An essay in futility, too long to read :)

yor_on · « **Reply #71300 on:** **Today** at 07:16:56 »

Going out with a bang or a whimper?

That's the question, isn't it? And not only for USA. For our 'World police" too.

How far are they ready to take it, our politicians? And media.

yor_on · « **Reply #71301 on:** **Today** at 07:19:31 »

I called it, and still call it, a race between global warming and war. Global warming will fast become a catastrophe, but so will our politicians, no matter where, East or West

yor_on · « **Reply #71302 on:** **Today** at 07:26:50 »

And generally speaking, both coming to fruition.

So fitting to my predictions of how politicians behave as uncomfortable truths grows out of control.

yor_on · « **Reply #71303 on:** **Today** at 07:29:52 »

Meaningless

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/12/nato-announces-enhanced-air-support-to-defend-poland-against-future-russian-incursions

but not politically

yor_on · « **Reply #71304 on:** **Today** at 07:32:39 »

Adapting

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/spanish-schools-to-give-lessons-in-coping-with-natural-disassters

To what?

yor_on · « **Reply #71305 on:** **Today** at 07:39:23 »

Gliding over USA, finding some pleasure in Europe's

https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/inflation-defences-are-no-match-debt-burden-2025-09-11/

yor_on · « **Reply #71306 on:** **Today** at 07:43:12 »

USA, and ?

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/bahrain-sponsors-deep-sea-mining-firm-impossible-metals-international-permit-2025-09-09/

https://dsm-campaign.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Briefing-Paper_Impossible-Metals-Impossible-Promises.pdf

yor_on · « **Reply #71307 on:** **Today** at 07:48:21 »

Saving faces

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-poland-drones-fa2d5d8981454499fa611a1468a5de8b

yor_on · « **Reply #71308 on:** **Today** at 08:48:11 »

Some 'good news' from 2024

https://scitechdaily.com/new-study-reveals-oceans-absorb-more-co2-than-previously-thought/

maybe, depending ..

but https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/09/04/the-ocean-carbon-sink-is-ailing/

https://www.bitsofscience.org/ocean-co2-uptake-feedback/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02380-4

" Observed Regional Impacts of Marine Heatwaves on Sea-Air CO2 Exchange"

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2024GL110379

And https://globalcarbonbudget.org/fossil-fuel-co2-emissions-increase-again-in-2024/

and 2025 too

yor_on · « **Reply #71309 on:** **Today** at 08:49:04 »

Want to bet?

yor_on · « **Reply #71310 on:** **Today** at 19:26:02 »

5 years too late, according to the study

"In 2020, the global ocean surpassed a vital threshold of acidification far earlier than predicted, yet this did not trigger the expected political alarm. The key indicator for this threshold is aragonite saturation, a mineral essential for forming the shells and skeletons of many marine organisms. When its levels drop by more than 20% from pre-industrial times, marine ecosystems are at risk.

Research shows that this biological and chemical barrier has been breached in over half of the waters between the surface and 656 feet deep, areas dense with marine life. Contrary to popular belief, most biodiversity is not concentrated at the surface but within these intermediate waters.

Professor Helen Findlay emphasizes that species in these zones are as crucial as the visible corals in shallow waters."

Of course they are, it's about synergies

https://www.sustainability-times.com/climate/ocean-acidification-is-a-time-bomb-this-silent-threat-is-accelerating-extinction-and-pushing-earth-toward-an-irreversible-collapse/

The study

" Ocean Acidification: Another Planetary Boundary Crossed "

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.70238

yor_on · « **Reply #71311 on:** **Today** at 19:27:37 »

Still want to bet?

yor_on · « **Reply #71312 on:** **Today** at 19:28:34 »

How come you let idiots rule you? Why don't you want a real democracy?

yor_on · « **Reply #71313 on:** **Today** at 19:29:28 »

Ever asked yourself?

Maybe you should

yor_on · « **Reply #71314 on:** **Today** at 19:33:41 »

2040 we should have better understanding of what statistics coming 2055-65. But it's already too late and we haven't even started.

Over 80% of our energy needs fossil 2025

yor_on · « **Reply #71315 on:** **Today** at 19:34:34 »

And that 'electrical future' only at some? 5% ?

yor_on · « **Reply #71316 on:** **Today** at 19:35:22 »

And damming that leads to wars, and floods

yor_on · « **Reply #71317 on:** **Today** at 19:39:28 »

I don't know where you get that green future from

a vision? Like with your politicians? They seem to have a lot of them.

yor_on · « **Reply #71318 on:** **Today** at 19:42:40 »

You should by now know how I look at it, and what I think about it. My remedies are not popular, but they should be used. By you, and everyone else. They won't kill science but they will kill this game.

yor_on · « **Reply #71319 on:** **Today** at 19:44:37 »

There's no path to sustainability without them