Climate Change/Mass Extinction Megathread

[crazy canuck]

Wouldn't it be more efficient for you to put solar in your own home and sell your surplus back yourself?

[Syt]

Valencia flood death toll up to 150. Scary images.

Apparently it's expected that the final toll will reach "several hundred" 

Well fuck

[HVC]

Valencia flood death toll up to 150. Scary images.

Apparently it's expected that the final toll will reach "several hundred" 

Apparently there was a big flood in the 50's after which there were some mitigations put in place. They changed the course of the river, for example. Since then I guess the suburbs increased in the floodplain.

[celedhring]

Valencia flood death toll up to 150. Scary images.

Apparently it's expected that the final toll will reach "several hundred" 

Apparently there was a big flood in the 50's after which there were some mitigations put in place. They changed the course of the river, for example. Since then I guess the suburbs increased in the floodplain.

Yeah, most of the flooded area is in the suburbs that were built after the river was diverted. The early warning chain broke down and there's now a lot of finger-pointing trying to deflect blame. Not very nice.

1900 still missing.

[Josquius]

Pretty crazy stuff in Spain.
People driving home from work suddenly gettint caught in flooded tunnels.
And rather more stupidly people rushing to underground parking to rescue their cars-apparently a common problem that they get flooded.

Wouldn't it be more efficient for you to put solar in your own home and sell your surplus back yourself?

From what I hear, and it does make logical sense, no. Economies of scale are a thing.
Also not all houses are suitable for solar and if you move you lose it/have to try and get your money back for it.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Valencia flood death toll up to 150. Scary images.

Apparently it's expected that the final toll will reach "several hundred" 

half our development team is located in/near Valencia. No losses there, luckily. The inlaws of another colleague also live there: last we heard only material damages but the info was still incomplete iirc

[Admiral Yi]

I recently learned about a company called Ripple Energy https://rippleenergy.com/

It sounds pretty interesting. Rather than spending money on putting solar panels on your roof, instead invest a share in a full-scale green energy project and get your energy from there.
Seems like a very logical way to approach things.

Alas the problem in the UK isn't so much a lack of money for building and rather our system's hostility to actually building anything.

Nonetheless, if that gets sorted... I'm seriously tempted. Seems like it could be a good way to go overall. Anyone encountered similar elsewhere?

Smells fishy.  I read the learn more stuff and watched the vid and I'm still not sure how it works.  Raised more questions than it answered.

[celedhring]

The weather nasty thingie that struck Valencia has moved up and I just got the "shelter in place" warning on my phone.

EDIT: This is just south of Barcelona https://x.com/MeteoMauri/status/1853379911265771817

[Syt]

Hang in there and stay safe, cel!

[celedhring]

It already passed. Heavy rain but nothing serious. South of Barcelona got the worst of it (besides Valencia of course), with flooded roads and damaged infrastructure. Thankfully, that's not a flash-flood area (unlike the area where I live, where creeks are a common feature).

[Iormlund]

I'm guessing last night's results are not good news. I don't think Europe alone can figure this shit out.

[Valmy]

I'm guessing last night's results are not good news. I don't think Europe alone can figure this shit out.

Maybe Elon will mandate electric cars for everyone.

[Josquius]

I'm guessing last night's results are not good news. I don't think Europe alone can figure this shit out.

We have to hope our new Chinese overlords have a plan.

[Sheilbh]

I'm guessing last night's results are not good news. I don't think Europe alone can figure this shit out.

We have to hope our new Chinese overlords have a plan.

I mean Europe and the US together are about 20% of global emissions - China's almost 30%.

We matter historically, some of the R&D will happen here and obviously we need to address our own emissions. But in terms of what's going to happen next with emissions and what the future looks like we don't matter a twopenny bit - we are bit players, not the main characters. The agents of this bit of history are China (and signs that emissions have peaked) and India (and whether their growth will have a carbon profile like China's, in which case we're all fucked, or can be don cleanly).

[Crazy_Ivan80]

I'm guessing last night's results are not good news. I don't think Europe alone can figure this shit out.

Building up our industries seems to be a wiser choice. We'll need factories to build our weapons, and a lot of other stuff too. And get those energy costs down, especially compared to the US.