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I am terrified of climate change (beehaw.org)
submitted 2 years ago by Lumo@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
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I'll keep this short and sweet. Some random guy on the internet compiled together and summarized a bunch of climate research papers analyzing global trends and a bunch of different slow actors that are all going to kick in soon like the permafrost in Russia or the polar ice caps etc.

While I have not yet gone through the sources the author links and quotes extensively, this still has me extremely worried and I think that unless society somehow drastically changes and devotes a significant effort in doing something about it, we're all going to die within half a century.

I'm sorry for bringing doomerism into a safe space like Beehaw, but I'm scared and I can't sleep.

Also I'm not going to link the document in question because the author goes on a rant about billionaires and greed, and while I haven't decided whether or not I agree I'm not sure the tone fits the community.

Sorry again and have a good one !

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[-] LostCause@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Someone linked this to me a while ago cause I expressed climate despair: https://thecarbonalmanac.org/

I then found it to download for free from the zlibrary (I can‘t afford it ok), and so far it‘s good, it gives a more action focused perspective and is more optimistic than I would be.

So far it made me rethink my liberal use of cow products, while I struggle with even approaching a vegan diet, the "stop feeding into demand for cows" is a bit easier for me, I already didn‘t buy the meat for a long time and now I finally switched to an almond milk too and it‘s alright.

I also did switch my search engine to Ecosia to plant trees, it‘s not much, but maybe it helps. Works alright so far.

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