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Anders dan McKibben, Monbiot, Thunberg of de Extinction Rebels ons vertellen, is op dit moment van een ‘klimaatcrisis’ of climate emergency geen sprake. Willen we al spreken van crisis, kunnen we die term dan niet beter reserveren voor problemen waaronder concrete mensen lijden? Waardoor hier en nu, dag in, dag uit nog veel te veel doden en
... See moreRalf Bodelier • Lang leve de mens (Dutch Edition)
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Alex Priest • 1 card
The Daily Planet #2
I am generally not a catastrophist, though I have embraced climate catastrophist positions on occasion. Catastrophe or not, 3 degrees feels like a lot; growing up in Delhi, I can say that playing cricket in 37 degree weather is a lot different from playing it in 40 degree weather.
Nevertheless, this article has good arguments
... See moreAs such, the intense media and public focus on plastic, like the intense focus on climate change, risks distracting us from other equally important—perhaps more important—threats to endangered sea life, which may be easier to address than climate change or plastic waste.
Michael Shellenberger • Apocalypse Never
It is clearer that the climate is changing, and I am open to the claim that it is changing in a calamitous direction, but I am not certain. Many of the press releases are drawn from very limited studies relating a few variables. In isolation, they create a compelling argument for outcomes that would harm human beings. But given that there is no
... See moreGeorge Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
As a result, utility companies and their regulatory agencies are loath to shut down a perfectly good operating plant that may have decades of useful life ahead of it. Policy-based incentives, through either the tax code or utility regulation, can accelerate this process.
Bill Gates • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
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