Pierre Friedlingstein: There are no “magical climate solutions” | Nothing matters more than ending fossil fuel consumption, says one of the world's leading climate scientists.
Pierre Friedlingstein: There are no “magical climate solutions” | Nothing matters more than ending fossil fuel consumption, says one of the world's leading climate scientists.
Nothing matters more than ending fossil fuel consumption, says one of the world's leading climate scientists.
Oil is one of the greatest natural resources we have just for the things we can make from it. The equipment and devices that make up our modern lives depend on oil fof their manufacturing. It should be a crime to burn such a critically important resource.
The fossil fuels industry is going to be a bit disappointed that we also need to phase out most plastics.
Modern life doesn't seem like the problem to you?
I'm sure the message will really hit home at COP28, Dubai.
Ah yes, the climate conference that's headed by a Saudi oil company boss.
https://theintercept.com/2023/10/25/cop28-uae-oil-climate-sultan-al-jaber/
Why do I still have doubts?
I feel like we're at a point where talking about climate is pretty much useless, as nothing ever radical is going to be done even if the worlds leading scientists start talking about it non-stop, assuming nothing changes in how governments/society functions.
For anything to happen, the left has to wake up worldwide and organize some worldwide radical effort rather than what's happening right now, with climate change talk brushed aside or having some exploitable program that barely does anything.
Nothing will ever be done
oh stuff is definitely being done, like building new fossil fuel export hubs!. There's a nice little loophole where exports aren't counted as emissions so we are going to massively increase that while trying to pretend we are cutting down ourselves. profit is the only thing that matters to those in power.
Fix the zoning code! If you want to fix fossil fuel consumption, you have to fix car dependency. If you want to fix car dependency, you have to allow denser development so that things can be close enough for people to walk or bike.
Honestly ebikes are about the biggest miracle cure.
A super flu that wipes out humanity would be an overnight miracle cure for the entire planet, no?
People are looking at ways to stabilize things without killing off humanity
Does anyone know the break down of how we use fossil fuels? What would have the biggest impact on that, and what’s the government doing to support those changes now?
We have rough breakdowns of greenhouse gas emissions, like this, for 2015
What we need to do:
- Generate electricity without burning stuff
- Electrify everything we can
- stop doing the things we can't
The IPCC has a bunch more detail on what parts need doing immediately
How much is being done and in which sectors varies greatly by country.