omitting a lot from that equation, the cup the tin opener the cutlery you eat it with how much of that was imported even if you decided not to eat pears and chose homegrown food it’s amazing the scale of what’s imported everywhere.

[@RP-hn1qc]

@@stephenfanthorpe2708 Going further in the fertilizer came from Russia 😂

[@smthB4]

We are a predominantly rural country.

[@stephenfanthorpe2708]

@@RP-hn1qc probably Egypt or Africa they steered away from Russian imports in can’t remember why , that said wouldn’t be surprised if they now go from Russia to somewhere then to here to circumvent restrictions.

[@lordk.gaimiz6881]

As someone with depression i know to not focus on the bad news going around, specially after i learned that bad news is the thing that sells and that good news are out there and things are improving overall. So yeah, finding the goldilocks zone between doomerism and utopianism is a long important and hard journey that i hope we can all get to the end of ^^

[@eliashrebik6786]

I tried thinking of myself as more of a spectator. That I'm put here in the age of humanity at this specific time randomly, and since I have no real effect of the future history of the world, I can be a like a spectator watching how humanity does in the 21h century. Doesn't work _that_ great tough..

[@myaschaefer6597]

As Bob Marley once sang, in Redemption Song... "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds Have no fear for atomic energy 'Cause none of them can stop the time" ...I'd like to add tho that I'm pro-new-nuclear. 🙃

[@BeReytM8]

The media sells you doom stories as they sell more. Politicians feed you doom stories in order to control and tax you. Listen to neither and life will be better.

[@lordk.gaimiz6881]

@@eliashrebik6786 yeah, it's hard. In the end the most important thing you can do for yourself is find friends and family that you like and do the things you wanna do together, make as many memories as you can. All else can fall on the wayside, at least if you aren't in a position of power/influence.

[@lordk.gaimiz6881]

@@myaschaefer6597 fuck yeah bud ^^

[@jakobbauz]

I know a guy who is tirelessly active to combat climate change, professionally and politically, for about two decades now. After the election I saw him and I actually teared up because I felt such desperation somehow. And he... smiled. He hugged me and he told me that "we're just going to keep working". And I know that he will. To all the people who keep smiling and doing their incredible work like this, I want to just say: Thank you! You are a big, big light for me, like the sun itself! Nothing but love and respect to you! 😭🌱☀🥰💚

[@AKARazorback]

Lol

[@onequestion2059]

@@AKARazorback Fight for the funding it takes to beat China to the Hydrogen power holy grail which uses green energy to produce Hydrogen and has no smog, or carbon by-product!

[@Withnail1969]

Does this guy eat food or wear clothes or drive a car? If so he's contributing to the problem.

[@jakobbauz]

@@Withnail1969 It is really about how much someone contributes. It's a quantitative question. ;)

[@Withnail1969]

@@jakobbauz There is absolutely nothing we can do about climate change.

[@MysteriousSoulreaper]

I am curious whether the reason Industry got more efficient is because the truly intensive industries were moved overseas so only the less intensive industries stayed at home. Not that I necessarily think a nation should be responsible for the overseas operations supplying them imports but they should acknowledge those are technically their emissions too (by extension of their demand).

[@alunjones3860]

That's true. Trump will help to save the planet, by reducing shipping emissions, as more goods and raw materials will be produced domestically.

[@toyotaprius79]

The word comes to mind, "Enshitification"

[@gregorymalchuk272]

EPA car and truck emissions standards contributed to enshitification. Hopefully they will be rolled back to mid 2000s levels. Maybe cars will be repairable again.

[@toyotaprius79]

@@gregorymalchuk272 and 2005 CARB regulations

[@inuendo6365]

​@@gregorymalchuk272we have an even worse problem now; automotive companies are monopolizing parts and programs in an attempt to get rid of independent repairs and mods. They want you to keep coming back to spend money at the same place you bought your car, no one else. There's even talk of making some features subscription based!

[@michaellewitke5314]

Thank you for your news and optimism. I live in the US, and all hope is lost. We just re-elected a MORON. Climate, prosperity, and personal freedoms be damned.

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

The thing is, if you actually believe stuff like that and furthermore act upon it, do you not become an obstacle in the way of others who still think like you once thought? I'm sure that you don't and are making a point but courage mon brave!

[@OneDullMan]

Tis not the first time he was elected

[@donovanjones4175]

@@michaellewitke5314 don’t believe your media. They are all focused on keeping you in despair, they are owned by corporations. Live your life, you have only one. I work in the corporate world, and I can tell you, Industry has already started to change and America will get there. The switched 180 degrees during wartime, they are in a position to do it again. The plants are retooling, get a educated mind and become part of the new workforce, that’s how you actually change the world

[@thwood40]

​@@OneDullMan Dunning-Kruger, Dunning-Kruger

[@archstanton_live]

Tesla stock jumped 12% this am... (I'm trying to stay positive.)

[@kathrynhopkins]

People don't realise how much power they have to make meaningful change just by spending their money with people that actually care about community and the future of the planet, but it suits most not to believe in climate change because they don't want to change their lives to protect their children. At the end of the day, they are just slowly killing their children's future, and they should say sorry to them every day for that. I hope we see more good news, and I'm sure there is more happening that we just don't know about.

[@Ryukachoo]

Us is basically ceding all responsibility for fighting climate change to China, which is going sicko mode on solar and nuclear, with solar prices still dropping and now battery prices going down. We can probably take 4 years of the USA reversing climate policy if China makes huge gains in the meantime

[@DonQuickZote]

Not really: we’re almost certainly blasting past tipping points.

[@tarstarkusz]

Gains? China is building new coal fired plants at the rate of 1 a week. China promises future gains, but is doing nothing today. Don't think evs have anything to do with it. They are doing that for entirely different reasons. But all those new evs are being powered by one of the dirtiest grids in the world.

