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SGGeorwell@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 days ago

We don’t have room in the carbon budget for a world war.

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We don’t have room in the carbon budget for a world war.

SGGeorwell@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 days ago
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  • RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world
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    We were never gonna get the carbon thing under control.

    • db2@lemmy.world
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      Not while we still allow psychopaths to be in control.

      • MrKoyun@lemmy.world
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        Not while we still allow them to be alive.

    • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@lemmy.world
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      Correct. Oligarchs are responsible for the murder of billions of humans. Absurd, disgusting, shameful… yet, wholly predictable.

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    We don’t have the room for AI either and that’s not stopping anyone.

    • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.world
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      Oh look we get both!

  • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Hear me out. Depending on how massive the war is it could actually help on the long term.

    At the end of the day less people equals less pollution.

    • Mangoholic@lemmy.ml
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      Yes but just very few people make up the majority of pollution.

  • pedz@lemmy.ca
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    Just for fun, look up how much the US army pollutes.

  • ZephyrXero@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    We’ll combat global warming with nuclear winter! 🙃

    • SGGeorwell@lemmy.worldOP
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      Throw another hotdog on the uranium! It’s almost time for The President’s Daily Truthcast.

  • Atomic@sh.itjust.works
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    I have a feeling that the carbon budget is going to be the least of our concerns soon.

  • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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    Blowing up oil production could be argued as carbon negative.

    • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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      No. Complete opposite. Not just full emissions from the buring oil, but replacement oil “needs” to be dug up.

    • Jännät@sopuli.xyz
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      Wells burn for a long time

  • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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    yeah but what about out cabron budget?

    • some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world
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      There’s always room in the budget for one more cabrón

      • TronBronson@lemmy.world
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        Te Debo una cabrón

    • yermaw@sh.itjust.works
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      I think the red hot chili peppers blew through that in 2002

  • ImmersiveMatthew@sh.itjust.works
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    100% agree, but the worst side of the human condition is in control and they want to burn baby burn it all down.

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    Reducing population goes a long way towards helping though. It all depends on just how apocalyptic the world war is

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      Presumably the impact would be greatest if the population in areas with highest per capita usage were reduced first, right?

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    What room is there for anything with a negative budget?

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      Well, you see, it works like money. You go over budget and plan to pay later. Then, when you go beyond what you expected to borrow, you change the debt ceiling and borrow more. And then when you are beyond your ability to pay off the debt, you change the rules such that you can take a few extra decades. Keep doing this until you have kicked the can down the road beyond your anticipated lifespan. And then your grandchildren can just get fucked for all you care.

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    deleted by creator

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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    No problem! Let’s craft a new Accord! They’re fun!

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    Orrr, keep up with me on the optimism, it would be like post WWII in which the pendulum will swing the other way.

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      Oh god no…you’re suggesting ANOTHER round of boomers??? THATS the reward for all this suffering??? We haven’t even gotten rid of all the old boomers yet!

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    Unless… Thanos snapping

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      yeah the spike during ww3 would be bad but the new great depression would do wonders before ww4

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        WW4? I like your spunky optimism.

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