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Environment & Energy

OKIsItJustMe

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8. I know how you feel

Reply to Old Crank (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 11, 2024, 12:32 PM

Dec 11

I do my very best to conserve. I fret about an “unnecessary” 10 miles of driving. Then I hear about friends, relatives, acquaintances literally flying all over the globe.

I don’t believe anyone who is alive will “be around to see the worst."

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Stanford University: AI predicts Earth's peak warming [View all] OKIsItJustMe Dec 11 OP

AI predicts that most of the world will see temperatures rise to 3C much faster than previously expected OKIsItJustMe Dec 11 #1

This is more in line with what I was expecting to see Mike 03 Dec 11 #6

Well, it was good knowing you guys. RandySF Dec 11 #2

Plenty of time to say goodbye OKIsItJustMe Dec 11 #3

Maybe...maybe not -misanthroptimist Dec 11 #7

There's another indirect threat OKIsItJustMe Dec 11 #10

I think nuclear war is probable -misanthroptimist Dec 11 #11

From: Water, ice, society, and ecosystems in the Hindu Kush Himalaya OKIsItJustMe Dec 11 #12

Thanks for that -misanthroptimist Dec 11 #13

You're welcome OKIsItJustMe Dec 11 #14

It will hit 3 C Old Crank Dec 11 #4

I know how you feel OKIsItJustMe Dec 11 #8

We have friends like that Old Crank Dec 11 #15

You mean a vast mountain range of batteries, covering all of our new deserts with solar cells and wind turbines... NNadir Dec 11 #5

I have a better idea OKIsItJustMe Dec 11 #9

I have a more intelligent comment. NNadir Dec 12 #16

First, it's not an either/or situation installing renewables does not preclude installing nuclear plants OKIsItJustMe Dec 12 #17