Mark FischerMar 9
Randahl Fink

Just what the climate needed — setting Tehran's oil storage facilities on fire.

I am standing in my kitchen, sorting the trash into four different containers, because my country wants the planet to survive; meanwhile Trump and Putin have decided that the planet will not be needed after they are gone.

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Show threadlbcp 🦖 Mar 8
@randahl That looks like straight out of a disaster movie.
Show threadMartin SeegerMar 8
@randahl Literally torching the planet 😭
Show threadxaxatMar 8
@randahl More details here https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/post/3mgkuvm2y2s2a
Nathan Kalman-Lamb (@nkalamb.bsky.social)

Dropsite reports “Black rain” + “nuclear winter” caused by Israeli strikes on oil depots in Tehran - chemicals are producing acidic precipitation that causes skin burns + severe lung damage on contact - the rain is corrosive + could damage structures - heavy metals leaking into soil/water systems [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Show threadChristian GudrianMar 8
@randahl I will recall this footage every single time I'm peeling the cardboard off the yogurt cup.
Show threadRandahl FinkMar 8
@cgudrian it looks like all the CO2 saved by Europeans biking to work every year, going up in smoke in a few hours.
Show threadMidgePhotoMar 9
@randahl @cgudrian a good job we saved it, or it would be twice as bad ;)
It isn't the best nudge toward reducing oil use, but it may even be more effective than the nicer ones.
Show threadMastarmiMar 8
@cgudrian @randahl sad but true.
Show threadHolyCrapMar 8

Enough with all this mess! Trump, Putin and Netanyahu must be brought to The Hague. Regardless of whether they acknowledge the International Court of Justice or not.

@randahl

Show threadRasmus LindegaardMar 8

@randahl in 5-10 years in other words. Fuckers.

Since they are so fond of oil they should be encouraged to drink their fill.

Show threadTheOcarinaOfPrimeMar 8
@randahl looks like Hegseth was serious about bringing about Armageddon.
Show threadTea time.Mar 8
@randahl Dante's most vivid fever dream pales in insignificance.
Show threadSu_GMar 8

@randahl
The contrast could not be any more acute & I hate to think how far the consequences will spread. 🤔
Words fail. Can hardly comprehend this… areal Armageddon 😭

#Armegeddon #USPol #Iran #MiddleEast #consequences #reconnectingconsequencesToCauses

Show threadAndyMar 8
@randahl I was thinking exactly the same thing about the pollution today. Trump talks about a war they’re winning, when in reality we’re all losing.
Show threadFreyja (Freja) Goddess of love and beautyMar 8
@randahl Just what the climate needed — setting Tehran's oil storage facilities on fire.You know that climate is a hoax ​​ it's just a scam to get you money. Drill baby Drill 🛢 .... ​​ ​​
Show threadLinda Rose SmitMar 8
@randahl yep. But keep fighting the good fight. Never give up.
Show threadGeorge Liquor, AmericanMar 8
@randahl It's what God demands !
Show threadHacker Mar 8
@randahl There's no room for optimism. These autocrats will destroy our habitat in a few years and the survivors will fight for the scraps.
Show threadBenMar 8
@randahl Seeing those pictures makes me want to build wind turbines and solar panels even harder. It makes sense environmentally (see THIS video), economically (cheap) and strategically (decentralized, fewer problematic dependencies).
Show threadmaterializing variationsMar 8
@randahl No better way to get funding to SpaceX for off-planet colonization than making this one uninhabitable
Show threadmike805Mar 9
@catscatscats @randahl If Elon Musk wants to go to Mars, he should bring Zuckerberg, Bezos, Gates, George Soros, the Koches, and the entire British Royal Family. They can finally have their own planet.
Show threadmaterializing variationsMar 9
@mike805 @randahl If we're making a list, there's a set of government files with a bunch of names I'd like to add
Show threadmike805Mar 9
@catscatscats @randahl They can go on the second boat. Billionaires first. There is land to grab!
Show threadmaterializing variationsMar 9
@mike805 @randahl brb, drafting a bill to require that it be done on horseback using tiny flags.
Show threadRuston🇨🇦Mar 8
@randahl Looking forward to the gas stations shutting down because they are out of fuel. The US should be held accountable for these actions.
Show threadPinchy63 🇨🇦Mar 8
@randahl
I read a story today that the blue whales have stopped singing. The oceans are in collapse. We are past the tipping point and this isn’t going to help. https://www.greenmatters.com/news/why-have-the-whales-gone-silent
Silence of the Whales — The Scary Reason Blue Whales Have Gone Silent in the Pacific Ocean

Why have the whales gone silent off the California coast? Researchers they they have discovered the sad reason the whales stopped singing.

