World headed for irreversible climate change in five years, IEA warns | Environment | The Guardian
5 measly years. "We" have waited way way too long to get on the right track. I feel very sad and depressed if I read this. And it comes from the IEA - not Greenpeace, the green party, the Sierra club or even just the social democratic parties - from the International Energy Agency - a conservative and economics oriented global organization:

__________________
"Phantasy is more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited" (Albert Einstein)

Stop terraforming Earth (wordpress)

"Humans or their tools are not inherently destructive - it is a lack of wisdom & respect in the ways the two relate to each other & to earth, that turns into destruction. A lack of these in interactions between humans is the foundation of this destruction. To change these ways, a new foundation has to be laid, even if that means to shake the building standing on it."

Pessimism keeps setting in with me. I doubt this will get much attention from the U.S. Congress right now.

We may be in trouble if something happens depending on our hypothetical actions.

Confidence.

__________________


Hoorah bitches. Hoo-f*cking-rah!

"Fill your enemies with primal fear, then fill their lungs with fire!" ―Ancient Gand proverb

'If' is bad enough, IMO. There shouldn't be an 'if' to begin with.

__________________

^Amen to that. "Should'a, would'a, could'a are the last words of a fool." I see that we're not completely destined for it yet, but somethig tells me with an attitude that we have 'just a little bit longer', the human race is going to become flippant and procrastinate on this issue, simply because it's easier not to do anything, and when it comes to that final year we'll be wishing we had done more before.

That said, climate change is a difficult issue. Geologically, we are still in the throws of an ice age. We know that this planet is not supposed to have ice caps, and occasions where they still existed, and the temperature was constant between ice ages is extremely rare. It would seem that the ice melting and the climate changing is simply a part of this planet's natural cycle and progression. However, I do not in any way claim that as a justification for what we do to our planet, and what we do sure as hell doesn't help with the nature of our planet. Just because it may be natural for the ice to melt, does not mean we should be driving round in colossal cars, burning all the oil or cutting down swathes of forest or dumping radioactive material and god knows how many tons of rubbish onto the lands and the seas.

__________________
"When the time comes, just walk away and don't make any fuss."

This is somewhat sensationalist. Look at what the reasoning is:
But that's not correct; they can be shut down in a matter of days, if the need arises.

(Note to mention ignoring the possibility of reversing it.)

__________________
...but in purple blue, I'm stunning!

What does this mean exactly? I find this article to be vague. The only "lost forever" or "no return" I can think of hearing about, actually ever hearing about, is this .

__________________

The uncertainty, the ifs and whens there are not about if of when the problem will occur in case we do something stupid, it is about if we can summon up the effort to avert the problme which will occur with a certainty if nothing is done. And presently, nothing is done. And as the article says, the UK, Japan and others actually do not want to even talk about this before that deadline runs out. Thats seriously foolish.

The song linked - very fitting indeed.

__________________
"Phantasy is more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited" (Albert Einstein)

Stop terraforming Earth (wordpress)

"Humans or their tools are not inherently destructive - it is a lack of wisdom & respect in the ways the two relate to each other & to earth, that turns into destruction. A lack of these in interactions between humans is the foundation of this destruction. To change these ways, a new foundation has to be laid, even if that means to shake the building standing on it."

People have been saying this for literally decades.

__________________

The problem is people who don't believe it. "It's all fake. So I can do whatever I want".

__________________

No, the problem is a government structured in a way that promotes selfish thinking. Even if you had a sizeable chunk of [insert country] supporting you, if the government doesn't site with you, you can't do much.

__________________
...but in purple blue, I'm stunning!

Don't worry everyone, I fixed the problem! Turns out I left the light on in my basement.

__________________

Exactly.

All the nimbyism regarding solutions to the problem is what is endangering the world. Without that, there would not be any new coal/oil power stations built and even the ability to shut extant ones down before the end of their operational life (something this prediction does not talk about).

Exactly. Oil was going to run out in the 80s 90s 2000s 2010s 2020s, right? The world was going to end in 1988 1992 1994 2000 2012. When people believe something will happen, they will always keep setting the date further forwards when it doesn't turn up.

It's called a political agenda.

__________________

Things change, but Avatar is always a part of us, our inspiration and our dream. We all follow it differently, but remember how it brought us together.
\m/ \m/

Living isn't easy when you're far away from home...

If we don't shift the Earths orbit we might collide with an asteroid.

__________________


Hoorah bitches. Hoo-f*cking-rah!

"Fill your enemies with primal fear, then fill their lungs with fire!" ―Ancient Gand proverb

I'm talking about something that we've actually caused, Isard.

__________________