silence7

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Climate Change Is Losing Its Grip on Our Politics (messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com)
submitted 1 week ago by silence7 to c/climate
 

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[–] silence7 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It displaces the use of nitrate fertilizers, which are made using huge amounts of methane. It's one less use of fossil fuels.

That's a big deal.

[–] silence7 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Localized stories tell people that it matters for them. That's important when you have a potential swing state.

[–] silence7 1 points 4 weeks ago

This is a weather report with no discussion of climate. Removed.

[–] silence7 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That funny dot was deliberate; on most browsers, it bypasses the paywall.

I've changed it out for a gift link now that one is available, since that seems to cause fewer problems for people.

[–] silence7 3 points 1 month ago

Yes, I've been posting about the broader threat too.

[–] silence7 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fore sure — but this is a climate community, so I'm talking about that.

[–] silence7 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To be fair, Trump is almost a quarter century older than Hitler was when he killed himself.

[–] silence7 3 points 1 month ago

The heavy metals don't sit around in metal form; bacteria convert them into compounds like ethyl mercury, which don't stay put even if nominally insoluble.

And yes, pretty much anything else is cheaper than CCS; it's basically being run as a PR exercise rather than something which is a serious attempt at reducing emissions.

[–] silence7 3 points 1 month ago

Thanks for that.

You can still volunteer

[–] silence7 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's very much a reiteration and amplification of those views, and connecting them to the worldwide far-right movement, to try and keep the fascists out of power.

[–] silence7 8 points 1 month ago
[–] silence7 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would too, but they have almost a 100% failure rate when it comes to actually going into operation:

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