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silence7 ( silence7@slrpnk.net ) M to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago

The UK is building an alarm system for climate tipping points

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The UK is building an alarm system for climate tipping points

www.technologyreview.com

silence7 ( silence7@slrpnk.net ) M to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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The Advanced Research and Invention Agency is providing £81 million to get scientific teams looking for telltale signs of spiraling climate shifts.

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  • Asetru ( Asetru@feddit.org ) 
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    Here’s my prognosis on how this will turn out…

    System: 🚨

    Humans: 🤷

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    Does this mean we’re at the “We know it’s happening and climate change is real but we still need to prioritize stockholders money over peoples lives” stage and we’re done with “Climate change isn’t real you stupid hippie”?

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      No, it’s to give the illusion that something is being done.

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        :(

  • myster0n ( myster0n@feddit.nl ) 
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    These days, how many people react when a car alarm goes off? Other than “Can somebody stop that alarm?”

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    If only we could spend that 81 million on sustainable energy expansion or something. We don’t need an alarm to tell us when we’re fucked because we already know we’re on the verge of fucked

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    Lol captain hindsight got some funding

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    A surge in new oil and gas production in 2024 threatens to unleash nearly 12bn tonnes of planet-heating emissions, with the world’s wealthiest countries – such as the US and the UK – leading a stampede of fossil fuel expansion in spite of their climate commitments, new data shared exclusively with the Guardian reveals.

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/24/new-oil-gas-emission-data-us-uk

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