Ah yeah, this guy. I had a great laugh during the pandemic, when he said, he would get the vaccine in public and later said it can’t be public, because for some reason it was really important to him to get that needle into his ass. Best was the doctor, who said something like ‘you must not inject anything in the central area of the buttocks!’.

Yes, you’re very right.

It just feels so wrong talking about plastic straws, while we produce more plastic than ever. Everyone buys new phones, plastic clothes and a thousand other things all the time.

We need to get away from single use objects to a circular economy. We need to get away from consumerism and endless growth to a society that values life and a habitable planet.

Talking about bad straws forgets to mention the million other bad things we use and throw away.

Yes, straws are bad. Single use plastic is bad. Individual transport is bad. Fashion clothing is bad. Littering is bad. And and and…

If we continue to be stuck discussing plastic straws forever, our society won’t last much longer than paper straws.

Oh common, are we really circling this discussion forever?

We need to reduce burning fossil fuels, everything else is nice, but doesn’t really make a dent in the graphs.

Oh man… I was about to comment satirically “this study was sponsored by coca-cola” but then I read your comment.

Sometimes it seems like there is no more need for satire, because reality has become a joke itself.

The last few years have been harder than ever to clinge to any spark of hope. It feels so weird to go on business as usual in personal life. But what’s the alternative? Depression won’t save anything or anyone out there. I think I do what I personally can. I don’t think it matters, but what to live for, if not ideals and believes? But the weight of hopelessness grows regardlessly and probably will keep growing.

I don’t write this to get attention or pity or whatever. I write this, because I know countless people out there feel the same. It won’t be fine. But also, you aren’t alone. Living with dignity in a dying world is brutal. Don’t feel too bad about it!

I’m not encouraging anything. If someone would show the people who report like this a gesture that is likened to a punch in the face, I might not stop them.

So that’s about 13,000 homo sapiens mothers?

As far as I know valves were shut quickly. The big leak was a result of remaining gas (under pressure?) between the valves that could escape. It was a lot, as the pipes run for 100s of km under the sea, so even with valves shut there was just a lot gas in the pipe.

After the first third I just skimmed through the rest.

It appears to privileged to me to think “life is too boring”. As far as I know the Austrian passport is strong and it should be possible to safe some money. It should be possible to leave the boring privilege behind and look for an exciting adventure.

The jobs in Europe may be boring, but your boss will pay all hours you worked according to a federal minimum budget at least. And honestly, there are more jobs, than just office, email, computer. Although maybe not an unsecure goldmine or other exciting stuff like living on a dump site, where chemicals might kill you.

Being jobless may be boring, but the government doesn’t let you starve and tries to prevent you living on the street.

Medical and psychological problems? It may take months, but somebody will have a look at least. It’s unlikely someone will chain you up at home… Wait, oh, nevermind, it’s Austria we talk about!

The outside may be boring. Maybe it is, because it’s unlikely you get robbed and raped. Also there are no invisible borders, which one can cross into gang land and never be seen again and there are no mines laying around.

I understand that it can feel mundane to live a relatively secure life.

Also I think, a lot of struggling people out there, with exciting lifes, unsure if they’ll make this year, month, week, day, long for a boring life.

It read like the author is looking for some adventure, expecting society to provide the adventure for them, instead of looking for themselves.

Gasp! Oh no! Scientists are STUNNED IN DISBELIEVE! You won’t believe what they ALARMINGLY discovered! /s

The nearly 3 million rivers that weave across the world are experiencing rapid and surprising changes, with potentially drastic implications for everything from drinking water supplies to flood risks, according to a new study.

Nearly half of the world’s largest downstream rivers — 44% — saw a drop in the amount of water flowing through them each year.

Gleason’s conclusion: “Holy cow, the rivers of the world are a lot different than we thought.” Some are changing by 5% or 10% a year, the report found. “That’s rapid, rapid change,” he said.

Polluting - I don’t think so, except they’re 2 stroke engines, which are rare, nowadays. These days you see even more and more electric bikes.

Inefficient - People often go 2, 3, 4 people on a bike that uses maybe 3 l/100km (78 MPG) or pull trailers wich stuff loaded, while using less space than a car.

Unsafe - totally less safe for the people on the vehicle. I don’t know about pedestrians. However, a lot of the accidents happen, because poor education to get the license, if any; hardly any law enforcement and poor vehicle maintenance.

Noisy - not more than a ICE car. Some motorbikes here have broken exhausts, which make them noisy, but that again is a lacking law enforcement and maintenance issue.

I am aware, however, that driving 2 wheel vehicles in ice and snow is not a wise idea, so while it works in SEA, it would be different in colder climates.

I somehow doubt they would have less particles from friction. They usually use a cushion which touches the ground.

The imagination of a busy intersection with common people driving hovercrafts is funny, though. Or imagine driving on slopes.

People won’t like it, but 2°C is dying somewhere remote and the ambulance hasn’t been called yet. Even if doctors were around now, it’s unsure if it could be saved.

As John Schellnhuber, one of the biggest European climate scientists that has been part of the majority of IPCCs, said last year about COP:

“Wenn die Länder die Klimaziele nicht umsetzen, sind diese Konferenzen nur Jahrmärkte der Eitelkeit.”

Translation by Google:

“If countries do not implement the climate targets, these conferences will be nothing more than vanity fairs.”

Interview, where he said it, and also said that 3 degrees above pre industrial would mean the end of modern human civilization (in German):

Youtube

Wait, wtf? Mouth dry! Mouth dry!

I actually watched that episode last night, so that post was kinda jumping at me. What are the odds…

Sagan, a real teacher. Not only smart, there are quite a few smart people. But also able to make something complicated easily understood. To make something abstract sound straight. To make something minds can’t grasp comprehensible. A beautiful ability!

Interesting, thank you for the reply! Learned something new today. The lines I see span over a quarter or so of the moon, so I’m not fully convinced yet. Absolute massive.

One of those articles that make you feel disgusted about the world we live in.

Thank you to all those scientists trying to throw the rudder around, that get bullied, while trying to save fellow humans.

Ah, this is probably the right community to ask.

What are those stripes leading to the crater, here in the upper left?

I’ve noticed them before, but when I try looking it up, I usually only find results for Saturn’s moon.

Beautiful picture, op!

As far as I understood, it’ll leak into the atmosphere, where it’ll cause 80 or 100 times more warming than CO² for a decade or so, before breaking down into good, old CO², causing further warming for centuries / millennia.

Not sure, but I think I’ve also read that in the process of breaking down into CO², the ozone layer gets damaged.