NASA called the soaring heat “part of a pattern of increasing global temperatures, as a result of human activities, mainly carbon dioxide emissions.”
I wish news would stop saying the broad term human activity and more accurately say corporate activity.
Yes, the general population contributes to climate change, but the real polluters are the big companies manufacturing things, big oil, etc. They don’t care about what they’re doing and lobby govt’s to put the blame on the citizens.
who are those corporations selling stuff to? maybe those buyers should stop that.
Ah yes those powerless companies that have simply no choice but to destroy our biosphere.
It’s not like they can use the money that they’re currently using to lobby against environmental regulation and oversight for heavier oversight, regulations and *gasp* penalties instead… Yes it’s literally impossible to take a principled stance at the expense of literally any amount of profit. Besides, who needs clean air and livable temperatures anyway?
No it must be the consumer who must wade through the sea of greenwashing and propaganda spread by companies who have no problem outright lying about their carbon emissions to everyone’s faces. Because it’s just so easy for everyone to know the complete supply chain of every product they buy. Simple really.
Edit: After looking through your comment history I can’t help but think what you said was meant as more of a call to action for people rather than stepping to bat for multinationals as if they are helpless victims with no agency. Apologies if my comment came across as mean spirited I’ve just been on edge recently due to certain undisclosed life events. I’ll keep my base comment as is for archival though.
I award you one fake internet gold for this comment.
100 companies have contributed over 70% of greenhouse gas emissions. Only 100.
Do you really think that an average joe can make a difference? The blame doesn’t lay on ordinary people. Us polluting is a byproduct of corporations polluting.
Yes i do because i’m one of many. Maybe i can’t convince you to make a difference but i’m not going to just say ‘oh well, nothing can be done’. Vote with your wallet. They’re making things because people are buying them. Stop buying them. Vote for governments that make it cost prohibitive to create emissions. Join the citizens climate lobby. Just because one drop in the bucket seems insignificant doesn’t mean we cant collectively stop dripping. Make it the collective norm to be minimalist, make it awkward to consume in excess. Do something, but don’t pretend that we, the mass of people that are consuming things don’t directly impact the decisions of those 100 companies.
Thank God there’s people like you replying here. The defeatist stuff is crazy to me.
I door knock and work on campaign teams for leftist candidates and have seen such success it’s boggling to me that people sit back and decide they cannot do anything about it.
Legislation is needed to dissuade people from buying that shit. Guess who pays billions to make sure that legislation never gets passed?
People should stop buying food?
If it is within their means to purchase food from more sustainable sources, yes, we should stop buying products from the worst polluters.
China and the US need to drastically cut their fossil fuel CO2 emissions.
Well, the US is on a general downward trend, and China is on a general upward trend. At least China’s upward trend seems to be slowing, so hopefully they get get into a downward trend soon. But China also produces like 2x the V02 vs the US, so that’s where we should be focusing.
I’ve unfortunately reached the point of “Yup. I’m not surprised” with little other emotion. I can’t do anything about it. I eat red meat once a week, live in a city so I don’t drive and work from home. I don’t know what else I can do but I do feel exasperated. Like, how can no one who holds the power to change, care? If they don’t, how can I care anymore?
So… this isn’t to get you down or to be a contrarian, but I want to ask honestly what you’re doing to get the attention of those who hold the power to care?
Edit: in other words I don’t wanna sound like a jackass because I know you’re doing more than most, it seems.
If they aren’t paying attention to the main stream news which now is no longer pretending climate change isn’t happening, and is saying it outright is responsible, then I doubt they’ll pay attention to little old me.
Totally disagree. Check out MN and MI as examples of what happens when people are directly involved.
Corporate democrats aren’t going to make the sacrifices needed to stave off the worst of climate change, they have reelections to worry about.
We’d need to roll back so many modern comforts in order to actually make progress in making sure we don’t destroy the planet and no one is lining up to be the boogie man who takes AC away from millions.
I hate to say it, but most people will only care when climate change personally affects them, just like COVID. Until then it’s heads in the sand all around.
So… uh… why aren’t you trying to replace them with further left democrats?
Maybe it’s a dumb question to ask someone who already feels defeated, but I’ve seen it done.
It’s not really a average individual problem. It’s a corporate issue. If you tried you probably couldn’t pollute in your life what some companies do in a week.
Not that it’s not good to try to do what you can, but we need to legislate this issue.
Same, with every headline I read I feel “Yep, this is done”, I don’t have the energy to be optimistic anymore.
Some of them do care, it’s just a minority.
July : hold my beer
The hottest June so far.
Wasn’t last year record breaking too? Humanity is doing a great job! /s
We’re going to be the first species to go extinct due to stupidity. A dude the other day told me that the guy who invented the weather channel says that global warming is due to Earth’s orbit not being a perfect circle. I don’t know how to combat that level of stupid.
The first species on Earth for sure. Climate change seems more and more likely to be the great filter.
Its ironic considering we are the smartest species on earth
People think we’re smarter than dolphins because we invented skyscrapers, digital watches, and war, while all the dolphins ever do is goof off in the oceans having fun. Dolphins know they’re smarter for the same reasons.
I believe he’s talking about the axial tilt, the great procession which occurs every 25,000ish years.
You’d think science would have already figured that out right? Oh yeah, they did. A century ago.
https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2948/milankovitch-orbital-cycles-and-their-role-in-earths-climate/
Don’t TLDR, actually read it, but it basically says, “we’ve done the math, it’s definitely us.”
No, humans figured out the procession of the equinox thousands of years ago.
Species of cyanobacteria likely went extinct for similar reasons during the Oxygen Catastrophe.
My husband refuses to believe it’s real and I don’t know how to reach him.
Is Mauna Loa controversial? https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
Also this resource might be of help: https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php They collect, categorize and quantify the most popular denials, and answer them with science. The answers are available in different detail levels and languages.
I can’t thank you enough for this. I really appreciate that you took time out of your day to help direct me to useful resources he may actually take seriously.
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