On one hand, the climate is definitely out of whack this year, the ocean's temperature is also hitting record levels for this time of year.<p>On the other hand, no, we don't have temperature measurements from the last 100k years to compare to so that's kinda BS. We have models. All models are wrong (some are useful).
Sad. Trying my best to live eco-consciously (low meat, anti-consumption, etc), but feels like I should just give up.<p>Nobody around me seems to give the damnest.
Most extreme solar flare this cycle also happened to occur.... your diet and recycling has not caused these temperatures<p><a href="https://twitter.com/drkstrong/status/1675669797462310919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1675669797462310919%7Ctwgr%5E497e2fcdef22afa7e41e4035bc86ccea016209fe%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fembedly.forbes.com%2Fwidgets%2Fmedia.html%3Ftype%3Dtext2Fhtmlkey%3D3ce26dc7e3454db5820ba084d28b4935schema%3Dtwitterurl%3Dhttps3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fdrkstrong%2Fstatus%2F1675669797462310919image%3Dhttps3A%2F%2Fi.embed.ly%2F1%2Fimage3Furl3Dhttps253A252F252Fabs.twimg.com252Ferrors252Flogo46x38.png26key3D3ce26dc7e3454db5820ba084d28b4935" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://twitter.com/drkstrong/status/1675669797462310919?ref...</a>
okay my prior observation about coming out of an ice age so naturally it will likely be warmer fell flat with the downvote so how about some realism?<p>The Earth doesn’t care, and the Earth always wins.<p>Look around. How many insects do you see or clean off your windshield now? How about butterflies? Frogs? Birds? By various quantitative indicators we are in a mass extinction event, for whatever cause. Accelerating temperatures? Excessive chemical use? Ecosystem destruction and disruption? Who knows.<p>Although more likely … there’s just too many humans, and those humans are living an unsustainable lifestyle provided by our technology.<p>It isn’t capitalism vs socialism or communism.. as the USSR certainly wasn’t an eco-friendly economy… nor is it developed vs emerging economies as technology appears to prop up enormous unsustainable human populations in developing countries…<p>So the vast majority of humanity will disappear if not lead to our collective extinction. The Earth will be different than the one we knew, and the collective decisions of humanity world-wide chose this outcome.<p>The only thing you can do is what our ancestors over millions of years have done … adapt, move and focus on your own personal survival and reproductive success…<p>Or just enjoy the view and don’t worry so much.
Considering we only exited the last ice age period some 11K years ago … this is sort of like weathermen crowing about the first 70 degree day in April … <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_glaciation" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_glaciation</a>