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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: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world.  About 1C of total warming.  Second chart:  about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability.  Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases.  About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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[–] Origen@lemmy.world 82 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is straight out of a Fallout game.

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Could be another scene from Idiocracy too

[–] diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

It’s got what your lungs crave!

[–] 5715@feddit.org 46 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They had to make it seem cute, because anything else would point to the long history of coal mining unions.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Chernobyl (which I believe this image is from) was such a damn good miniseries.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

The Soviets going in naked to shut down the reactor went hard as hell

[–] YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I did not expect to wake up in a Simpson's episode this morning.
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[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thing is nuclear is way safer than coal.

[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

But nuclear waste is stored in scary looking barrels, while coal waste is safely disposed into our lungs

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Politicians being "pro coal" has reached the point of being comical to me

Coal is dead

We are never going to build another coal power plant in the US. Everything politicians do, and say, around coal is nothing but pandering

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 months ago

coal is literally obsolete, they're just subsidizing some rich guys and giving false hope to dead towns

[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Coalie has a look in his eyes that screams "help im a victim". The artist must have based of their kid.

[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago

Yeah I enjoy that most of the maga propaganda art looks like trash, which I suspect is because most actual good artists are on the left

[–] Steve@startrek.website 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"You're the worst character ever, Coalie."

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago
[–] Steve@startrek.website 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Coalie says “You wanna get high?”

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

He has one hell of a smoker's lung.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

"Hi, everyone! I'm Coalie. Just shove a lump of me up a republicans ass and I'll be a diamond in no time at all."

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 months ago

In the past I warmed myself with a coal fire, now I warm myself with a heat pump. I will stick with the heat pump because I am not a fucking moron.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] amikulo@slrpnk.net 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

No wait don't that's what they want! Bury him. Alive.

[–] amikulo@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Wait...

no not that.

[–] jode@pawb.social 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

So your telling me the dingusus came up with a "coalsona" lolol

[–] bonenode@piefed.social 9 points 2 months ago

Is this a "Simpsons did it!" moment?

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

AI abomination

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

75 years of social progress...gone.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Worst PR firm ever: "I know! We'll put big eyes a chunk of coal, and it will be cute. Y'know, for the kids! That will save our entire dying industry!"

[–] 5715@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago

Coal is stupid, Donnie.

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] KaChilde@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

“Coalie” was the best they could come up with?

I know they just squeezed this out of the AI sphincter, but did they have to name it like a parody character created by a cartoon villain?

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Whats funny with coal is im fine if we use it as a base material as long as we don't burn it. Like as feedstock for carbon fiber. Thing is the industry wants to rip it out full speed and burning it is the only process that uses it fast enough for them.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does industry even want to do that? Seems like it just isn't worth it given all of the difficulties and expenses involved with using goal. Unless like they want to ban NG for being too woke.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah I doubt they do. It goes back to burning is the only way they can sell as quickly as they want to. Its simply and industry that does not care about tommorrow.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Coalie takes a bath everyday so he can be good, clean coal.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Is this a John Oliver bit?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

Coalie's right arm is as black as his lungs!

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm having a vision and it's Bronti and Trexxy, the cute and cuddly dinosaur friends promoting oil.

🦖🦕I know oil isn't literally made from dinosaurs. That just makes the concept better.

[–] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Coal is cool when its in a musuem

Otherwise electric >>>