‘Something weird is going on’: Antarctic sea ice stays at historic lows

Re:‘Something weird is going on’: Antarctic sea ice stays at... by myshpa on Saturday July 29, 2023 @09:13AM (#36919972)

We should use fossil fuels to transition away from fossil fuels asap.

And stop using them for things we don't need.

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Re:‘Something weird is going on’: Antarctic sea ice stays at... by BasedAnon on Saturday July 29, 2023 @10:49AM (#36920838)

So that people in poorer countries can use more of them in our place to industrialize and then join everyone else in the gangrape of our environment!

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Re:‘Something weird is going on’: Antarctic sea ice stays at... by myshpa on Saturday July 29, 2023 @10:57AM (#36920900)

https://i.imgur.com/LaEFQmV.png

Source:

https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10...

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Re:‘Something weird is going on’: Antarctic sea ice stays at... by BasedAnon on Saturday July 29, 2023 @12:10PM (#36921615)

What does this have to do with my point, I clearly said they would industrialize

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Re:‘Something weird is going on’: Antarctic sea ice stays at... by myshpa on Saturday July 29, 2023 @12:13PM (#36921652)

We could go down a lot, and let them come up a bit higher, so that the change would be still climate positive.

Or have I misunderstood your comment?

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Re:‘Something weird is going on’: Antarctic sea ice stays at... by BasedAnon on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:01PM (#36922816)

We don't have the ability to go down alot without killing alot of people, and if they come up it will not be possible to limit it because game theory

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Re:‘Something weird is going on’: Antarctic sea ice stays at... by myshpa on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:27PM (#36923050)

Sure we have.

Use less fossil fuels != kill a lot of people :) Not in the western countries, which waste them left and right.

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Re:‘Something weird is going on’: Antarctic sea ice stays at... by danny_codes on Monday July 31, 2023 @10:16PM (#36951549)

But this won't happen.

Fossil fuels are the cheapest energy source because of they are already established (economy of scale) and are subsidized heavily. In a world were all major economies have shifted to nuclear power, solar power, and wind power, that will no longer be the case. It will be cheaper for developing countries to use green tech.

Also, once the powerful countries have moved off fossil-fuels, we'll hypocritically force poor countries not to use them anyway. Come now, be reasonable.

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