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Nevernose

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32. I didn't say instantly

Tue Jul 21, 2015, 02:23 PM

Jul 2015

And I'm not sure we have to move the entire Earth's economy to zero carbon emissions. The very least we can do is slow the problem. Just because climate change is already happening doesn't mean we can't make it even worse.

There's a lot of things humans can do to ameliorate the effects. Use natural gas as a bridge fuel to full-scale solar, wind, wave, geothermal, and nuclear power. Raise gas taxes and use the extra money for cost- and carbon-efficient mass transit. Keep raising fuel efficiency standards and stop burning coal as fast as is feasible. Methane abatement and energy generation on municipal dumps (widespread).

It takes time to put out a house fire, but that doesn't mean we get to say "fuck it" and break out the marshmallows.

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TOM TOMORROW: The Looming Threat [View all] Hissyspit Jul 2015 OP

...... daleanime Jul 2015 #1

K&FuckinR. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2015 #2

Koch-bots n/t n2doc Jul 2015 #3

Some guy in a garage will eventually save the world with some kind of invention. DetlefK Jul 2015 #4

And that guy will proclaim, "I am not a scientist." longship Jul 2015 #5

you know that's right....nt artislife Jul 2015 #24

No it will be done by playing Indian Love Call zeemike Jul 2015 #28

That kind of thinking is what will doom us. n/t arcane1 Jul 2015 #10

Republicans think real life works like a disaster movie. Beartracks Jul 2015 #12

Yep, especially this... MattSh Jul 2015 #6

Yeah funny, half of them think god's going to fix it and the other half think tech will fix it. n/t A Simple Game Jul 2015 #9

hence the phrase "the Rapture for nerds" MisterP Jul 2015 #21

But we ALREADY have technological solutions Nevernose Jul 2015 #13

^^^^^^^^ this^^^^^^^^ n/t BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2015 #17

We already have technological solutions to this problem jeff47 Jul 2015 #19

Perhaps we can come up with something, simpler, more organic.... Raster Jul 2015 #22

Would take too long. jeff47 Jul 2015 #23

What's the 1st thing to do when you're stuck in a hole? Nevernose Jul 2015 #26

WRONG x100000000 rpannier Jul 2015 #27

What do we want? BENGHAZI! Nevernose Jul 2015 #31

Great, what's your plan to instantly convert the entire Earth's economy to zero CO2? jeff47 Jul 2015 #30

I didn't say instantly Nevernose Jul 2015 #32

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Republicans: Creating their own reality, one denial at a time (cough cough). n/t DirkGently Jul 2015 #8

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K & R a million times SoapBox Jul 2015 #14

K&R! This toon should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Jul 2015 #15

Thanks, Hissyspit. Kurovski Jul 2015 #16

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He's well over his goal... malthaussen Jul 2015 #29

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