[@philipbroggio9315]

The US will be left behind as they look backwards at old incumbents . Doubling down in the past is not a good idea in a disruption. China will beat the US and end up with lower energy costs as they decarbonise .

[@badabing3391]

the tipping point for mass climate migrations was decades ago. The only thing that matters now is to make sure western nations and larger nations elsewhere dont attempt to solve the migration issues coming with genocide. This is largely impossible given how europeans reacted to a 4% nonwhite population.

[@tarstarkusz]

China will be no help whatsoever.

[@christianfaust5141]

Danke!

[@JustHaveaThink]

Thanks for your support :-)

[@JustHaveaThink]

Thanks for your support. Much appreciated :-)

[@mathewwright4129]

I think you mentioned the election once and didn’t mention the president at all. Genius. Thank you for getting to the point!

[@corkjaguar]

The atmosphere is a bubble, a change in the gas composition in one part disperses practically instantly to all other parts of the bubble, this is how we need to look at greenhouse gas emissions. The policy thus far is to treat them like water pollution which stays relatively local which is monumentally stupid especially in relation to animal emissions. Production of beef in Ireland is relatively efficient (very few animals die prematurely without making it to market) and it is close to major markets for beef in Europe and the Middle East. The demand for beef in those markets is being meet instead by South American "ranch" beef, where there is relatively little veterinarian care and a much larger proportion of the animals die prematurely without getting to market thus much bigger herds are needed to satisfy the same demand and far more greenhouse gas emissions are put into the bubble. Then this beef has long shipping routes to it's end market further adding emissions and longer shipping increases the amount of beef spoiling meaning a much larger herd is needed, which means even more emissions into the bubble. The solution is to instead of looking at how much each country emits to look at how much each causes to be emitted. For example if a KG of beef on a supermarket shelf in Germany takes 2 units of greenhouse gas emissions if the beef comes all the way from South America or Australia (using "units" because not all types of gases are the same) and 1 unit if it comes from Ireland, then if from one year to the next Germany replaces one million kilograms of South American beef with Irish beef, Germany should get credit for reducing it's caused greenhouse gas emissions by one million units. This may need a tariff/tax on each unit of greenhouse gas emissions to get a product to market where each individual product has a built in tariff/tax free "zero" level of emissions above which the tax/tariff is applied perhaps if it falls below the "zero" amount of emissions it receives a subsidy encouraging local production and consumption. I get that the concept of "caused emissions" is more difficult to figure out, but it is not impossible. The demand for products in free societies can't really be changed because just putting a blanket tax on a product will probably just get a political party accused of fueling inflation and voted out, making a revenue neutral system will encourage the lower emissions options without telling people what they can and can't do which never works in free societies.

[@sampeavy3450]

Ignorance combined with gullibility has proven to be a bad combination. I, too, apologize for America's lack of understanding that the entire planet needs to be involved in the future; we can't bury our heads and pretend that it's only happening elsewhere because it *is* happening here.

[@ciro_costa]

you're misdiagnosing the problem. you shouldn't blame the people. there isn't democracy anyway. all the candidates offered to voters are only there because they were supported by industries. and climate policy lowers the profit margins for some of these industries.

[@kennethreister7619]

Wow! Sounds like something that I would write.

[@larryphillips4164]

The planet is gonna be just fine. Wake up sheeple

[@kennethreister7619]

If they were really sheeple all the Americans would have voted for the Donald.

[@Peter-bk4pz]

It’s time for the EU to stop doing business with America.

[@Uri1991]

thanks for keeping up some good news in the face of what's going to be a disaster for the climate with what's going on in USA Elections...

[@yourlocalengineer]

Their tendency to split things among partisan lines has thrown the climate issue under the bus. It's a problem that will hurt us all, regardless of which side one chooses in that shouting match between idiots.

[@FireballXL55]

Yes he said he will drill drill drill and Frak Frak Frak 😒

[@jekker1000]

@@yourlocalengineer wow, this is exactly the problem. Saying that both sides are idiots. As if there wasn't a convicted rapist, serial business fraud and complete uneducated person but a legitimate candidate. That is the core issue.

[@syiridium703]

What do you mean. With the current election results, USA will completely resolve the climate change issue very soon - by banning the term. We all know that closing your eyes makes the bogeyman go away. /s

[@smvsspould]

My hope is that the economics just can't stop green energy anymore.

[@NeilKnight-gr7wh]

Enjoy your calm , level headed approach to commenting on multiple subjects , subscribed😊

[@orion1816]

Dave you are one of my best sources for hope and optimism against these floods of pessimistic political outcomes. Please understand how critical your channel is to us.

[@paulhaynes8045]

Thank you for a small ray of sunshine on such an awful day. But I'm afraid the news from the US is just devastating. We were already losing the battle, as the Spanish floods so frighteningly underline, but now we are totally screwed.

[@riba2233]

yep, it's done

[@aatt3209]

Treasure every moment of joy and comfort in the coming days/month/years, be grateful for the good things you have experienced in life, be thankful for the people who have shown you love.

[@achebwahs1111]

A ray of sunshine indeed. Perhaps more than just one

[@tiny19892]

Just what exactly are you going on about. ?

[@chuckmaceanruig]

⁠@@tiny19892 He made a joke because rays of sunshine actually cause global warming.

[@urbanblocks2698]

Australia doesn’t have a local car manufacturing industry - cheap Chinese import are all the go here, and they are sometimes better quality than European and American products.

[@jwnomad]

Don't you mean ginormous American pickups are all the go here? It is where I live in Brissie. The ones that pull up next to you so you can't see the traffic you're giving way to

[@mikegofton1]

@@jwnomadyankee mega utes symbolise what’s gone wrong in the US.

