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Thanks for the info, I didnt see too many Videos of Hossenfelder yet, but the ones I saw I found quite good.

In physics she doesn't always support a mainstream idea, like she's rejecting the theory of dark matter, which I find an interesting position.

I haven't had the impression that she does videos without research.

Anyway, as always and everywhere in life it is never good to rely on a single source. There are some differences in what scientists believe and I find it interesting to hear any side of a civil discussion.

There are still uncertainties in climate science, so maybe it's sometimes good to not only look at the most likely outcomes, especially when a lot of lives depend on the outcome.

That said, thank you very much for you suggestion, I will have a look! The only current climate scientist I follow on Youtube is ClimateAdam. And then some old videos of Carl Sagan at times.

Edit: forgot also Simon Clark

Very good article. I've seen the video from Sabine Hossenfelder rencently, which is under attack in this video. She cautioned to not ignore the hot models, which are currently percepted as unreliable.

Still, I recommend watching Sabine Hossenfelder if you are interested in simple physics explanations, she has a great Youtube channel.

Sabine Hossenfelder is a theoretical quantum physicist and does mostly videos related to her field. She also does some climate videos and I don't doubt her ability to interpret the numbers. Fun fact, she also does some physics related 80's style music.

James Hansen is also critisized in this article for his controversial predictions, which we shouldn't take lightly. It's not like we've got a second chance.

I liked the conclusion a lot, that we shouldn't get distracted by controversies in the details and that it practically makes little difference if the future is very deadly or extremely deadly.

Edit a few months later: I don't recommend watching Dabine Hossenfelder to get news about the climate anymore. I've seen some more videos of her now and while they aren't bad, they seem to miss important points sometimes and also she sometimes advocates weird things. Just take her climate videos with a salt of grain, maybe.

When scientists get fed up (understandably), that they were ignored all life long and still many don't believe them today:

“We are now in the process of moving into the 1.5C world,” Hansen told the Guardian. “You can bet $100 to a donut on this and be sure of getting a free donut, if you can find a sucker willing to take the bet.”

“Passing through the 1.5C world is a significant milestone because it shows that the story being told by the United Nations, with the acquiescence of its scientific advisory body, the IPCC, is a load of bullshit,” Hansen said.

I want to know this as well. This is the only reason why I often switch between browser feddit and Boost.

This is true for older technologies.

Like combustion as you said, we used it a lot and pretty much designed it the best we can with the materials we know and have. But there will be completely new technologies opening up, like maybe fusion. Or solar we know already since a while but made major improvements the last decade and will probably improve it even more.

I was more thinking about how we had this technology rush. I think it is mostly due to the use of fossil fuels and therefore "incredible cheap" energy which also led to humans reproduce a lot. (incredible cheap in quotation marks, because we will probably have to pay the real price which is environmental damage and a modified atmosphere)

When you have a world with 3 times (random number based on nothing) more people you also have 3 times more great artists, scientists, etc. Of course only, if society stays more or less the same. Imagine how many great works we could have if the majority of great minds wasn't preoccupied paying for food and a place to stay like in a hamster wheel.

I think that's true for only a planet with indefinite resources. We haven't really hit many caps yet, but I believe things will start to slow down within a lifetime.

I'm somewhat disappointed at all this "my way is the right way".

There is still a large portion of climate deniers out there. There is still an extremely powerful, rich minority that simply doesn't care.

But no, people who are optimistically worried about climate change tell people that have a pessimistic picture of humanity that they are wrong.

Mike Patton has the most versatile voice and music styles from all artists I know. In this song he sounds a little like Axl Rose. In others he growls the wildest metal and after that he sings operetta.

These diverse genre styles mixed with an incredible tone range owned by a hard working dude, singing with many bands and at the same time not being afraid of testing borders and being experimental, is something very unique.

I actually think Mike Patton's work is underrated.

First paragraph:

Global efforts to slow a runaway climate catastrophe may have reached a critical milestone in the last year with the peak of global carbon emissions from energy use, according to experts.

A day earlier also in The Guardian:

World will look back at 2023 as year humanity exposed its inability to tackle climate crisis, scientists say

Doesn't feel like optimism to me when we merely stop accelerating the whole mess. That's the most easy part, I believe.

Maybe there is something broken with the charger and the computer's battery just completely dead.

I hope I just had bad experience, but I have the aqua with backlight. About 2 years in, the display got terrible; hardly any contrast, especially in the edges. About 3 years in, the rubber buttons just crumbled away; so no more waterproof.

Can't read anyways anymore, the contrast by now is like egg white on snow white. Didn't mistreat, it was always stored dry and in no direct sunlight.

Humans existed for several hundred thousand years. We went from gatherers and hunters to farmers, developed technology, had countless revolutions. In the 21 century we praise ourselves for being democrats, believe in the rule of law, we are pro human rights. We left the dark ages behind us, we believe.

In reality human lives, especially when poor and weak, are still treated as they were worth less than some paper that we colored.

Hugh Thompson Jr.

During the massacre, Thompson and his Hiller OH-23 Raven crew, Glenn Andreotta and Lawrence Colburn, stopped a number of killings by threatening and blocking American officers and enlisted soldiers of Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division. Additionally, Thompson and his crew saved a number of Vietnamese civilians by personally escorting them away from advancing United States Army ground units and assuring their evacuation by air. Thompson reported the atrocities by radio several times while at Sơn Mỹ. Although these reports reached Task Force Barker operational headquarters, nothing was done to stop the massacre. After evacuating a child to a Quảng Ngãi hospital, Thompson angrily reported to his superiors at Task Force Barker headquarters that a massacre was occurring at Sơn Mỹ. Immediately following Thompson's report, Lieutenant Colonel Frank A. Barker ordered all ground units in Sơn Mỹ to cease search and destroy operations in the village.

In 1970, Thompson testified against those responsible for the Mỹ Lai Massacre. Twenty-six officers and enlisted soldiers, including William Calley and Ernest Medina, were charged with criminal offenses, but all were either acquitted or pardoned. Thompson was condemned and ostracized by many individuals in the United States military and government, as well as the public, for his role in the investigations and trials concerning the Mỹ Lai massacre. As a direct result of what he experienced, Thompson experienced posttraumatic stress disorder, alcoholism, divorce, and severe nightmare disorder. Despite the adversity he faced, he remained in the United States Army until November 1, 1983, then continued to make a living as a helicopter pilot in the Southeastern United States.

But maybe, maybe - tiny maybe - they act if they get told at COP29. Or COP30. Or COP31. Or a later COP.

I'd actually lean back in big relief if it's just 1.5 °C by 2100!

The interesting question is now: can you reel 'em in?

Looks more like a dildo shooting gun to me.

And isn't it so, that the current climate effects we see today are from released greenhouse gases 20 or 30 years ago because of some inertia?

And when they're moving, they're highly inefficient as well. With a displacement ship hull designed to part the water their top speed is limited by their own length. A ship cannot overtake its own bow wake and with a length of let's say 70 meters you end up at a top speed of about 20 knots. Which isn't slow, but also not that much faster than cargo or passenger transport (maybe going 10 to 15 knots).

While a cargo ship is mostly longer and could theoretically sail faster, it is designed to be economical. It gets an engine that is most efficient at a certain speed, for example 12 knots at ahead standard, the propeller is cut for efficiency etc.

A yacht is designed to be comfortable and fast. It gets powerful engines that combust however much they need to combust. The propeller may be designed to produce less noise or vibration instead of being most fuel efficient.

"...instead we want a death certificate for the whole world, everything else would just not be fair!" /s