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The planet is ‘on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster,’ scientists warn
(yaleclimateconnections.org)
this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2025
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We’re screwed — until bird flu takes a chunk out of the population and/or forces everyone to isolate again.
The current US administration does not give a shit about the environment. and EVs and solar panels cannot catch on quickly enough. I’m honestly surprised either haven’t been outlawed by our lawmakers yet.
I don't think it's as much tied to human populations anymore - like if it's let's say crypto mining operations then even removing half the people on the planet would do little to halt the progression?
Tbf even if it's no longer tied as much to the population, it's not entirely "not" tied to it though. The truth is surely in between somewhere.
Also, if it were like heating and cooling of a household, but then one out of every three people were removed from that household, would the heating and cooling effect diminish in the slightest in that case? Car trips likewise might diminish but not by a 1:1 ratio with people, as e.g. there may be fewer trips to the grocery store with one rather than two people but not fully halved.
Tldr: if 99% of the pollution is being done by 0.1% of the people, then even removing 99% of the population won't have much effect.
99% of the pollution isn't being done by the 0.1% though, I think that was a silly article that was like: all the pollution from cars comes from oil which is refined by this company but is dug out the ground by this oil extraction company, therefore all the pollution is actually done by the oil extraction company! ... I don't buy it tbh
For me it's silly thinking there will be some bird flu or asteroid impact, the reality is this:
Get yourself some solar panels, a solar battery, a heat pump for your hot water and an EV (if you have a petrol car and need one) + vote for political parties that are pushing for more renewables to be installed and you've done 99% of what you need to do, it's that simple
Energy for heating/cooling and road transport are the biggest and easiest for the average person to tackle and can make the biggest dent in co2 emissions
More than pushing for an EV, push for walkable and bikeable cities and good public transit.
Indeed the facts should matter there, and that's a convincing graph:-)
The 0.1% are polluting off the money from the 99%.
You got me thinking on the 1:1 ratio. We need to reduce population even more than I had thought.
I walked to the grocery store today. Eliminating some people does next to nothing or at least has far less effect, due to the uneven distribution.