this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2023
645 points (98.4% liked)
Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.
4951 readers
433 users here now
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
To be fair, Desantis immediately interrupted and said they weren’t going to raise their hands “like children”. No candidate would raise their hand after a comment like that. All their specific answers were certainly not climate friendly, but they are at least a little bit more nuanced than the title implies
Desantis didn’t have an issue raising his hand when the question was whether they would support Trump should he receive the nomination.
“Pick me daddy trump! Did you see how fast I raised my hand?”
I didn’t watch. Was it akin to a Bellamy salute?
He had probably already gotten his bit out of the way and didn’t know what to do hahaha