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[–] Ni@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I didn't even recognise the story in the film. I did hear something about amazon making a series adaptation?

[–] Ni@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All of the climate reports for the uk suggest we will need air conditioning 10 times more and our heating will be needed less. So the future should absolutely be in air conditioning and two way heat pump systems

[–] Ni@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago

We should probably stop subdising fossil fuel companies so much by this arguement. I'd rather my tax pounds went to subsidising heat pumps than fossil fuels.

The UK government has given £20bn more in support to fossil fuel producers than those of renewables since 2015, the Guardian can reveal.

From 2020 to 2021 they received an extra £1bn support from the government compared with 2020, a 10.7% increase. For renewable energy in the same year, total support for projects increased by just £1m, or 0.01%.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/09/fossil-fuels-more-support-uk-than-renewables-since-2015

[–] Ni@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The most frustrating thing with heat pumps is how little help the government are providing. They will cost a fortune to the consumer, especially in houses that need existing heating systems altered to be compatible.

We need better grants and funding. Way better.

[–] Ni@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Hard to know what to say to these stories anymore. But one idea is:

One thing you can do is write to your MP or representative.
Here is a letter template to write to your MP if you are in the uk - you could also use the template in the US or elsewhere in the world : https://www.theclimatecoalition.org/write-to-your-mp

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Missing winter sea ice signals changes that could be a "disaster for the world", scientists say.

"Are we awakening this giant of Antarctica?" asks Prof Martin Siegert, a glaciologist at the University of Exeter. It would be "an absolute disaster for the world," he says.!

[–] Ni@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Seems like the reasoning they are going with. Really we need to make it somehow more profitable to do the right/climate focused things.

[–] Ni@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Exxon produces less than 3% of the world's daily crude demand and in May its shareholders overwhelmingly rejected calls for stronger measures to mitigate climate change.

[–] Ni@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Well yes, I wonder if they had a plan beyond the statement.

[–] Ni@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I have the same large Dutch oven and we use that and a cast iron pan for basically everything. I envy your le creuset collection we barely have space for the Dutch oven!

[–] Ni@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Nooo, can we just actually put someone useful in the position and see how that will help and improve things?

[–] Ni@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well it always is down to something like that, but how depressing. I always think, just how much money do you need?

Also if you are a great business person, why not diversify in what clearly needs to be future tech and infrastructure?

[–] Ni@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Fincher, Fassenbender, Tilda Swinton and Trent Reznor on the soundtrack. How could this be a no?

 

The oceans are a vital regulator for the climate and our weather but are rapidly heating up.

 

The oceans are a vital regulator for the climate and our weather but are rapidly heating up.

 

A series of records on temperature, ocean heat, and Antarctic sea ice are "unprecedented", some scientists say.

 

A series of records on temperature, ocean heat, and Antarctic sea ice are "unprecedented", some scientists say.

 

I don't know about you but I'm sure glad the chief exec of Shell cares about our futures....

The world's need for fossil fuels is "desperate", Shell's chief executive told the BBC.

 

Apologies if I missed one that has already been held. But I saw a member census of beehaw, which was really interesting. I'm not suggesting gathering of any personally identifying info, but more generally getting a sense of who is here on kbin.

 

We seem to be breaking new records constantly at the moment.

Scientists found evidence that climate change made the warmer weather last month more likely.

 

I keep this one on hand for discussions with people who say “but the climate has always varied”. Rate of change is a thing.

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I may be being stupid here but is there a way to click on an article/post and cross post it to another relevant group/magazine? I'd rather not have to copy and paste it all, it would help with community visibility if you could cross post from smaller communities to larger ones.

Edit: editted post title to add 'in kbin' for clarity

 

European researchers said Thursday that the the start of June saw global surface air temperatures rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time. That is the limit governments said they would try to limit global warming to at a 2015 summit in Paris.

 

European researchers said Thursday that the the start of June saw global surface air temperatures rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time. That is the limit governments said they would try to limit global warming to at a 2015 summit in Paris.

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