[@achebwahs1111]

@@jwnomad Not to mention parking amongst them

[@PinataOblongata]

​@@mikegofton1clearly not just the US, but a large slice of Australia, too. We've always imported their anti-intellectualism and redneck persecution complexes with a side of xenophobia. Just watch, next election will be full of both parties trying to emulate the playbooks from today's election, including the divisiveness.

[@dalton-at-work]

He meant that Aus. already saw the replacement of it's auto industry by foreign imports. (which he is predicting the EU will also experience.)

[@a.randomjack6661]

❓"Correction" For every degree of warming caused by GHG's, it adds ~7% of "water vapor to the atmosphere" Water vapor being a GHG, it just about doubles the warming caused by CO2e (all GHG's normalized at CO2=1). 25% of the current measured warming is caused by loss of albedo, less ice and snow.

[@petewright4640]

These are feedbacks that amplify the otherwise modest warming of CO2 which the denier lobby fail to mention when playing down the significance of human emissions.

[@a.randomjack6661]

@@petewright4640 I was expecting this channel to be better at explaining the basic physics.

[@alunjones3860]

True, but @@a.randomjack6661 True, but it's not that straightforward. Water vapour also condenses, forming clouds, which help to counteract some of the warming effect.

[@a.randomjack6661]

@@alunjones3860 Yes, but water keeps evaporating, and the warmer it gets, the more evaporates. This is what the search AI I uses summarizes: Clouds' Effect on Global Warming Clouds play a crucial role in global warming, and their impact is still a topic of ongoing research and debate. Here are some key findings and insights: Cooling effect: Clouds reflect about 20-30% of incoming solar radiation back into space, cooling the planet. This is known as the “albedo effect.” Warming effect: Clouds also trap heat, particularly at night, by retaining infrared radiation emitted by the Earth’s surface. This warming effect is more pronounced for high-level clouds. Feedback loop: Changes in cloud cover and properties can amplify or dampen global warming. For example, if the climate warms, clouds might decrease, leading to more solar radiation reaching the surface and further warming (positive feedback). Conversely, if clouds increase, they could reflect more radiation, cooling the planet (negative feedback). Uncertainty: Current climate models struggle to accurately predict cloud behavior, particularly in response to changing climate conditions. This uncertainty is reflected in the wide range of projected global warming scenarios (2-5°C or 4-9°F). Regional variations: Clouds have different effects on regional climates. For example, low-level clouds over oceans tend to cool, while high-level clouds over land tend to warm. Cloud-climate feedback: Research suggests that changes in cloud cover and properties are already occurring in response to global warming. For instance, studies have observed: Decreases in low-level clouds over the oceans. Increases in high-level clouds over land. Changes in cloud optical properties (e.g., thickness, water content). Implications for climate projections: The uncertainty surrounding cloud behavior means that climate projections are sensitive to assumptions about cloud changes. Improving our understanding of clouds and their response to climate change is essential for refining climate predictions. Observations and modeling: Researchers are working to better observe and model cloud behavior using: Satellite data (e.g., ISCCP, CloudSat). Ground-based observations (e.g., radar, lidar). Advanced climate models (e.g., GCMs, AOGCMs). Ensemble simulations to quantify uncertainty. I tend to be 🤓

[@darrenbuhr9210]

Earlier this year the province of Alberta, Canada stopped using any coal for electricity generation as well.

[@martincotterill823]

Cheers, Dave, great video and good to hear the sound of reason in these dark days

[@s.kumaravels.kumaravel1368]

In India we r experiencing crop yield failures due to excessive heat ,never seen before

[@johnharvey1786]

Unfortunately India is only second to China in building new coal fired power stations. Indonesia is third in the list, where coal is still being heavily used and extracted simply due to greed and interesting government practices.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

We need to begin summertime stratospheric Aerosol Injection.

[@موسى_7]

​@@johnharvey1786 It's not greed, it's the necessity of economic development in the third world to prevent colonisation caused by weakness. They learned their lessons from the past 500 years. It's Europe which must sacrifice for the climate.

[@johnharvey1786]

@@موسى_7 I understand why the developing world needs to improve the standard of living for the people but these three countries are not poor and don’t need to build coal fired power stations, making climate change worse for the other countries that are really going to suffer the consequences. China is fast becoming a major superpower pumping money into their military, India is wealthy enough to have a space program but can’t spend money on its poor, and Indonesia is mining coal (and destroying protected forests in the process) simply to provide money for the already wealthy in the country. Yes, the rich developed countries need to do much more but these three countries are making things so much worse and they are likely to see some of the worst climate change impacts together with their neighbours. They are not alone, and there is going to be reluctance to providing funds to the developing world, if these three countries, along with Russia and the US keep pumping CO2 into the atmosphere from coal fired power stations.

[@cheweperro]

What about de industrialization? Europe used to produce certain goods and emmit co2. Now they import from places with worse climate regulations. So European emissions go down, overall emissions continue to go up. Right? Shouldn't we look at the bigger picture?

[@AlanRPaine]

We may have got rid of coal but are wood pellets burnt in power stations really helping to reduce carbon emissions? There's nowhere near enough sustainable wood in the world to replace coal.

[@shaun5552]

The industrial emissions reduction is somewhat misleading given it's stated as partly due to reduced industrial output. The practical effect of that is some emissions have simply been relocated, with the goods now produced somewhere outside the EU, rather than reduced as such.

[@alunjones3860]

Exactly. This is why Trump's re-election is a good thing. It's frustrating so many people here don't understand this.

[@RoyBattyLives]

I’m disgusted with our record in Ireland. 30% of our energy consumption from Data Centres.

[@archimedesbird3439]

Don't worry, AI will make the grid 3% more efficient after using 40% of its energy to make everyone unemployed

[@Lou-f]

Like KZbin.

[@shuaige3360]

If Ireland can make carbon free energy with wind, will be good that an import part of the world data center are in Ireland.. so that it does not increase much CO2 and we get the benefit of data center. Better have data center in country with carbon free energy than in carbon intensive countries.

