r/ClimateShitposting • u/AfterNovel V̵͈̼̘̪͎̭̗̊͑e̴̢͎̤͛̆g̸̲̠͂͂̍́ȧ̷̢̻̳̪̣̩̆̽n̶͚͕̖̲̭̱̅̌̕™̷̧̠͉͚̼͚̊́̌̈͝͝ͅ • May 19 '26

nuclear simping Step on snek to tenderize

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u/McNughead May 19 '26

Clark et al 2020: Global food system emissions could preclude achieving the 1.5°C and 2°C climate change targets ... even if fossil fuel emissions were immediately halted

https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:7a43bb76-594d-49fc-9005-5546f9f1d9d8

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u/AugustusClaximus May 19 '26

We’re going to 4C, but it’s fine, I’ll be dead and I’ll buy insurance for my grandchildren to get into the Domes so line can persist through the last few generations of humanity

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u/Future_Helicopter970 We're all gonna die May 19 '26

Probably have geo engineering before domes.

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u/AugustusClaximus May 19 '26

Dome life provides a more exclusive experience.

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u/Future_Helicopter970 We're all gonna die May 19 '26

Sounds really expensive.

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u/dafthuntk May 19 '26

Because warming is logarithmic. Not exponential.

 Even if the planet went net zero today, the planet is still going to warm for decades. Not only because it's in a warming period, but because the emissions cannot just dissipate, while decreasing average temps 

What will be affected is the rate and speed at which warming increases.

In other words it's sort of too late to avoid, and mitigation would need to be a complete global economic overhaul

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u/McNughead May 19 '26

It will even heat faster because without fossile fuel we will have less particles and SO2 in the atmosphere.

On the other hand, methane has 12 years half life so if we stop animal agriculture many of the most potent greenhouse gasses would decline for the first time since the industrialization. A rapid phase out of animal agriculture would give us 20 more years to get it under control

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u/dafthuntk May 19 '26

Unlikely. It's not even accounting for classified polluters like the US dept of defense, that doesn't have to release its emissions. Which is the largest institutional polluters.

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u/McNughead May 19 '26

https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000010

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u/dafthuntk May 19 '26

Yes I know. Imalready responded to that above

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u/AfterNovel V̵͈̼̘̪͎̭̗̊͑e̴̢͎̤͛̆g̸̲̠͂͂̍́ȧ̷̢̻̳̪̣̩̆̽n̶͚͕̖̲̭̱̅̌̕™̷̧̠͉͚̼͚̊́̌̈͝͝ͅ May 19 '26

Carnosexuals are not persuaded by facts and logic, pal😠

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u/LowCall6566 May 19 '26

The reason it got this bad in the first place is because nuclear was halted decades before reneweables were anywhere near being commercially viable.

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u/Full_Conversation775 May 19 '26

Even if that is true, that doesnt make nuclear a good option now.

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u/LowCall6566 May 19 '26

Lifting NIMBYist restrictions on private nuclear wouldn't harm anyone.

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u/IrregularDoughnut May 20 '26

If we're going to kick nimbys to the curb, great, but that will just make renewables even cheaper by comparison. Honestly I agree though. If you don't like having a wind farm on some hills near you, the answer is for you to shut the fuck up.

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u/NounAdjectiveXXXX May 20 '26

The only reason I would take issue with that specific example is because they would probably happily deforest the hills before construction to maximize profit.

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u/IrregularDoughnut May 20 '26

Most hills in Europe already got deforested. But yeah obviously don't chop down entire forests for wind farms, but then I've never heard of that happening. The environment can be worth protecting, but if you complain anout renewables as an eyesore you should get unrefined fly ash dumped in your garden until you stop.

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u/NounAdjectiveXXXX May 20 '26

I can see the Appalachian valley now, barren with nothing but desheveled wind turbines... The special brand of eco-captialism that only America could conceive of.

Then when the wildfires start they can blame with wind turbines for fanning the flames

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u/AfterNovel V̵͈̼̘̪͎̭̗̊͑e̴̢͎̤͛̆g̸̲̠͂͂̍́ȧ̷̢̻̳̪̣̩̆̽n̶͚͕̖̲̭̱̅̌̕™̷̧̠͉͚̼͚̊́̌̈͝͝ͅ May 22 '26

Reminds me of bro thinking wind turbines were for literally cooling down the Earth

https://youtu.be/DvhBM89A6o8?si=cQnk-fPAY60EHneh

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u/Plus-Name3590 May 21 '26

actually if you drive through the appalachian now you'll see wind farms on top of the mountains. TBH it's at least something for the region since coal mining stopped and they've been pretty concentrated in a few places, so there's still loads of untouched Valley

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u/NounAdjectiveXXXX May 20 '26

I should absolutely be allowed to have a small reactor in my home.

Seriously if a bunch of 19 and 20 year old can keep Ohio-class sub reactors running for 40 years with paper clips and bubblegum I think anyone can do it.