Green Matters
Show threada.k.a. low-profileMar 8
@randahl This will burn for months. Hell. Fire. Damnation.
Show threadxs4me2Mar 8

@randahl

Highly worrying indeed. The geopolitical balance of power in the hands of a two of the biggest psychopaths the 21st century has seen (up to now that is...).

Show threadSoftspeakMar 8
@randahl
Do you see it?
Do you really see what is actually is happening here, friend?
Show threadGradientDescentMar 8

@randahl And the moment you point out the attrocities you get people saying "yeah, war is horrific, what did you expect?". Well, I expected a war to be voted on. I expected "representatives" to fix, and not enflame, the domestic issues they touted throughout the election cycle before enrolling in another foreign conflict. And I expected them to not be using it all as a diversionary tactic to cover up the highest profile pedophile in all of human history.

I EXPECT TO NOT FUCKING BE THERE

Show threadHeatherMar 8
@randahl
Show threadHelgaMar 8

@randahl this is so deeply, deeply depressing. On top of the terrible loss of human life, now this, which may well be the final straw.

I think I've moved from climate anxiety to deep climate grief. I saw a clip where a speaker said that this is the only period in history where we mourn in advance. Even when we see something beautiful, we know it's all ending.

Show threadSu_GMar 9

@bluetea
Poignant. 😢

@randahl

Show threadLivMar 8
@randahl according to axios, this attack on Iranian oil facilities was carried out unilaterally by Israel without American approval. Apparently they are now mad about it.
Show threadSu_GMar 9
@livaline
Apparently…
@randahl
Show threadSolithaMar 9

@Su_G It makes sense. Venezuela is the nation with the biggest proven oil reserves.

Saudi Arabia is second, but they've been throwing money at Trump.

Iran is third.

Israel may be destroying the reason Trump got in on this.

@livaline @randahl

Show threadS★m V★rm★Mar 9
@randahl Thucydides - the strong will do as they will, the weak will suffer as they must
Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Mar 9
@randahl This should be a crime against humanity.
Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShellMar 9

@randahl

The religious nut cases, the fanatics like Pete Hegseth want the end of the world they believe they are going to be yanked into heaven while this sort of shit happens

Everybody needs to remind them that the rapture already happened. They’re stuck here with the rest of us. Just tell them that with perfect conviction.

Show threadSu_GMar 9

@GhostOnTheHalfShell
That’s #Kegsworth - the guy who believes that kicking them when they’re down makes him a hero. 😐 Nasty piece of work.
Same as one of the 2 ultra RWNJ (Right Wing Nut Job)s in the current Israeli Knesset - I’ve seen video of that guy rushing in to kick a guy who’d been beaten to the ground by a group… he let the group do the dirty work then rushed in to have a safe kick; had a look on his face - sexual. Another nasty piece of work. Love match for Kegsucks.

#USPol USMilitary #Kegsworth #Kegsucks #RWNJ #coward

@randahl

Show threadSozanMar 9
@randahl my thoughts.
Show threadMartinMar 9
@ml @randahl If leaders want to go to war, then they should be on the front line and be one of the first struck down. It would definitely stop this nonsense.
Show threadmike805Mar 9
@mcourcel @ml @randahl That is the only good thing about nuclear weapons. It puts the leaders back on the battlefield. And THAT is why they are so obsessed with "nuclear nonproliferation."
Show threadatopoeia-oMar 9
@randahl There is no easy path, no matter who is in charge, over the next 20 years. The world is simply getting bigger again.
Show threadAlbert O.Mar 9
@randahl yeah my thoughts along all wars... So much of everything wasted.
Show thread@iveylineMar 9
@randahl Both well past their use by date.
Show threadGabriel H. NunesMar 9
@randahl
We have to find a way to block pathological narcissists from positions of power, both political ( #Trump, #Netanyahu ) and economical ( #Musk ).
Show threadOsma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦Mar 9
It's a local humanitarian disaster and will destroy a lot of fragile mountain and desert habitat, but as far as global climate is concerned, all that oil was going to be burned anyway, because it already had been extracted.
@randahl
Show threadKarl Heinz HäsliprinzMar 9
@randahl All that oil was going to be burned either way. Doesn't change the amount of CO2 if ot burns open or in an engine.
The attacks on the production facilities (refineries, pumps) on the other hand are probably the single most effective climate action ever.
Show threadobscurestarMar 9

@KarlHeinzHasliP @randahl Well axshually, it does.