[@Humanity101-zp4sq]

If business really cared the surplus heat would be used for CHP. Instead, aircon uses additional energy to cool the processors.

[@RoyBattyLives]

@@shuaige3360 I agree but right now we are missing our climate targets because of it. Also it’s the incredible countryside that is being used to power these data centres from wind turbines. We are foolish to be supporting this. Get these data centres to pay for off-shore wind. They bring no jobs to the economy, except in construction.

[@robertlussier2944]

Trump: "Drill baby drill!"😢 Edit: Shortsighted complacency is what got us into this mess.

[@larryphillips4164]

Milankovitch affect, look it up sheeple and stop watching CNN, it’s making your dumber.

[@tomvanlint6694]

Belgium - where I live - considers itself also as a "developed nation", but we closed our last coal-fired powerstation in 2016 already. (Applause) Sadly enough we also started to close down 5 of our 7 perfectly fine and CO2-neutral nuclear powerstations last year. This dropped the CO2-neutral electricity from 80% to 60% (and going to only 40% next year), and obliged us to import more and more lignite-fired electricity from Germany ... Renewables are at about 20% now.

[@stephenfanthorpe2708]

@@tomvanlint6694 it’s all in the name of targets unfortunately in some areas we are going backwards. All due to some poorly educated decision making by those whose goal is targets not considering the consequences on overall outcomes.

[@zapfanzapfan]

Sweden here, I'm not sure if we ever had "proper" coal fired power stations. I know coal was used in some district heating systems and they generate some electricity too. Had a look back and in 2003 we got 2% of electricity from coal, that was the last peak, it dropped away since then and now it is zero.

[@stephenfanthorpe2708]

@@plinble yea I get you, even in education it’s all the same it’s all about achieving certain points towards statistics as everything is measured that was rather than functional education. They want x amount of x irrespective of if that x is capable of implementation or evaluation of the specific task it’s qualified to do.

[@stephenfanthorpe2708]

@@zapfanzapfan your a net exporter of electricity, almost half comes from hydro, swedens main use of coal is for steel production and that’s dues the reduce even more when the green steel production ramps up in 26. The whole Scandinavian countries have exported the production of emission intensive things like paper and pulp production to Brazil etc that’s offset a lot of the carbon emissions.

[@zapfanzapfan]

@@stephenfanthorpe2708 From memory the pulp and paper industry in Sweden uses more electricity than the steel industry. Some paper production has stopped but that seems to be because of the decline in newspaper sales. Cardboard and packaging has partly replaced it.

[@marcdefaoite]

Saw this and thought, surely it can't be Sunday evening already.

[@John-pn1px]

The only thing that matters are the GLOBAL emissions! In 2023, greenhouse gas emissions went up by about 1,8%.

[@dimtsio9200]

And the most disturbing thing is if you see what happened in Thessaly, Greece and Libya the last September with storm Daniel. 2 consecutive years of flood and drought in the Mediterranean basin

[@Thomas-gk42]

Thank you for keeping us informed.

[@Stalkerrob20]

Well its a bad day for the whole world.

[@Mora41]

great day

[@Stalkerrob20]

@@Mora41 just wait, you'll come to regret it once he does nothing he say's he will, and destroys the economy far worse than it is.

[@BarrioBarranco1]

Terrific day!!! Dementia days are over!!!

[@ANONAAAAAAAAA]

The best day in this year.

[@quillo2747]

The peace candidate got elected. An end to wars and a hope for peace, it's a great day for the world.

[@sandman8920]

That Spanish flood was just beautiful Scottish weather.

[@johnridout6540]

Scotland often has rain, but it doesn't get 60cm in one day.

[@CnRSPACE]

@JustHaveaThink lets also not forget that the UK uses wood pellet fire powerplants that pollute more than coal eapecially when factoring in the forests cut down in canada and eastern europe to supply them

[@JSx145]

Okay, tell me something positive, please. Save me from my own dumb country.

[@Humanity101-zp4sq]

You've got to do your own feeling, thinking and acting....

[@PinataOblongata]

Someone needs to save the rest of the planet from your dumb country and I can't see it happening easily, if at all. Sorry you have to live there at this juncture 😕

[@Jst4vdeos]

Think and act for yourself for once

[@dougsheldon5560]

I am absolutely sick this AM

[@nicholaswestbury7689]

“All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again,”

[@TheCompositeKing]

We know how to fix agriculture. It's called permaculture. No innovations needed except in terms of how we design farms.

[@freeheeler09]

Even permaculture won’t be able to feed our eight billion people as the climate crisis grows worse and worse.

[@salahidin]

Industry emissions went down because we don't have industry anymore!

[@weldonyoung1013]

What do you mean? Dumb Trump can fix the War in Ukraine in a day. Surely it would not take that long to fix industry! Just what are is his timeline on Boeing?

[@JK-kr8kr]

How did you animate the beautiful data tables? Looks awesome! ❤

[@andoromeo]

Electric vehicles are just the tip of the iceberg. To put efforts into context, in 2023, greenhouse gas emissions in China and India went up by about 7% in a single year, globally, by 1.8%. These emission estimates are likely to be very conservative.... A UN study recently reported that even a +2C scenario is hardly feasible now, even if countries kept their pledges (which they do not and will not). The economy and total GDP of India is expected to grow with a further +50%, China with a +35% up until 2030. Net zero is a delusion anyways, instead, you can even reasonably expect a further upward trajectory regarding global GHG emissions, up until 2040-50. The perspectives are getting worse by every single year.

[@alicequayle4625]

Thanks for your level headed and well informed reporting. Breath of fresh air.

[@carlograncini]

Thanks. The only thing standing in the way of progress is us, not those governing us unless we live in autocracies.

