Mastodawn

Europe had at least 30 years to prepare for this (if I’m generous), really it’s more like 50+.

Politics, leaders and society failed.

Like in Austria (where I’m from) they’re not closing schools despite it reaching up to 40°C indoors because they don’t have any law for this case.

Torturing children and teachers instead of finally acknowledging that there’s an ongoing deadly emergency.

Pretending that everything is fine instead of finally acting to protect life.

A true boiling frog experiment.

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Beggar Midas 4d ago

@thomasfuchs It must not be that desperate if green activists are still deadset against carbon capture startups. Get back with us when your care for the environment finally exceeds your need to extract a pound of flesh from big oil.

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CohenTheBlue

@Beggarmidas @thomasfuchs Have you looked at any results of carbon capture technology other than forests EDIT: and algae farms?

No results worth mentioning, it's mostly greenwashing. Quantitatively, carbon capture doesn't make sense, at least not more than stopping deforestation and using algae + kelp.

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mathew 4d ago

@cohentheblue @Beggarmidas @thomasfuchs This article from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists talks about what would be needed for significant direct air carbon capture, and it's not good:
https://thebulletin.org/2023/12/direct-air-capture-an-expensive-dangerous-distraction-from-real-climate-solutions/

Direct air capture: An expensive, dangerous distraction from real climate solutions

Separating carbon dioxide from air, while technically straightforward, is outrageously expensive.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists