Heat is making Earth uninhabitable. Why isn't this the top news story around the world?
Heat is making Earth uninhabitable. Why isn't this the top news story around the world?
A recent study found that millions will be displaced as climate change makes their regions too hot to live
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/3153498
The study is this one
Capitalism. Because money is more important than life.
37Economic system so good it caused a mass extinction event
6We've looked at the data. It looks grim and concluded that it costs too much to avoid extinction.
3Would you be willing to take minimum wage pay for the rest of your life if it meant you would save the earth a fraction of a percent?
-5Gladly. But I’m keeping my ‘effing bidet.
4No, you are right. I wouldn't subject myself to more suffering to save the human race. This is only because I know the choice of extreme poverty versus destroying the environment is only relevant because a person, you, decided these were the only two choices possible. To explain differently when we all decide we'd rather just end civilization as we know it than changing the status quo, as an individual I'm just along for the ride.
4Yes.
3If conservatives would get out of the way and actually allow a true minimum wage vs the punative wage they enforce now, there would be no shame in a minimum wage lifestyle whatsoever. Many, many people do not have ambitions beyond living a reasonably small life, in a small home, with an average family and a handful of friends, taking the occasional vacation, retiring, and dying someplace familiar. Some say it's sad, others say it's human nature, either way it's a reality people need to reckon with; because that's what a lot of people picture when they say "there's more to life than chasing money".
1
People don't usually care to read the same thing over and over again for decades like that
8Well they won't have to read about it for too much longer,, they'll be dying of heat, starvation, and skin cancer
2Until then
2
Because news is sales, and this doesn't sell. In fact, it will likely hurt sales. And almost everyone can't do anything meaninful about it on an individual, immediate level. So it's hard to think about and hard to act on.
Bad for business, hard to digest = out of scope for corporate or government media.
7Well, there is a really simple, meaningful thing we could do:
We could all go vegan.
If we stop paying for these products we'd solve 25% of the climate catastrophe tomorrow. But you don't want to. The rich, smart, educated people in the west won't even give up cheese to save their childrem from collaps.0
because we know
6Not good for profits, so it's swept under the rug while we deal with the bloated cheeto craziness as a diversion for something else even shittier happening.
6It's in the news every day. What are you on about?
6Permanently Deleted
4I'm not sure why you think consumer tech is the thing to blame for emissions.
If you look at what's being shipped, it's clothing, food, and a LOT of plastic. Consumer electronic goods are a tiny fraction of the shipping/manufacturing load. You likely eat multiple times a day, but buy a new phone once per year at most.
Food waste, clothing, offices, and business travel are some of the biggest emitters. The yearly electronics purchase is a blip on the radar in terms of climate impact. (Arguably, the electricity running the devices has a larger impact).
-1
I dunno. But I have vowed to kill everyone I know who denied climate change as being a thing. Looking forward to that.
2The problem is we know but we are still making it worse! Capitalism has proven it can't fix this situation only speed it up!
2Where are the other bones ? The skeleton?
1Because it's not new(s). badumtiss.jpg
1Define uninhabitable. That’s not what I’ve heard from reputable sources on the topic.
-1