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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I think work from home and also the adoption of the 4 day work week will be critical to tackling the climate crisis

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months 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

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months 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

[–] [email protected] 44 points 11 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months 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.!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (6 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

It's true, but also quite damning of our whole political system. I just think we're well past the point of party politics with this issue, it all needs putting aside and we need to see real change.

 

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.

 

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.

 

What has everyone got for their dad's, who are usually particularly hard to buy for?

Also, to add a caveat, totally fine to have a complicated relationship with your dad. If this is the case, please be kind to yourself and ignore this post!

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