[@DrakeN-ow1im]

Well, most of the Western governments are functionally plutocracies with is effectively the same thing.

[@aquelpibe]

... which is where the US is heading, it seems.

[@Vicartje]

Yeah, and the biggest polluter of all, the USA will be an autocracy as of January 6th 2025.

[@carlograncini]

@@aquelpibe I wouldn't say that, yet. Americans have had free elections.

[@Richard-iq8xb]

People have been very quick to link the floods near Valencia to climate change (and I'm sure that it is one important factor). BUT having seen a geographer talk about the shear scale on development over the last 70 years in the flood plains I'm sure that was a more significant factor in the scale of the damage and loos of life.

[@michaelsebastian2842]

You're having a bit too much of a think. /s There are also EU regulations preventing proper dam usage for these overdeveloped floodplain areas.

[@AndrewRowe-q4q]

100%, additionalybif the city cuts back on labour costs by not servicing stormwater infrastructure etc. anf keeping it clear, any potential floiding will turn out just like this, a quick wiki search will confirm flooding in the area has been going on for a 1000 years

[@Justsayin6038]

I think they decided to just let it happen....and price everyone out of existence.

[@electricAB]

Thanks for the bonus video Dave 👍🏽

[@abody499]

On the subject of methane, it's not so much the agricultural or other direct human activity emissions we need to worry about - it's the "natural" processes induced by human induced excess global heating that are currently accelerating out of control.

[@kcaa3953]

And let's be clear - we have a well-done study pointing out what kinds of climate mitigation policies work. 1500 policies were compared, and the ones that worked had carbon pricing of one form or another (like the EU does). The US IRA doesn't have that. The Biden administration's policies were fairly pointless, and then he worked hard to lower gas prices and increase oil and gas drilling in the US, making them completely pointless. We should all be doing what the EU is doing. We're not going to get there in the next four years, but we'll be better positioned to do it in 2028.

[@pixelrancher]

The next four years were going to be critical in getting the US anywhere near heading in the right direction. America voted in a climate denier, an antivaxer, and a guy who thinks wind turbines give you brain cancer. Pro oil, pro coal and cares not a whit about the environment. America gave him the presidency, the senate and the house. There are no guardrails. America will be unrecognizable in "four more years". And sadly, neither will the rest of the planet.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

What is the name of that study?

[@quillo2747]

No one has any clue what kind of climate mitigation will work, it's hard enough to forecast the climate future, it's nigh impossible to determine what impact a given policy will have on that climate especialy when a majority of the world will not be following it. For every green policy europe has China builds 10 coal power plants.

[@retyroni]

@@quillo2747 China's per capita emissions are the same as most of Europe's and less than Australia's and North America's.

[@kcaa3953]

@@quillo2747 What are you a science denier? Yes, we do have ideas what policies work. That's the study I mentioned. Why don't you read the study and then comment?

[@MikhaelHausgeist]

2:50 (somewhere around) Isn't it UK which have biggest electric station which work by burn wood? I still remember that picture where was shown size of it's furnace... Couple of football fields as minimum. But, yeah, while You have high enough temperature in those furnaces wood burned clean and leave only water vapor basically. Only question are... For what cost and where was taken all needed firewood?

[@GruffSillyGoat]

Dave's already covered this in a video on this channel, has the answers to the questions you pose.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

US wood chips. If you incorporate carbon storage it becomes carbon negative.

[@MikhaelHausgeist]

@@gregorymalchuk272 not storage. I mean exactly electricity generation. Basicly same coal electricity station, but instead coal burned wood and other similar organic matter.

[@mikeharrington5593]

As a previously regular inhabitant of the Doomisphere I must confess that with the re-election of Trump, I am likely to serve out my days in the Gloomisphere. No amount of good news is gonna counteract that disaster for both the USA, the free world, and our Earth habitat. A dark day in history on a par with Hitler invading Poland in 1939, with every chance of resulting in similar consequences

[@JimmyD806]

This is just monetized fear porn. If you don't understand physics, how the greenhouse effect actually works, can't comprehend that everything in the universe has a limit, INCLUDING THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT, then you're likely to succumb to the junk science and faux physics these YT channels spew.

[@samuelbucher5189]

How is Trump bad for the free world? He was democratically elected twice.

[@larryphillips4164]

Milankovitch affect, look it up sheeple and stop watching CNN, it’s making your dumber.

[@alunjones3860]

Why? You have a stronger economy and lower inflation to look forward to.

[@samuelbucher5189]

It is amusing to receive a notification for a reply under a comment where my own reply was deleted.

[@tehpanda64]

if we wanted to curb human climate impact, we would stop offshoring manufacturing to the countries most willing to pollute and would enact local emmisions efficiency requirements.

[@mrtobylund]

Maybe a little fact check there… Sweden got rid of the last usage of coal for its power plants (a district heating boiler in central Stockholm) something like 8 years ago and have at the same time also shut down usage of peat and oil in similar plants. There are backup usage of oil and gas but it is on a negligible level (

[@DecadeAgoGaming]

The election tells a clear "NO"

[@Kimhjortsbjerg]

The election was fine !

[@stevesmith-sb2df]

I sorry. So ashamed of the USA. You keep fighting climate change. You have a great channel.

[@chefnyc]

Proud of USA 🇺🇸

[@TheGhungFu]

@@chefnyc The is no USA anymore. RIP.

[@lnewton3677]

@@TheGhungFu The European heritage and culture is why people want to move to USA. That will improve yet further now

[@evan18155]

@@lnewton3677 How is that?

[@davidkendall2272]

Yep, I am ashamed of the idiots who voted for him, he is beyond disgusting and totally unqualified to be the leader of US.

[@vsotofrances]

I am from the flooded region in Valencia. Ask me.

[@nathanielbyrne1132]

An 8% reduction in one year of GGEs is good news. I wonder if the recent switch to fascism in Austria has to do with its lag on the charts.

