this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2025
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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/23918980

In the mid-2000s, the energy imbalance was about 0.6 watts per square metre (W/m2) on average. In recent years, the average was about 1.3 W/m2. **This means the rate at which energy is accumulating near the planet’s surface has doubled. **

FAaFO , we're in the find out phase.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago

The models were deliberately not measuring/predicting ALL the factors they knew were involved. Back in 1998 I asked a Scripps Institute of Oceanography speaker why the models were ignoring the methane/permafrost feedback loop and was told "we decided to focus on other things"... so yeah, inaccurate models give inaccurate predictions. Get used to hearing "it is all happening faster than we expected" from now until we are incinerated.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago (2 children)

But the economy is doing good and those little arrows are pointing up and numbers are going up instead of down ..... that means it's good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

You know we killed the world buuuuuuuuuut for a very short time we made our investors a looooooooot of money!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And if it doesn't look good just incite war's all over the world

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Soooo... We're fucked.

[–] OberonSwanson 26 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Kind of the opposite, sadly.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] breecher 9 points 4 days ago

On the bright side, billionaires have never made so much money as they do now.