An essay in futility, too long to read :)

yor_on · « **Reply #41420 on:** 07/02/2023 09:27:10 »

That one is pretty simple

yor_on · « **Reply #41421 on:** 07/02/2023 09:29:06 »

vacuuming sea floors

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/06/leaked-video-footage-of-ocean-pollution-shines-light-on-deep-sea-mining

yor_on · « **Reply #41422 on:** 07/02/2023 09:31:00 »

And the climate, upside down

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/06/weather-tracker-extremes-of-heat-and-cold-hit-south-and-north-america

yor_on · « **Reply #41423 on:** 07/02/2023 09:55:37 »

Shouldn't forget this

Industrial farming https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/06/pigs-spain-pork-revolution-backlash

the conveyor belt principle.

yor_on · « **Reply #41424 on:** 07/02/2023 09:57:37 »

And Norway, and its Janus 'principle'

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/03/worlds-biggest-investment-fund-warns-directors-to-tackle-climate-crisis-or-face-sack

Tackle it? In what way Norway?

yor_on · « **Reply #41425 on:** 07/02/2023 10:01:50 »

This one should fall under 'inadvertent humor'

" Insulate Britain protester faces prison over contempt of court conviction. David Nixon defied judge’s instruction not to cite climate crisis as motivation for causing public nuisance"

Silas, you're worth your weight in gold.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/06/insulate-britain-protester-david-nixon-faces-prison-over-contempt-of-court-conviction

yor_on · « **Reply #41426 on:** 07/02/2023 10:12:47 »

Chile

2017 " Chile has been through an unusually severe seven-year drought that hit the central and southern areas where most of its population of 17 million lives. The affected zone includes the Laguna de Aculeo.

"We have been calling it the mega-drought because it has been very extended in space and in time," says Maisa Rojas, a climatologist from the University of Chile. "We have seen this before, but never so widespread." Although there has been a recent increase in precipitation, scientists are not yet sure if the drought's over. "

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/07/16/536896748/in-chile-many-regard-climate-change-as-the-greatest-external-threat

Today, and not a word about global warming, or temperature reaching record levels.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/least-24-dead-chile-wildfires-expand-foreign-help-way-2023-02-05/

yor_on · « **Reply #41427 on:** 07/02/2023 10:14:53 »

Up as a sun, down as a pancake

https://apnews.com/article/g-20-summit-politics-united-states-government-china-antony-blinken-0a0469109e8776f1676d7b813e46854f

yor_on · « **Reply #41428 on:** 07/02/2023 10:36:00 »

Reminding somewhat of Japan and their war balloon's under world war two , doesn't it?

" the first intercontinental weapon system: explosive devices attached to paper balloons that were buoyed across the ocean by a jet stream."

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/130527-map-video-balloon-bomb-wwii-japanese-air-current-jet-stream

Ah well, and for this? Spying sounds like one possibility, testing an idea, another. Weather balloons a weak third.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/02/u-s-didnt-detect-4-previous-chinese-balloons-until-after-they-were-gone/

yor_on · « **Reply #41429 on:** 07/02/2023 10:43:59 »

The figure differs somewhat, depending on source but I'll go for this one.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/usa-only-17-years-of-peace.html

yor_on · « **Reply #41430 on:** 07/02/2023 10:48:48 »

https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/america-russia-relationship-missed-opportunity-for-peace-why-history/

and https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/25/opinions/treaty-of-versailles-shapes-our-world-andelman/index.html

geopolitics

yor_on · « **Reply #41431 on:** 07/02/2023 10:50:39 »

And hierarchical 'representative democracies', and other leaderships.

yor_on · « **Reply #41432 on:** 07/02/2023 10:56:18 »

There is no way to guarantee that a 'fractal' real democracy will do better. What it should be able to guarantee though, correctly implemented, is that everyone will have a equal say.

yor_on · « **Reply #41433 on:** 07/02/2023 11:02:39 »

My own belief there is that it will, though. But I also expect it to be a quite slow process, one that needs peace. It won't happen under a war, or wars.

yor_on · « **Reply #41434 on:** 09/02/2023 05:07:17 »

A story Jules Verne missed.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/08/moon-dust-moonshot-geoengineering-climate-crisis

yor_on · « **Reply #41435 on:** 09/02/2023 05:23:02 »

wetlands

One part of it being the biggest natural emitter of methane, the other it being one of the most effective carbon sinks existing.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190619085703.htm

And wetlands are peatlands

https://peatlands.org/peatlands/what-are-peatlands/

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-wetland-experts-role-vital-carbon.html

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/08/world-wetlands-europe-lost-study-aoe

We're getting good at those studies, aren't we?

yor_on · « **Reply #41436 on:** 09/02/2023 05:24:55 »

Our canary in the coalmines

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/08/calls-for-uk-to-sack-tony-abbott-trade-adviser-climate-sceptic-thinktank-global-warming-policy-foundation

yor_on · « **Reply #41437 on:** 09/02/2023 05:28:12 »

Interesting

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/08/they-get-the-big-picture-the-swedish-tech-startup-helping-cities-go-green

whether it really works I'll leave unsaid.

yor_on · « **Reply #41438 on:** 09/02/2023 05:31:29 »

It doesn't really matter, seen one way, if it works or not as long as it builds a knowledge base fueling new ways of thinking. The downside of it should be it becoming yet another defense for not changing infra structures, as it's 'already done'.

yor_on · « **Reply #41439 on:** 09/02/2023 05:35:18 »

Well, wish it was as simple as this.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/07/climate-crisis-miracle-technology-wind-water-solar

We don't really have a choice though.