[@JoLo6696]

Copernicus confirmed today that 1.5 is exceeded.

[@samgragas8467]

Bio-engineering ruminants is not easy, so the only ways to increase efficiency are sedentary livestock, energy-dense food, hormones, etc. Almost all methods reduce animal welfare and usually the quality. The only path is reducing ruminant's meat demand.

[@randyrapaport2806]

This is just the beginning of an uninhabitable earth

[@Mora41]

you wont be around

[@Serai-l7z]

Uninhabitable for humans. Some species might just trudge along

[@Sjb-on5xt]

Well if its EU policy to remove the dams put there to prevent floods, what do you expect? The EU should be charged with manslaughter.

[@volkerengels5298]

What you see right now is a phase in 'collapse of civilization' The western world goes 'national&climate silence' One after another.....they fall apart. "L"

[@Sjb-on5xt]

When the EU has a policy to remove dams, like in Valencia, expect flooding.

[@PeterJamieson-h2p]

Mr. Stokasa History and Geography teaching in 1977. Question: What happens when we get to 8 billion people...quick answer; we will destroy the environment and ourselves. I concur with that we will all die in the 16th ass extinction event.

[@andyelliott8113]

Australia has no car industry of it's own so we're really quite happy to have Chinese EVs at much lower prices than you'll find in Europe or the US.

[@alekkryz]

In the US we dame well know that our next leader is going to abandon all progress. We need to go state by state and make our leaders go green.

[@trabink2]

I want to see 102% import taxes on oil, no drilling ... And tax credits for alternatives...

[@anthonymorris5084]

When you raise the price of energy you raise the price of everything. This policy would generate impoverishment. Profits ensure good ideas succeed. Subsidies ensure bad ideas are adopted.

[@trabink2]

@anthonymorris5084 Yes, I can see that now... I guess I'm stuck in time, where in 1976, the oil crisis, the oil dependency, rather than innovation was even strengthened by Oil companies buying up alternative energy patents, and being proud that "these would never see the day light"... Obviously the past is the past... And, yes, the cost of energy is key for about everything...

[@Edda-Online]

@@anthonymorris5084 But it wouldn’t raise prices equally for all products. The less oil is needed to produce a certain product, the less oil tax would increase the price. So, people and companies would find solutions to avoid oil intensive production/products. If the additional oil tax was divided by the number of the population (baby to grannies) and distributed equally the same amount to every person, the poor would benefit more. Obvious, right? There were rumors to implement it this way here in Germany for CO2 emissions. They have started with a ridiculous low CO2 price, never increased it, and never mentioned anything about distribution to the people…

[@anthonymorris5084]

@@Edda-Online I would argue that none of this is even necessary or any kind of solution at all. Quite frankly it's absurd for people to believe we can prevent warming. If CO2 is the culprit, scientists tell us that it would take several hundred thousand years to absorb the extra CO2. There is no evidence that rising CO2 or warming is even a problem. The Earth is currently suffering from a dearth of CO2. In the last 600 million years CO2 has only ever been this low twice, and both times it spiked down and spiked right back up. The average amount of CO2 over this period is 3000ppm. Mammals existed and life flourished. However, every single product that's made is manufactured with fossil fuels. Everything is shipped on a boat, plane, train and truck. All on roads paved with asphalt. Energy is the fundamental cost of every good and service, when you raise the price of energy you raise the price of everything. Rising energy prices harm the poor the most. The poor starve while the rich just buy smaller yachts. Cheers.

[@richardlangley90]

@@Edda-Online This sounds like Canada's carbon tax. The tax on fuel is claimed by our right wing politicians to be the reason for the high costs of food and other products...despite the fact that the price at the pumps can go up and down in amounts greater than the tax from week to week. The people who will be hurt most monetarily from the cancelling of the carbon tax will be the poorest among us (proven) but ironically it seems the majority of the poorest have no idea that the money that shows up in their bank account quarterly from the government is their share of this tax being redistributed. The level of ignorance regarding just about everything that matters is incredible.

[@stephanealegoria7016]

Always high quality reports, thank you

[@markrice3019]

🙃 Fake Agenda/ Total Bullshit!

[@Nxck2440]

Does this video's message take into account Trump's return? Because if it wasn't over before, it is now.

[@davidegaruti2582]

Trump is a drop in the ocean of assholes that got us here ... He is irrelevant ... The amoc would have shutted down with or without him , Biden approved more oil drilling than trump during his presidency ... What we gotta do is enjoy the now and plan how to survive the next years ... Cause nobody voted climate change in

[@bernhardschmalhofer855]

The 8% reduction was in 2023 so current events are not relevant to the video.

[@joewelbourne7678]

How is the introduction of Silver iodide into the atmosphere going to help the climate ie moisture content ?? IS weather modification actually happening??

[@ignasanchezl]

For what I've measured at airports in multiple states of the USA, it's getting close to 10% of the vehicles being electric, in this case when you count what are mostly high service miles taxi and fleet machines. So at least the vehicles doing the miles are changing quite quick.

[@marcdreyfors8240]

UK's weaning off coal was primarily due to conversion to biomass wood pellets, a large percent of which are shipped "across the pond" from flattened hardwood bottomland forests in the US, ecosystems incredibly important for biodiversity, watershed protection, clean water and as carbon sinks. Think again!

[@Philip-x3d]

and its shipped to fuel a power station.......SAT ON TOP OF A COAL FIELD !!!

[@andyroid7339]

I am not exactly sure of the proportion, but a significant amount of the biomass going into the UK's biomass stations arises from waste wood (from industry (e.g. kitchen manufacturers) and such places as civil amenity sites) which is then chipped down to a size in keeping with the receiving station's design. Though I detest burning stuff, it is hard to know what to do with this waste stream. It would produce methane in time, granted at a slower rate than the carbon released on burning it but of the three stations I have direct knowledge about and several others in the group, only Drax took the pellets you've referred to. These were also derived from forests in Eastern Europe.

