Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industrial levels

Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by enragedcacti on Monday June 06, 2022 @10:20AM (#31640836)

From my perspective this sounds like a great story with very little evidence to back it up. Look to South Texas as a counter example. There is a high percentage of immigrants, a high risk of disastrous impacts from climate change, and massively higher support for government intervention than other parts of the region, some counties even beating out Austin.

Looking at the maps it seems much more likely that the obvious thing is true, this is an issue driven almost entirely by political identity with a side helping of how badly you might actually feel the effects.

I get that a grand narrative of people pulling together feels nice, but if it isn't true its just a waste of time.

https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/visualizations-data/yc...

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Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by anonymouse008 on Monday June 06, 2022 @10:43AM (#31641130)

It sounds like you haven't seen this experience first hand, that's ok. The lack of direct experience doesn't make my first hand accounts of repeated experience a grand narrative that isn't true though.

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Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by enragedcacti on Monday June 06, 2022 @11:23AM (#31641660)

> The lack of direct experience doesn't make my first hand accounts of repeated experience a grand narrative that isn't true though.

Of course not, but anecdotal evidence contradicting empirical evidence without a convincing explanation is usually a pretty good sign.

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Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by anonymouse008 on Monday June 06, 2022 @11:29AM (#31641734)

Predictive value: usually a pretty good sign

Willing to wager something meaningful on that? ;D!

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