Climate Change/Mass Extinction Megathread

[Tamas]

Yeah, Canning Town first thing in the morning; let's have a couple of middle class twats make the minimum wage workforce's life even worse 

Get yourself down to Westminster and the City you stupid bastards 

If people against climate change action wanted a way to discredit the XR movement, this would be a very good way of doing it.   

Yeah the XR movement has truly proven itself to be devoid of silly people and ideas, NO WAY this was their doing.

[mongers]

Train drivers' union Aslef said the Tube and other public transport services were "part of the solution to climate change, not the problem".

Extinction Rebellion should "stick to protesting against those who create the problem - not our industry, members and hard-working commuters", the union added.

Full item here:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-50079716

[garbon]

I mean fuck Aslef.

[mongers]

I mean fuck Aslef.

So they're wrong on this issue? 

[garbon]

I mean fuck Aslef.

So they're wrong on this issue? 

No, but not sure why you picked their viewpoint out to speak on the issue. They suck/they are probably just jealous that someone beat them to the punch and it wasn't them screwing over commuters.

[Richard Hakluyt]

I mean fuck Aslef.

Hard core Brit-speak there 

[Sheilbh]

All solidarity with ASLEF!

[mongers]

Interesting graph:



And the article about it:

https://theicct.org/blog/staff/not-every-tonne-of-aviation-CO2


edit:
And the big 'take away' for me from that is, the Swiss have no taste, they're surrounded by France, Italy, Germany and Austria, yet choose to holiday far away. 

[Valmy]

I am impressed you can actually take a domestic flight in Israel.

[Tonitrus]

I am impressed you can actually take a domestic flight in Israel.

I'm surprised one would need to.

[Admiral Yi]

And the big 'take away' for me from that is, the Swiss have no taste, they're surrounded by France, Italy, Germany and Austria, yet choose to holiday far away. 

I don't see how you can tell where the Swiss are flying to.

[Monoriu]

I think the only reason HK isn't on that graph is because we aren't a country.  Otherwise we should be right up there with Singapore. 

[Hamilcar]

And the big 'take away' for me from that is, the Swiss have no taste, they're surrounded by France, Italy, Germany and Austria, yet choose to holiday far away. 

I don't see how you can tell where the Swiss are flying to.

Connecting flights between Geneva and Zurich.

[crazy canuck]

Eventually even Conservatives will have to admit we need to act

For some time now it has been clear that the effects of climate change are appearing faster than scientists anticipated. Now it turns out that there is another form of underestimation as bad or worse than the scientific one: the underestimating by economists of the costs

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/opinion/climate-change-costs.html

[Malthus]

I am impressed you can actually take a domestic flight in Israel.

I'm surprised one would need to.

Undoubtedly flights to Eilat, for tourism (the Red Sea!). Diving is a big activity there, and crossing the entire Negev desert to get there would be a pain.