Burning the refined product under compression is much cleaner than a black smokey partial-burn mess like this. It's much worse.

Show threadKarl Heinz HäsliprinzMar 9
@obscurestar @randahl I explicitly talked about the climate effect / CO2. It's temporarily worse for local air pollution, after a few weeks when the particles settled, no difference.
The mass balance on atmospheric vs. bound carbon is as good as identical.
Show threadobscurestar6d ago

@KarlHeinzHasliP @randahl Weird, I thought I handled your dumb whataboutism, but I guess not.

Simply put, distribution matters more than a total. You're saying that falling off a bicycle and being shot are the same. The concentration of energy matters.

The plumes from this fire are throwing that stuff into the stratosphere where it will ionize and become greenhouse gas more readily than a slow release at ground level that can be somewhat absorbed.

Show threadKarl Heinz Häsliprinz6d ago
@obscurestar You need to work on your reading and climate science. CO2 is for centauries, black carbon for weeks. Black carbon has a warming effect in lower atmosphere and a cooling effect in high atmosphere. My post is explicitly about CO2. CO2 is the relevant greenhouse gas for climate (i.e. the average over multiple years), black carbon and even ionized SO4 only have short term effects that wear off after a year or two. Distribution is entirely irrelevant for long term climate effects (and yes, climate is by definition long term). Maybe your confusing climate effect with Ozon layer effect? There has been a lot of propaganda out there conflating the two.
Show threadobscurestar5d ago

@KarlHeinzHasliP Yeah, you're right. I'm not trying to downplay the damage by saying, "Oh, only in this ONE global metric it's exactly the same, ignore the rest."

A spike of that size can long term damage the local eco systems. It's far worse of the people there than the amortized global cost.

Are you just trying to say, 'fuck em, whatever happens locally has no consequence for meeeee!', because that's what it sounds like.

Go support Trump on someone else's feed.

Show threadKarl Heinz Häsliprinz5d ago
@obscurestar ... you've chosen to put this into your own feed by playing reply guy and whatabouting about local effects in a thread about climate effects... So go ahead and hit the block button yourself if that makes you feel better.
Else, rest assured, I wish death to America and its Epstein class oiligarchs as much as the Iranians.
It's just that... All oil burning is contributing to the atmospheric weapon of mass destruction, there is no such thing as clean fossil fuels, and never will be. Pretending it's only bad for climate when somebody you don't like is responsible and the immediate side effects are visible and then pivoting to the (also fairly universal, whenever things go wrong in the industry) terrible toxic effects of fossil burning on locals normalizes the continued everyday fossil fuel madness. Multiple things can be bad at the same time and this persona of mine supports clarity on why something is bad. And while war usually is very bad for the climate this one might be a net positive on that front, assuming the pumps and refineries destroyed across the region are not rebuilt immediately & the ultra fossil fuel dependend US military gear proves to be useless for winning... Who knows, maybe the dying empire does pivot to electrowarfare eventually. Unfortunately the time has passed where peaceful and democratic deconstruction of fossil infrastructure was a viable way to climate stability.
Show threadDjembro, RO, supports 🇺🇦🇬🇪Mar 9

@randahl

I did some research on how the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Putin even though Russia is not a State Party. The answer gives me hope that Trump and Hegseth could still be prosecuted in the ICC even though the USA is not a State Party.

The arrest warrant for Putin came about because Ukraine, although not yet a fully-fledged State Party, accepted the jurisdiction of the ICC. That was enough.

So, I can envision a collection of State Parties and other states accepting the jurisdiction of the ICC making the case that the USA’s war on Iran has been such a scientifically provable disaster for the environment that it amounts to a crime against humanity.

Show threadDjembro, RO, supports 🇺🇦🇬🇪Mar 9

@randahl

PS: Thanks for sorting your trash.
🙏🌍❤️

Show threadDavid RungeMar 9

@randahl time for "Lessons of Darkness" (again) 🫠😩

https://imdb.com/title/tt0104706/

Show threadK_L_CooperMar 10
@randahl
😠😠😠😠😠😠
Show threadApollo3zehnMar 10

@randahl Last year Ukraine / Russia looked every few days like this. What happens in Iran is not nearly comparable what für years of war in Ukraine have caused. Only the media coverage is worse compared to the war in Iran. Relentless Russian attacks on Ukraine forced them to attacks most oft Russias oil refinieries and oil depots.

Here is the bingo board of Russian oil refiniery attacks:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1nnj25z/updated_refinery_bingo_with_dated_strikes/