Notices by David Ho (davidho@mastodon.world)

Because of climate change, “Spain is no longer that paradise where you could spend a very mild winter and a very nice summer.”

https://www.vox.com/climate/392311/2024-record-warm-spain-climate-flood-disaster-valencia

Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities and 100 times more fun.

https://theconversation.com/cycling-is-ten-times-more-important-than-electric-cars-for-reaching-net-zero-cities-157163

I’m a scientist so I would never claim that this was nature‘s way of saying #FuckCars.

We're doing great: "Total emissions of CO₂ into the atmosphere in 2030 will only be 2.6% lower than in 2019, according to the latest climate plans put forward by countries…To be consistent with a goal for a 1.5°C warming limit…emissions would have to fall by 43% over the same time period." 🥲

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-28/un-climate-chief-warns-of-looming-trainwreck-as-1-5c-in-doubt

A reminder that more American child pedestrians (age 0-17) are killed by cars on Halloween than on any other day of the year. #CarsRuinCities

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2022/10/31/23427256/halloween-children-car-deaths-pedestrian-safety

Is everyone aware that flights are (often much) cheaper than trains in Europe because aviation fuel isn't taxed?

Behold government funded weather machines.

Instead of reporting outside in a hurricane to show viewers how windy or wet it is, TV journalists should report from an oil refinery and explain why the world has become so dangerous.

I visited the tomato souped painting a few days after and it was fine.

I’m still reeling over the 20- and 24-month long sentences that the activists got.

“All of humanity could share a prosperous, equitable future but the space for development is rapidly shrinking under pressure from a wealthy minority of ultra-consumers, a groundbreaking study has shown.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/12/consumerism-and-the-climate-crisis-threaten-equitable-future-for-humanity-report-says

🙄 No miracle particle holds the key to solving climate change.

We've got to do a bunch of things we already know how to do, including switching to renewables, increasing energy efficiency, and stopping bullshit emissions of greenhouse gases.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czrgy5vz0zyo.amp

CEO: "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. My company emitted one million tonnes of CO₂ and contributed to climate change."

Priest: "Say three Hail Marys and pay $250 to plant 1000 trees."

CEO: "Thank you, Father."

We’re not going to reach our climate targets if we keep doing this.

Unfortunately, the drug that prevents HIV infection, lenacapavir, is currently unaffordable at $42,250 for the first year. If it were sold by Gilead for $40 per year, it would still yield them a 30% profit. But I guess that’s not how capitalism works.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02493-4

Many people think we need to kill fish to get omega−3 fatty acids (sometimes called "fish oil"), but fish simply accumulate them by eating marine algae, so it's possible to get omega−3 fatty acids directly from algae.

Climeworks's Orca facility in Iceland, currently the world's largest direct air capture facility, was designed to remove 4000 tonnes of CO₂ per year.

In 2023, it removed just 921 tonnes.

That's a time machine that takes us back 0.7 seconds in a year. 🥲

https://climeworks.com/news/the-reality-of-deploying-direct-air-capture-in-the-field

We need to stop burning stuff. Air pollution killed 8 million people in 2021.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/18/almost-2000-children-die-every-day-from-air-pollution-report-finds

This would be terrible for climate and cause millions more deaths from air pollution every year.

https://www.desmog.com/2024/06/10/carbon-capture-will-extend-oil-production-by-84-years-industry-study-finds/

“The global press recently warned that as early as June 2024, Mexico City, home to 22 million people, could face ‘Day Zero’—the complete loss of fresh #water at the taps. The situation on the ground, although dire, is more nuanced.”

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/0424--kinard-mexico-city-run-out-of-water/

Is this a safe space to point out that the largest direct air capture plant in the world — designed to remove 36,000 tonnes of CO₂ each year — is a time machine that takes us back 28 seconds in a year? 🥲

https://wapo.st/3UTqMwC