Die Erde wird „über ihre Grenzen gebracht“, da das Energieungleichgewicht ein Rekordhoch erreicht

Oh my god! Who could’ve seen it coming? /s

Judging by this news, the plot of post-apocalyptic movies is just around the corner

Manbearpig remembers

The planet is literally in burnout and we’re out here debating whether to use paper or plastic straws

Humans are on track to eliminating themselves. Isn’t there like a game theory that always ends up in mutual destruction?

Edit: It’s called the Nash equilibrium.

I’m sure it’s fine. Boss says I gotta hit those metrics.

*I wrote the following in 2020, as part of the first page of one of my self-published science fiction novels…*

In addition to his communications role, Brian worked as an advisor to the Ocean Heat Tipping Point Project at the local university. The project’s focus was the subject of his most recent popular science book, *Gaia’s Dagger*. A portion of the book’s introduction summarized its message:

The most dangerous enemy is the unknown one. The one you are not aware of until it strikes the fatal blow. For humanity, the Ocean Heat Tipping Point is that enemy. Every day we hear about the growing threats of wildfires, hurricanes, and droughts, and because they have immediate impacts on our lives they get our attention. Loss of ice at the poles is generally reported as an indicator of climate change, seldom as a cause. The general public does not worry overly much about it. Slowly melting ice does not make for a good news story. Yet in the final analysis it will be seen that the loss of the ice will lead to the most dangerous tipping point of all. It is likely in the extreme that it will be a fatal one for our species.

Simply put, the oceans absorb over 90% of all the excess heat we put into the atmosphere, and they have done so since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Eventually, like a paper towel saturated with liquid, they will not be able to absorb any more. Like ice cubes in a pot of water on the stove, the polar ice is keeping the oceans from heating as fast as they would otherwise. Once the ice is gone, the ocean temperature will rise much faster than it has in the past, quickly reaching its tipping point saturation level.

At that moment, her tolerance of our abuse exhausted, Gaia will strike. Global climate change will accelerate dramatically. Within a century of that point, the human race will likely be extinct.

*Unfortunately for all but one of the characters of that novel, this is exactly what happens. I am in my seventies now, I’ve been engaged with science since childhood, and have followed climate change closely since the 1980’s. My activism changed nothing. The trends are clear. I can only hope that somehow, I am wrong.*

Unfortunately the only ones who are doing anything about it is Europe and they are paying a pretty hefty price for it. Like, USAs per capita wealth is now 2-3 times bigger than Europes. China are only building solar panels and EVs because it is cheap and profitable as export items.

I happen to know a man who is ‚at his limit‘.

Capitalism is the economic equivalent of the paperclip maximizer.

I’m normally a rational person but the last couple of years I have been doing what I can to prepare for a different world. I’m not a tin foil hat wearing conspiracy theorist but I can see how the incation on climate change may prove to be a disaster. Humans are terrible at dealing with crisis as seen by toilet paper shortages during COVID and fuel shortages now fuelled by stockpiling.

I hope I’m wrong but I’m set up to look after myself and mine. I figure if it’s all overblown then I still live in an idyllic location and live as self sufficiency as possible so that isn’t a bad thing. I find it crazy when people think climate stress is either a lie or unrealistic and those are the people who will be caught out if the worst case scenario manifests.

Lol wait till the next 24 hours are up