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I don’t know why they’re so reluctant to admit it was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Say it loud and proud, Turtle Power!

Truth. I suspect an insignificant percent of internet comments are in the service of a few individuals special interests. That is to say, fake.

> The answer is to replace fossil fuels with [renewables]

I agree.

> So poverty.

Don’t be so dramatic. Would it kill you to turn the thermostat up while we convert our global power infrastructure to renewables?

My list of example actions one could do to to fight climate change was not exhaustive or exclusive.

I don’t mean to pick on you, but this question comes up in every single climate change post. Answering it is exhausting. We need a climate change FAQ.

The simple answer is end fossil fuels. How do we do that? Vote, eat less meat, bike ride, strike, protest, invest in solar, boycott, reuse, buy less, telecommute, etc. Use your imagination. Do something, do everything, the end goal is we all stop releasing sequestered green house gasses into the atmosphere.

> Easily 4 more years.

What planet do you live on?

I love this guys videos.

Climate what now? /s

For real though I swear half of hacker news must work in oil and gas.

You can check out of Hacker News but you can never leave. No seriously, you can’t delete your account.

Stoicism as a personal philosophy or cultural norm? For the former, I’d say nothing. But for the later I think it’s unfortunate. There are many ways to live a life and many philosophies. Stoicism may work for you, but maybe the next guy needs a good cry without getting harassed for it.

I thought it was satire. Satire died in 2016, but I still haven’t learned.

Has only bottled water been studied? I wonder how many microplastics are found in gallon milk and sodas?

Or “how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb.”

That’s a great idea to pitch. It has the side benefit of incentivizing less travel due to increased expense.

Low hanging fruit, assuming you can afford to purchase a new car. Soooo, not so low hanging for a lot of people.

There are better solutions to climate change. But access to solid sex education, free birth control, and legal and safe abortions would go far to aid in a lot of issues, over population included. It wouldn’t even require any draconian measures, just give people the tools for proper family planning.

It’s not just climate scientists. I’ve been having a tough time with it myself. I know I’m not alone.

I think it depends a lot on their age and maturity.

Besides the $1k monthly premiums. Don’t forget to save up for the $10k deductible in case you actually get sick!

And all Texas cities basically shut down with any amount of snow or ice. Imagine if there was a blizzard in Houston and some yank was like, “where are their snow plows, snow chains, heavy jackets, insulated pipes, etc?”

> What to do with the tax money

You return the fee directly back to the people. In fact there’s a bill in Congress proposing exactly that and it’s overwhelming supported by progressives.

https://energyinnovationact.org/

How many have to die before we’re doomed? Is being “doomed” reserved for human extinction, or is a few billion deaths enough? A few million? Look, the situation is bad. Really bad. This whole conversation is a distraction from the main point. We’re screwed/doomed/whatever you like, if we don’t act now.

It’s especially annoying because the fact that you can’t delete an account is not disclosed up front.

Yes.

To be fair, and not to hate on H-town, but Houston’s concrete sprawl is not exactly endearing, and it’s relaxed permitting may have played a roll in its increased impervious cover and flooding.

Practice makes better.

Call it what you’d like.

I'm not sure what you mean by "procedurally." Republicans can still vote in favor of this bill even if they do not cosponsor it. But the more Republicans cosponsor it the easier it will be politically for other Republicans to vote in favor of it.

The goal of the bill is bipartisan support. What makes the bill bipartisan is it does not attempt to grow government by creating new tax revenues, or regulations. Instead of increasing tax revenue the carbon fee is paid directly to the tax payer. Instead of additional regulations the gradually increasing fee incentivizes industry to reduce their use of fossil fuels.

There is a bipartisan carbon fee and dividend bill in the United States Congress right now with 59 sponsors[1], called The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (H.R. 763)[2]. This bill puts a fee on fossil fuels that grows over time. The money collected (minus administrative costs) is paid back to every American to spend as they see fit.

Citizen's Climate Lobby is a bipartisan organization of regular people trying to get this bill passed. Please check out CCL and write your representative[3] to ask them to sponsor H.R. 763. It's our best shot at lowering green house gasses quickly.

[1] https://energyinnovationact.org/

[2] https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/763

[3] https://citizensclimatelobby.org/write-your-representative/#...

Sounds like the same person talking from multiple accounts to me.