Click to Translate to English Click to Translate to French  Click to Translate to Spanish  Click to Translate to German  Click to Translate to Italian  Click to Translate to Japanese  Click to Translate to Chinese Simplified  Click to Translate to Korean  Click to Translate to Arabic  Click to Translate to Russian  Click to Translate to Portuguese  Click to Translate to Myanmar (Burmese)

PANDEMIC ALERT LEVEL
123456
Forum Home Forum Home > Main Forums > General Discussion
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - Climate change...., science is in .......
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Now tracking the new emerging South Africa Omicron Variant

Climate change...., science is in .......

 Post Reply Post Reply
Author
Message
carbon20 View Drop Down
Moderator
Moderator
Avatar

Joined: April 08 2006
Location: West Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 65816
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote carbon20 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: Climate change...., science is in .......
    Posted: August 09 2021 at 2:52pm

BBC News - Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-58130705

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.πŸ––

Marcus Aurelius
Back to Top
carbon20 View Drop Down
Moderator
Moderator
Avatar

Joined: April 08 2006
Location: West Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 65816
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote carbon20 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 09 2021 at 2:53pm

No real surprise ,

The SUPRISE will be ,

If we do anything about it......


Doubt it.......

Take care all πŸ˜·πŸ˜‰πŸ’‰

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.πŸ––

Marcus Aurelius
Back to Top
KiwiMum View Drop Down
Moderator
Moderator
Avatar

Joined: May 29 2013
Status: Offline
Points: 29640
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote KiwiMum Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 09 2021 at 4:15pm

The wildfires in Australia last year were truly shocking, and if it's a taste of things to come then look out. 

The trouble is that firstly, it's political suicide to make changes of a significant enough nature to curb CO2 emissions. It would involve the average person in the Western world to accept a sizeable reduction in their quality of living and so the average person (especially the older people) will vote against it. It comes back that old chestnut that we all want others to follow the rules but we, ourselves, want to be exempt from them. 

Secondly, most politicians are old. They won't be around in 10 or 20 years so they just don't care. The same goes for the elderly voters. "I've worked hard all my life and have earned this huge gas guzzling land cruiser blah blah blah". 

Thirdly, the kind of change we need involves personal inconvenience. We have spent the last 70 years developing time and labour saving devices and so our energy consumption is now sky high as machines and appliances have replaced human labour, and all these devices consume fuel. To reverse climate change we need to stop using some of these, and if we do so, we'll have to use our own labour to do the jobs instead. 

A perfect example is a leaf blower. Does anyone actually need one of these? Prior to their invention, a rake was used. But instead of 10 minutes on your leaf blower, you may need to spend 30 minutes outside with a rake and repetitive movements. 

Most people have heating in their homes. Here in NZ last winter a report came out saying that everyone should be able to live in a home where all they need to wear in winter is a tee shirt. That wearing jumpers was in some way demeaning them and sentencing them to a life of poverty. How ridiculous is that? People will have to invest in a jumper and then turn down their thermostat to save the planet. Will they like it? NO. Will it inconvenience them? YES. I have two friends who both keep  their homes at 26 degrees (79 F) all through the winter. One of these houses is 375 sq m (4036 sq feet). Just think of the energy consumption to do that. They both do it because they like to wear shorts and tee shirts at home. 

Fourthly, keeping a good quality of life with all the modern conveniences whilst still being green is incredibly expensive to do and so it's out of the reach of about 80% of the population. Unless governments stump up the cash for the average family to make these changes, they are either going to be condemed to live in third world conditions or stick with what they've got. i know which one I'd pick in that situation.

We are all doomed because no politician will ever mandate the kind of changes required to make a difference.

Those who got it wrong, for whatever reason, may feel defensive and retrench into a position that doesn’t accord with the facts.
Back to Top
carbon20 View Drop Down
Moderator
Moderator
Avatar

Joined: April 08 2006
Location: West Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 65816
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote carbon20 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 09 2021 at 4:27pm









As I've said many times,it's all too late, nothing we do now can change 150 years of climate change,

Would take the world to shut off everything , overnight.........

There's only one way that could possibly happen......

Else "Soylet Green".......

Take care all πŸ˜·πŸ˜‰πŸ’‰

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.πŸ––

Marcus Aurelius
Back to Top
carbon20 View Drop Down
Moderator
Moderator
Avatar

Joined: April 08 2006
Location: West Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 65816
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote carbon20 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 09 2021 at 9:20pm

The Guardian: IPCC report shows ‘possible loss of entire countries within the century’.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/10/ipcc-report-shows-possible-loss-of-entire-countries-within-the-century

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.πŸ––

Marcus Aurelius
Back to Top
carbon20 View Drop Down
Moderator
Moderator
Avatar

Joined: April 08 2006
Location: West Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 65816
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote carbon20 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2021 at 12:56am

The Associated Press: 'Code red': UN scientists warn of worsening global warming.

https://apnews.com/1d89d5183583718ad4ad311fa2ee7d83

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.πŸ––

Marcus Aurelius
Back to Top
carbon20 View Drop Down
Moderator
Moderator
Avatar

Joined: April 08 2006
Location: West Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 65816
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote carbon20 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2021 at 12:58am





So anybody got any ideas how to solve the problem..???

Or is it just fake news.... lmao.....

Take care all πŸ˜·πŸ˜‰πŸ’‰


Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.πŸ––

Marcus Aurelius
Back to Top
Technophobe View Drop Down
Assistant Admin
Assistant Admin
Avatar

Joined: January 16 2014
Location: Scotland
Status: Offline
Points: 88450
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Technophobe Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2021 at 4:02am

Most people are doomed.  The human race perhaps not.

I read an article yesterday:   Mic Which listed the best places to survive.

1 New Zealand

2 Tasmania

3 Ireland

4 Iceland

5 The UK

6 the US and Canada tied for 6th place.


You need to move a bit south Carbon.  The rest of us 3 are OK.

How do you tell if a politician is lying?
His lips or pen are moving.
Back to Top
carbon20 View Drop Down
Moderator
Moderator
Avatar

Joined: April 08 2006
Location: West Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 65816
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote carbon20 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2021 at 5:29am

Yes trying to get the kids to move to tazzie...

Take care all πŸ˜·πŸ˜‰πŸ’‰

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.πŸ––

Marcus Aurelius
Back to Top
carbon20 View Drop Down
Moderator
Moderator
Avatar

Joined: April 08 2006
Location: West Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 65816
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote carbon20 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2021 at 4:29pm

Rain fell at the normally snowy summit of Greenland for the first time on record


https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/19/weather/greenland-summit-rain-climate-change/index.html

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.πŸ––

Marcus Aurelius
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply
  Share Topic   

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down