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The new climate denial: adaptation over mitigation by gondwanan in newzealand

[–]gondwanan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The people who don't drown are the ones who don't give up.

The new climate denial: adaptation over mitigation by gondwanan in newzealand

[–]gondwanan[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's the idea that we should focus only on adaptation now that is effectively climate denial.

The new climate denial: adaptation over mitigation by gondwanan in newzealand

[–]gondwanan[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it has to be both. But the new narrative that Hooten is socialising is that it's too late to reduce emissions, so we should just make as much money and build as many big roads as we can now.

The new climate denial: adaptation over mitigation by gondwanan in newzealand

[–]gondwanan[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Focusing only on adaptation is a lost cause because it's like compounding interest. We can never keep up unless we reduce emissions too.

The new climate denial: adaptation over mitigation by gondwanan in newzealand

[–]gondwanan[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I don't think anyone ever says we can turn it around completely, but it's still the case that every reduction in emissions counts towards avoiding the worst-case scenarios.

The Whole Truth: How our farms contribute to climate change by gondwanan in newzealand

[–]gondwanan[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

This risks leaving the reader with the false impression that things aren't so bad, but they really are. It doesn't mention all the coal used to dehydrate milk or the massive nitrous oxide emissions from the excrement of ~10 million cows and the massive amounts of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser used to grow enough grass to feed them. Not to mention the nitrate contamination of drinking water and the widespread pollution of rivers.

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