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Extreme heat in oceans ‘passed point of no return’ in 2014 (theguardian.com)
12 points by makerofspoons on Feb 1, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 10 comments


I strongly dislike the trend of doomer climate articles providing the reader no information on how to act. We're facing the largest threat to humanity in history. One that requires large reforms to how we live our life to secure a comfortable & biodiverse world for future generations. (Notice: I didnt say liveable world, humans will still be around past 2100, but I rather have a world with less extreme heat, thanks. I would also like if my grandkids could ski too.)

I am involved in the climate movement, I know what to do, but imagine how hopeless an average reader might feel after seeing this headline. They might come to wrong conclusions such as "oh I better eat less fish!" No! Get your government to do something. Their carbon footprint is far greater then any one individual.

Feels like a moral wrong to throw this terryfying information on to a readers lap & provide them no ways to take action.


I don't think that the problem is that people don't know how to act. We know how to act; force our governments to take action.

The thing is; not enough people are asking for that action, too many people still don't recognize the enormity of the situation and how dire it is.


When are Democrats or Republicans going to reign in USA 'defense' spending and the resulting pollution?


As soon as they are forced to do so by an overwhelming coalition of citizens. While more than half of the citizenry still has to be convinced that climate change is not some kind of hoax, there's no universal pressure to act.


I meant 'pollution'. I see how you changed that into an ideology of us vs. them.


> I see how you changed that into an ideology of us vs. them.

I don't. Would you mind explaining?


Am with you on the strong dislike. I posted the article to see if anyone had critiques on the analysis it offers, actually.


Yeah, links to further actionable reading, with brief summaries for what and why, would be helpful, as fear is the mind-killer, the little death that brings total obliteration, per Frank Herbert.


Change happens and we’re not powerless to shape it, paraphrasing O.E. Butler from The Parable of the Sower.


R.i.P Oceans




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