[@stephenfanthorpe2708]

@@marcdreyfors8240 yep and gave drax its nonsensical name as a renewable power station. Somehow when you take in to account the destruction of woodlands to make pellets that emit emissions faster than it takes the source to regrow it’s a win ,absolutely goggledockers

[@ab-tf5fl]

I don't think biomass should even count as renewable energy for purposes of climate goals or climate money. It looks good on paper when it's just one pilot project using all waste wood, but in practice, it's all too easy the end result to become running the power plant by chopping down the rain forest. It is also just as bad for human health as burning fossil fuels, since it's still burning stuff.

[@neilwilson5785]

I think you meant wind and solar

[@matthewbaynham6286]

Now the US has elected someone who will definitely make a difference, but it'll be a difference in the wrong direction.

[@donovanjones4175]

The industrial complex has already started to pivot, one guy ain’t gonna stop it, he might be crazy but not stupid, he’ll listen to the corporate elite

[@GTN3]

​@@donovanjones4175 We can hope you're right.

[@leonoliveira8652]

@@donovanjones4175 ah no, he certainly is stoopid. I hope the sh1tstorm doesn't affect the rest of the world much like it tend to when it's related to those guys.

[@solentbum]

Am I alone in hoping for more climate chaos to hit the USA soon to get those in charge (Industry,and Business) to think of the future?

[@SwordQuake2]

​@@solentbumthey still won't. You can't change their beliefs.

[@AceneDean]

As an american, im so so sorry

[@BeReytM8]

Thanks Joe and Kamala made things tough everywhere.

[@autohmae]

@@BeReytM8 I'm not a fan of the Democrats at all, but they are still the better option than the Republicans with especially their plan of project 2025, they are now MUCH more prepared as last time trump got into power.

[@Yamyatos]

Thank you for existing. It's so hard to keep hope in americans when all you hear about are the trump supporters, the young earth creationists, the anti vaxxers, flat earthers and climate change deniers.. all while being confidently ignorant about how wrong they are.

[@manoo422]

@@Yamyatos Unlike the indoctrinated sheep who believe anything and everything the gov tells them to believe. The $Millions spent on propaganda certainly work well on you.

[@piee683]

Whilst your at it give us an apology for china as well 😂😂

[@kaitlinsmith9845]

well done for the timing on this one.

[@alexterrell1062]

At 6 min 32 sec, is that a picture of Beaune in Burgundy? Beautiful area, nice food, expensive wine.

[@OutdoorLonghair]

FDJ6T! This has cinched the nuce. Now hang on for the floor to drop, it's going to be a rough ride.

[@deaninchina01]

A landslide for a candidate who is focused on internal issues that affect their electorate. This feels like a bit of a theme now which will last for some time. The UK is offering rationing of energy, the US offers more and lower cost energy. Are you surprised that people vote for politicians who offer a better life? Based on the recent EU Competitiveness Report the reduction in industrial activity in many European countries, especially Germany, will explain a large chunk of the drop. It’s in that report just below the bit you reported. Efficiency was not mentioned at all. Emissions are simply exported to China, plus you have the emissions related to transport. Surely one of the perverse outcomes where more CO2 emissions for the same product are celebrated as a win.

[@Joso997]

At least 239 barriers, including dams and weirs, were removed across 17 countries in Europe in 2021, in a record-breaking year for dam removals across the continent. More than half of the in Spain alone. It is not climate itself!

[@larrypilcher3791]

People need to really change their lifestyle habits for an enjoyable earth. We hated traffic in elementary school, I realized this is wrong in high school, then we had intense discussions on sustainability at art schools in the early 1970s. Domes came to mind, micro-mobility instead of Car-Culture Suburban Sprawl. Respecting nature that used to surround us is key. I cook without electricity, heat without fracked gas, ditched the lawn, and the vehicles, and now am riding on an e-scooter… saving for a velomobile. It’s been cathartic for me, but to each their own.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

Domes? Like geodesic domes?

[@larrypilcher3791]

@ Buckminster Fuller had a great idea, and yes, many are switching to domes including me. Hand made of course.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

@@larrypilcher3791 Like for houses and buildings? Are they cheaper and more energy efficient? What are the benefits, I'm intrigued.

[@larrypilcher3791]

@ yes, yes, and yes. Folks who have chosen domes love them. As kids we sure liked the Bloedel Conservatory at Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver. I built an amazing traditional timber frame with ICF, but my dome home will be better. Like off the charts.

[@anydaynow01]

Yes, a refresher video on the progress of regenerative agriculture, and how it can be implemented on an industrial scale would be wonderful!

[@johndoh5182]

Here in the US o A I expect VERY high tariffs on solar panels and wind turbines no matter where they come from and the reason given will be they should be made in the US but the real reason is tRump will reward the oil/gas companies for all those big donations to his legal bills.

[@jesswatt5824]

I can't help wonder what the hell over half of this country is seeing that I'm not. I cannot believe we reelected that man.

[@alanj9978]

10 million illegals let in over 4 years, just for starters. That and a candidate that couldn't even get 1% in her own party's primaries.

[@Wimbletonage]

Really makes you open your eyes. I'm still in shock that this many people are idiots. Just pure idiots. I can't live in this country anymore.

[@Volkbrecht]

Is that really so hard to see? Take a critical look at what the Dems have been pushing as their counter-offer. An incompetent puppet likely hanging at the same strings as the current non-president, advocating for change that somehow wasn't achievable while already being in office. Even if Republican voters would admit to every single one of Trump's glaring character flaws, was the alternative really more convincing?

[@weldonyoung1013]

So how did the results differ in State's with Ivy League Universities? Any chance Elon Musk could build shipe like Douglas Adams suggested?

