What Climate Crisis?

@Little_Lord_Fauntleroy

The silence is deafening. But some people are speaking out about the current war in Eukraine.

Lost of waffle but some key points at the end.

Paradoxically—at least for those unable to weigh risks—Russia’s attack on Ukraine has led to the deaths of some 23,000 people—both military and civilian, made 10 million refugees, and caused $565 billion in property damage.

Compared to climate-related deaths and damage in 2020 and 2021, the war has killed more than did climate extremes in the last two years and caused more damage in barely more than a month of fighting than did weather disasters globally in both 2020 ($210 billion) and 2021 ($329 billion). And even that damage is declining as a share of the world’s economy compared to prior decades as the absolute value of property improvements increase with the global GDP.

Further adding to the manmade misery is the fact that Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of wheat and other foodstuffs. Ukraine’s farms are under attack and Russia’s farms may be embargoed. Even President Joe Biden predicted the world will see food shortages due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying, “It’s going to be real.”

Add to the possibility of war-induced famine the record increase in the circulation of the dollar, which has driven U.S. food inflation to 7.9 percent last month, the highest since 1981.

The war and irresponsible monetary policy will cause far more misery and suffering than any combination of climate extremes. That our leaders are focused on the latter (though only by working to make energy less affordable and less reliable) at the expense of the former shows their incompetence.

Pints for the game on Sunday?

fox news?

https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2022/0411/1291563-ukraine-war-climate-change-impact/

they seem to articles with similar headings with different messages

They are. It’s a long running argument of course. If the world put as much resources into climate change as we do into war and building up war deterrents, the Earth would be a much cleaner place.

Anyway, Brian Cox touched on it last night on BBC Four. It seems the current plan is to use robots to ravage our solar system and try keep the Earth a pristine place to live. I wasn’t happy thinking about this at first, but sure, why not?

There are some exceptionally lovely rocks on Ganymede, these must be preserved at all cost.

Not if it has iron ore or rare earth metals for Bezo’s batteries I’m afraid.

I’d love to do the right thing @Little_Lord_Fauntleroy but I can’t see myself landing down to the local co-op and loading a few bags of weanling crunch into the boot of a Nissan Leaf. Advice?

Back to the horse and trap kid. Would give you serious credibility with both the farming community and TSG

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Cargo bike or a bigger EV i guess

Stop trying to compare Pakistan to West Limerick!

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The few lorries of turf have had an awful impact on Pakistan.

A vety good article in fairness to Fintan

Click bait headline

Sweep, sweep