Why has the world started to mine coal again?
https://lemmy.ml/post/4373489
Why has the world started to mine coal again? - Lemmy
With climate change looming, it seems so completely backwards to go back to
using it again. Is it coal miners pushing to keep their jobs? Fear of nuclear
power? Is purely politically motivated, or are there genuinely people who
believe coal is clean?
I don’t think we ever stopped mining it
Yes, the correct answer is that “net zero” Is a greenwashed lie to placate the masses into inaction while the oligarchy continues business as usual until collapse.
medium.com/…/the-busy-workers-handbook-to-the-apo…
The Busy Worker’s Handbook to the Apocalypse
***Update: Part 2 is now published: The Doomer Manifesto.
I thought net zero meant there was no net co2 being emitted at any time? This is saying countries can claim net zero by just promising to remove co2 in the future. I’ve never seen it used that way, is that the common understanding?
The way people get to net zero is stupid accounting tricks. I burned a whole bunch of coal, but i paid a buddy of mine to plant trees. So now Im celebrating net zero with my buddy in his brand new tesla roadster. Who knew planting trees was so lucrative.
So we need good regulation to make sure the carbon is being sequestered. If planting trees and then burying them actually gets carbon permanently out of the atmosphere, I’m all for it. I would love planting trees to be lucrative, we could use more forests, they’re great!
No one is actually bury trees. What happens is that after the contract ends they just cut down the trees, release the carbon and start again.
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