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.
Musk and Trump are the embodiment of the wildly misguided and perpetually offended narcissists who are funded by all the bad people you have heard about and imagined about.
Congratulations universe... you have showed everyone what weapons you can unleash on those of us who take the concept of an average for granted.
Now please would someone wake me up from this fever dream?
P.S. Never should have killed that fuckin Gorilla...
Yours sincerely, Slightly gone mad denizen of the Earth
P.S. Never should have killed that fuckin Gorilla...
Honestly it really started to go wrong with the Bush V Gore election and SC fuckery in '00. The gorilla was just icing on the cake.
What about when Reagan (allegedly) conspired with the Iranians to sabotage Carter's chances of winning the election?
Or Nixon conspiring with the VC to delay peace in Vietnam until after the election. Honestly the fuckery really started back in the late 50s and early 60s if we're looking for the roots of our current fascist problem.
Spend a bit of time watching Ken Burns Vietnam documentary at some point, it's an eye opener w.r.t. the current Republican strategy.
Heh and to think Carter was putting solar panels on top the White House, but America has always had a hard on for the corrupt snake oil salesman.