cars are getting bigger and heavier, and the absolute distance driven in those cars is increasing, too.
All this together means gains in the efficiency get swamped by more cars, bigger and driven more often. It is like trying to brush a flood back uphill with a broom: yes, you’re probably doing something, but truly, you are missing the big picture.
#15MinuteNeighbourhoodsShouldNeverBeBombed

#MalAdaptationWillKill

#DisplacedAndStarvingPeopleAroundTheRedSeaProtectCarbonBombShippingLanes

https://ketanjoshi.co/2024/02/17/car-companies-are-wrecking-climate-efforts-to-make-money/

#AcceleratingKeelingCurve #MalAdaptationWillKill

From: @RSMacKinnon
https://mstdn.ca/@RSMacKinnon/111700137787637785

https://www.levernews.com/build-back-b-s/

If #deregulation is #TFG’s swamp, challenged by environmental groups in the courts, #SelfRegulation by the #FreeMarket is #GenocideJoe’s mantra that escapes scrutiny: The current U.S. environmental certification system for manufactured goods is based on private third-party audits and self-regulation — just like the British building materials fire safety certificate system in the lead-up to the Grenfell fire. the deadliest building accidents in the 21st century.

#GreenConsumption #MalAdaptationWillKill #CrashesArntAccidents

#BidenIsComplicit

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-02/us-pledges-3-billion-for-climate-aid-to-poor-countries-at-cop28

Meanwhile in science:

Nature, Nov 3, 2023- Rich Nations Fall Short

“poor countries could need between $215 billion and $387 billion “per year” for adaptation efforts “this decade.””

#MalAdaptationWillKill #COP28BlahBlahBlah