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Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)
« 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.
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« 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
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« 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.
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« 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
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« 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?
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« 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/
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« 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
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Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)
« Reply #71307 on: Today at 07:48:21 »
Saving faces


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

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« 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
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« Reply #71309 on: Today at 08:49:04 »
Want to bet?

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