David Ho

We’re wasting the remaining carbon budget on war and AI.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/18/only-two-years-left-of-world-carbon-budget-to-meet-15c-target-scientists-warn-climate-crisis?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu

Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn

Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human suffering

The Guardian
Jun 19 at 9:45pmWeb
Show threadPalmAndNeedleJun 19
@davidho I mean, that is one way of answering humanities big remaining questions with AI. Nobody said that we'd like the answers 
Show threadEd WiebeJun 19
@davidho I think it's funny to imagine we wouldn't have wasted it in all the other ways people refuse to stop burning the stuff.
Show threadKaiJun 19
@davidho „we“ are?
Show threadJenicaJun 20
@davidho this is why the regime fired or cut funding from American Science, to keep us from learning the ways the Earth needs our cooperation to keep us alive.
Show threadTormodJun 20

@davidho

We have already seen 2024 measuring more than 1.5° C above the baseline. January of this year was measured at 1.75° C above (according to Wikipedia). Leadership in every major economy have not taken ANY action that is significant enough to make a dent in the STILL RISING emissions globally. ...and yes, more war.

So, sure - theoretically there might be a tiny window left of the "carbon budget", but how confident do we feel about this scenario turning into reality?

A non-zero possibility that is extremely close to zero is, for all practical discussions, equal to zero.

Show threadEragonJun 21
@davidho two years? nah they'll find a way to burn that in one year.
Show threadSusan VilleJun 21
@davidho True