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this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2026
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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
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no it's not, not even democracies are interested in this . We'd rather golf courses then housing for the homeless, we'd rather ball sports of all sorts then food for the starving, we rather the rich have private jets then a stable climate
John Kenneth Galbraith's "The Culture of Contentment" helps to explain why
https://bookwyrm.social/book/1805003/s/the-culture-of-contentment
this ignores the insights of behavioural experts
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329820-200-understand-faulty-thinking-to-tackle-climate-change/