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The_jackalope

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3. Since 2000 the world has added over 4x as much fossil as low-carbon energy

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Mon Apr 22, 2019, 10:29 PM

Apr 2019

But we've been screwed for much longer than that. This is just my personal opinion, but I think we've been screwed ever since the social changes in the Sahara, Caucasus and Asian desert regions that were triggered by the 5.9 kiloyear climate event coincided with the beginning of the Bronze Age. IMO that was when "high-tech" bronze-age human society stopped giving a fuck about the planet or any of the other life on it, and set out on a mission to conquer and own everything.

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New Weekly Record High for Carbon Dioxide Established at Mauna Loa. [View all] NNadir Apr 2019 OP

Though I have no personal investment in mythical bunnies defacto7 Apr 2019 #1

Thanks, but I wouldn't compare mythical... NNadir Apr 2019 #2

Since 2000 the world has added over 4x as much fossil as low-carbon energy The_jackalope Apr 2019 #3

That's a very interesting take. By following the same model defacto7 Apr 2019 #4

That's pretty much the view I used to hold. The_jackalope Apr 2019 #5

Interesting concept. Thanks for the tip and I'll read up. defacto7 Apr 2019 #6

While indigenous societies weren't all peaceful. The_jackalope Apr 2019 #8

I can agree with defacto7 Apr 2019 #9

As of yesterday, we now have seven all-time daily records for CO2 in 2019, instead of 6 hatrack Apr 2019 #7

... defacto7 Apr 2019 #10

Well, I'm too old to follow that statistic. It might give me a stroke. n/t NNadir Apr 2019 #11