[@ciro_costa]

@@Wimbletonage you're missing the point. you shouldn't blame the people. you should blame the left and how we've been failing.

[@Enlightened_Ape78]

It's so unequivocally over. "Drill, baby, drill!"

[@williamtomkiel8215]

YEP! party hearty while you can . .

[@djpickle68]

Might be time to sell the EV, and buy the sports car I want.

[@williamtomkiel8215]

@@djpickle68 sounds like a sweet dopamine rush but the simplicity of my tesla compared to the hassles of car ownership over the last 50+ years - don't want to play that game anymore -

[@SteffiReitsch]

@@williamtomkiel8215 I took it a step further with an e- bike. No tag, insurance, registration, nothing. Park anywhere there's a pole, fence or small tree to lock it to.

[@williamtomkiel8215]

@@SteffiReitsch in my town , an e-bike makes you a daredevil to be on the road . . NOPE!

[@harveytheparaglidingchaser7039]

Here we go on the rollercoaster of hope and despair. Great emission!❤️

[@speedymunchlax5733]

An already slow progress has now been delayed by at least 4 years, so put it this way... The bad news is there's an ever increasing chance of your house burning down in a wildfire, a storm tearing through the roof or flooding entire floors, of your car being dragged into a ditch or crushed under falling trees or debris, and you probably won't get the cheap groceries you wanted because when crops get ruined prices will increase. BUT the good news is that you'll probably have the cheap gas you were craving for that car you used to have before it got crushed, so... if that floats your boat - hey, get a boat! You're probably gonna need it.

[@marcwilkins8787]

I don’t believe that we here in the USA are doing our part

[@volkerengels5298]

🤣 - No man - US does has done and obviously will do *exactly the opposite* **FracKing** :))

[@a.randomjack6661]

Nor in Canada eh. And not in Australia either.

[@leonoliveira8652]

@@a.randomjack6661 I'll excuse Australia just because they have to survive the fauna in there. Other than that, no excuses everywhere else.

[@Campaigner82]

No shit….

[@Volkbrecht]

Don't worry, economic realities will eventually force you to. American oil is not cheap to come by, and the technical progress in renewables and energy storage is still going strong. In the end Lomborg will be proven right: the only viable way to save the environment is to make the alternatives competitive.

[@timkasten343]

The U.S. has slipped into Idiocracy! 😢

[@atomicdmt8763]

show your math.......

[@ValiantGarton]

@@atomicdmt8763 It's simple, more people voted for trump than Harris. That means the majority of the US public is stupid.

[@nexussays]

​@@atomicdmt8763Donald Trump was just reelected. Math lesson over.

[@EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV]

That happened in the 1970's mate.... :D

[@chefnyc]

Trump/Vance 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@jackcoats4146]

Yes, the responsibility is US. Even our legislators are the collective US when we don't sent them with a direct mandate to do what we want. Such is what happens when you live in a representative democracy.

[@AggieC819]

You don't live in a democracy anymore. Good luck.

[@IamGoen]

The US is a constitutional republic, not a representative democracy. 50% of this country forgets that, did not learn it, or does not understand it.

[@edwarding4355]

The emmissions drop in 2023 was due to restrictions because of the Russian-Ukraine war.

[@hayhayhay96]

We are witnessing the beging of the end my friend

[@TheDoomWizard]

We're completely toast.

[@tinycroft1184]

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[@albin4323]

Basically only the absolute tropical parts of the world, not extremely cold countries like Canada, Sweden, Russia, England etc.

[@skrich9690]

​@@albin4323 presumably all the people in the tropical parts will move to somewhere cooler.......

[@albin4323]

@@skrich9690 Which isn't that many, most people live in the middle latitudes (31-59c)

[@skrich9690]

@@albin4323 but as we know from all the political hysteria about migrants it only takes a few tens of thousands to appear at a border to freak people out.

[@scottstover482]

The only optimistic part is soon mar-a-lago will be underwater.

[@keyboardoracle1044]

And most of florida

[@petewright4640]

Soon is about 20-30 years but property prices will collapse well before then.

[@keyboardoracle1044]

@@petewright4640 I dunno the way Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers are falling into the ocean at the moment it might be a lot sooner than predicted, climate change predictions have a habit of being too conservative compared to outcomes.

[@SteffiReitsch]

No, that's decades away, unfortunately.

[@jameslee-dp6cb]

Stop waisting your energy on Trump bashing and start thinking constructively. People make the difference, not political leaders. The more we argue, the less time we spend on discovering a solution that won't put us back in the stone age. We lost 12 million people to starvation during the 1930s depression. Would you really want to go back there?

[@williamtomkiel8215]

the whisper in the wings of time is . . time for humans to go . . "Nature" will be back with "more" on top of all that's going on- no nation can do it alone - the citizens won't get on board with the sacrifices that MUST be made . . or make itself vulnerable for putting ALL resources to solving this unstoppable "problem"- party now and don't worry about the grandchildren . .

[@Martinbeef]

If only the government would roll out a huge amount of high power battery chargers. It’s like building railway lines, so trains can ride them. It’s common sense but it’s missing!! Come on Labour, we need an electric charging infrastructure so people don’t have to worry about finding a charging point on the way to and from.

[@ShaunHall-i7e]

I doubt all this is going to matter now that my country elected a fascist.

[@lukashattingh7238]

You don't know what a fascist is :)

[@glenkirkup6861]

@@lukashattingh7238 Mark Kelly knows Trump is from the dictionary definition of a fascist.

[@Leftistattheparty]

​@lukashattingh7238 you don't know what a fascist is. Everyone who studies fascists says trump is a fascist. So sick of your ignorance.

[@aquelpibe]

@@lukashattingh7238 oh yes we do.

[@mickgee1661]

He is everything a fascist isn't you fool.