The all-purpose heavy duty Climate Chaos thread (sprinkled with hope).

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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739

    Give Peas A Chance…
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Meltdown99 said:

    30,000 are gathering for COP26 in a pandemic. What could go wrong?


    https://torontosun.com/news/world/30000-are-gathering-for-cop26-in-a-pandemic-what-could-go-wrong?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1635455993

    Did they walk.

    Nope.  Just your typical hypocrites.

    I think it’s time to get me a  muscle car..

    Your current vehicle (truck, or Jeep, right?) isn't already enough to indicate you don't give a shit about climate change?  Interesting.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    brianlux said:
    Meltdown99 said:

    30,000 are gathering for COP26 in a pandemic. What could go wrong?


    https://torontosun.com/news/world/30000-are-gathering-for-cop26-in-a-pandemic-what-could-go-wrong?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1635455993

    Did they walk.

    Nope.  Just your typical hypocrites.

    I think it’s time to get me a  muscle car..

    Your current vehicle (truck, or Jeep, right?) isn't already enough to indicate you don't give a shit about climate change?  Interesting.
    "i do my part"
    "I also am not giving up my creature comforts". 

    hahahaha
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    brianlux said:
    Meltdown99 said:

    30,000 are gathering for COP26 in a pandemic. What could go wrong?


    https://torontosun.com/news/world/30000-are-gathering-for-cop26-in-a-pandemic-what-could-go-wrong?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1635455993

    Did they walk.

    Nope.  Just your typical hypocrites.

    I think it’s time to get me a  muscle car..

    Your current vehicle (truck, or Jeep, right?) isn't already enough to indicate you don't give a shit about climate change?  Interesting.
    "i do my part"
    "I also am not giving up my creature comforts". 

    hahahaha

    Got it!  :lol: 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739

    Plans for high-speed rail between Dallas and Fort Worth, with a stop in Arlington, move forward


    The only solution to automobiles is better rail and more rail options.

    where I live in southern Ontario my town and a bunch of other smaller towns were all connected by rail…the tracks have been removed and converted to multi purpose pathways.

    in southern Ontario all we do is expand highways and then we fill them up again.  And highways are expensive and hard on the environment.
    I wish in Ontario we’d adopt a policy of no new highways or highway expansion and invest that money to start building and  linking smaller communities with rail, plus it just makes commons sense with an aging population.  My 87 year old father often needs to go for specialized medical 90 minutes away…he wishes rail was an option..Fortunately I can take him, but many seniors are fucked.
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Out of My Mind and Time
    Out of My Mind and Time Posts: 1,333
    LOL. How many of you do I offset with needing 200 gallons of gas/week just for my boat? Add my SUVs, sideXside, snowmobiles. And your dreaded gas leaf blower. But don't worry, I use reusable straws. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Out of My Mind and Time said:
    LOL. How many of you do I offset with needing 200 gallons of gas/week just for my boat? Add my SUVs, sideXside, snowmobiles. And your dreaded gas leaf blower. But don't worry, I use reusable straws. 

    LOL, what a card. Enjoy your mindless trolling.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    I use rechargeable outdoor tools…talk about convenience.
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739

    GOLDSTEIN: PM heads into UN climate conference boasting big spending but few results




    But what he hasn’t done is lower Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions since his Liberal government was elected in 2015.



    Give Peas A Chance…
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,367
    Meltdown99 said:

    Plans for high-speed rail between Dallas and Fort Worth, with a stop in Arlington, move forward


    The only solution to automobiles is better rail and more rail options.

    where I live in southern Ontario my town and a bunch of other smaller towns were all connected by rail…the tracks have been removed and converted to multi purpose pathways.

    in southern Ontario all we do is expand highways and then we fill them up again.  And highways are expensive and hard on the environment.
    I wish in Ontario we’d adopt a policy of no new highways or highway expansion and invest that money to start building and  linking smaller communities with rail, plus it just makes commons sense with an aging population.  My 87 year old father often needs to go for specialized medical 90 minutes away…he wishes rail was an option..Fortunately I can take him, but many seniors are fucked.
    I agree with you here (and actually think even more parts of Canada could leverage this). I think this would also be a major economic boom, and could potentially catalyze some new urban centres across the country. For young people who want the urban life, the promise of access to urban life makes the more affordable rural living much more compelling. 
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739

    Trudeau calls for global carbon tax at COP26 summit



    Lmfao.  This dude had met a tax he doesn’t …

    that carbon tax is working well in bc…
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    Out of My Mind and Time said:
    LOL. How many of you do I offset with needing 200 gallons of gas/week just for my boat? Add my SUVs, sideXside, snowmobiles. And your dreaded gas leaf blower. But don't worry, I use reusable straws. 
    don't forget the coal fired steam engine to get to your weekly rounds with trump. 
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739

    Hypocrisy in the air at COP26: More than 200 private jets so leaders can talk emissions



    Do as I say not as I do…


    Give Peas A Chance…
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    Meltdown99 said:
    I use rechargeable outdoor tools…talk about convenience.
    Real Talk.  Do they work well?  We bought a Dyson and after 5 years it is approaching it's planned obsolescence.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    Meltdown99 said:

    Hypocrisy in the air at COP26: More than 200 private jets so leaders can talk emissions



    Do as I say not as I do…


    I would not want any president and their staff to be on a commercial plane.  I will say that.
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    I use rechargeable outdoor tools…talk about convenience.
    Real Talk.  Do they work well?  We bought a Dyson and after 5 years it is approaching it's planned obsolescence.
    They work excellent.  Stick to the same brand, the batteries are interchangeable.  The Dyson I got still works great about 4 years.
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    The hypocrisy is these assholes are spewing unnecessary carbon going to a bunch of meetings that solve absolutely nothing…it’s just bs.


    Give Peas A Chance…
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    I use rechargeable outdoor tools…talk about convenience.
    Real Talk.  Do they work well?  We bought a Dyson and after 5 years it is approaching it's planned obsolescence.

    Yeah, I'm really pissed at Sears for selling me this otherwise great quality battery operated drill driver and then later on changing the battery style so the darned thing has become close to obsolete. I'm down to my last battery that will hold a charge and they no longer sell those batteries.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Meltdown99 said:
    The hypocrisy is these assholes are spewing unnecessary carbon going to a bunch of meetings that solve absolutely nothing…it’s just bs.



    A bit generalizing but, yeah, there are reasons to be unhappy with some of the attendees:

    Greta Thunberg, other climate change activists in Glasgow slam 'greenwashing' and 'false solutions'

    GLASGOW, Scotland — Climate activist Greta Thunberg stormed out of an event at the U.N. Climate Change Conference on Wednesday afternoon, where officials and business leaders were discussing how to ensure that markets for trading carbon offsets actually achieve the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

    The Swedish teenager, who was in the audience at a panel discussion, left the venue saying, “Thanks for greenwashing,” after a moderator thanked her for attending the session.

    When Thunberg said “greenwashing,” she was using an environmentalists’ term for an organization’s false portrayal of itself as environmentally friendly. Some activists contend that corporations and governments participating in the climate summit, also known as COP26, are guilty of just that, by paying lip service to combating climate change while continuing to use the fossil fuels that cause global warming.




    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Really heartbreaking when you think about it.

    Climate depression is real. And it is spreading fast among our youth

    A School Strike for Climate protest in Sydney Australia May 2021



    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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