Southwest U.S. Heat Dome

[Captante]

Keep thinking there is no Global Warming. It already has affected a horse in NYC.
Carriage horse falls to the ground in Manhattan on hot summer day (msn.com)

This is nothing new sadly .... while many of the carriage-drivers in NYC treat their animals very well, there are all too frequent incidents of abuse and neglect.

Personally I don't think horse-drawn vehicles should be banned in NYC but I do think they should be banned from areas where cars/trucks are allowed and that better treatment of horses needs to be mandated. (ie: shorter hours of service)

De Blasio Is Making Another Push To Ban Horse Carriages In NYC. (Gothamist ~ Nov 2021)

 

[FelixDeCat]

Still looking at it the wrong way. If every human on the planet died today, this would still be happening, and would still get worse for another ~80 years or so, at which point the situation would plateau.

While it is true that climate change occurs with or without the large influence our massive population is currently adding, the argument is the rate of change.

Based on what I've seen so far it usually happens over millenia not decades.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Notice he is framing it as "more people need to die."

Obviously is not feasible to reduce the population, we can do things to control growth like stop subsidizing it with tax breaks.

I know that is hard to swallow however.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

While it is true that climate change occurs with or without the large influence our massive population is currently adding, the argument is the rate of change.

Based on what I've seen so far it usually happens over millenia not decades.

... Yes, but that has to do with us releasing CO2, not reproducing and consuming water/plant/animal matter.

 

[FelixDeCat]

... Yes, but that has to do with us releasing CO2, not reproducing and consuming water/plant/animal matter.

The effect is magnified by the number of producers of CO2.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

The effect is magnified by the number of producers of CO2.

Yes, but without the co2 component, the number of producers becomes irrelevant beyond localized ecology damage (which is much more managable).

 

[nakedfrog]

Unless we can find a way to live in more sustainable ways with less energy use or at least use more renewable energy, reduce the amount of pollution we create, not to mention our massive piles of garbage streams, humans are doomed.

We already know how to do all of these things, it's just bad for shareholder value*, so we don't do them.

*In the short term, which is all we care about

 

[hal2kilo]

Keep thinking there is no Global Warming. It already has affected a horse in NYC.
Carriage horse falls to the ground in Manhattan on hot summer day (msn.com)

Maybe it was spagettiOs.

 

[brycejones]

While it is true that climate change occurs with or without the large influence our massive population is currently adding, the argument is the rate of change.

Based on what I've seen so far it usually happens over millenia not decades.

You do understand we are making it happen over decades right? Do you accept the increased rate of change is a direct result of human actions?

 

[Captante]

Maybe it was spagettiOs.

Or the Beef-a-reeno!

 

[FelixDeCat]

You do understand we are making it happen over decades right? Do you accept the increased rate of change is a direct result of human actions?

All my posts have emphasized how human actions have made it happen faster than normal. 🎬

 

[brycejones]

All my posts have emphasized how human actions have made it happen faster than normal. 🎬

Good, then why do you keep voting for politicians who support policies that do nothing to change that?

 

[Amol S.]

This is nothing new sadly .... while many of the carriage-drivers in NYC treat their animals very well, there are all too frequent incidents of abuse and neglect.

Personally I don't think horse-drawn vehicles should be banned in NYC but I do think they should be banned from areas where cars/trucks are allowed and that better treatment of horses needs to be mandated. (ie: shorter hours of service)

De Blasio Is Making Another Push To Ban Horse Carriages In NYC. (Gothamist ~ Nov 2021)

DeBlasio never went anywhere with that. So I also don't expect any changes during the Adam's administration. It's not just the union that represent the horse owners, the end climate change group are also siding with the horses claiming they are more green than cars.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Ugh we were forecast to be at 95 with rain today. Nope, we're at fucking 100 with humidity instead of course. Already tied 2011 for second place in count of 100+ days yesterday.

 

[hal2kilo]

Or the Beef-a-reeno!

Damn, my memory! Got the Star Trek thing wrong also.

 

[Captante]

Damn, my memory! Got the Star Trek thing wrong also.

That Seinfeld is one of my all-time favorite comedy episodes!

 

[hal2kilo]

That Seinfeld is one of my all-time favorite comedy episodes!

IICR there's a marble rye in the mix.

 

[dank69]

Good, then why do you keep voting for politicians who support policies that do nothing to change that?

You mean "policies that explicitly make it worse"

 

[dank69]

That Seinfeld is one of my all-time favorite comedy episodes!

Rusty!

 

[Captante]

Rusty!

 

[SteveGrabowski]

I'm dying watching this video from RDCworld1 titled "How scientists gonna act when the climate finally messes up the Earth"

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Ugh after a month of pretty decent weather that stupid typhoon that slammed into Alaska pushed a big heat dome back over Texas and we might end up breaking that record for 100 degree days in San Antonio after all (currently at 58 this year with 59 the record, set in 2009). Went to take my dog out a few minutes ago and it was fking hot and humid, 98 with a 103 heat index. Ugh will have this heat dome over us until about next Saturday and it's supposed to be at its worst on Thursday and Friday.