Meanwhile ... the planet is going down the toilet fast

[Chap]

But we do know what is coming ...

But here is some good news.

"The experimental Joint European Torus has doubled the record for the amount of energy made from fusing atoms — the process that powers the Sun."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00391-1

Those who work on this technology have made it plain that they do not expect man-made terrestrial controlled fusion devices to be a practical power source within the time-scale necessary to replace carbon-based sources before irreparable damage has been done to the systems that enable human beings to live tolerable lives on this planet. (Of course nobody is expecting the human race to die out completely.)

Meanwhile, there is a huge fusion reactor nearby, called the sun, and it is deluging us with free energy all the time. Some of it is available directly as electromagnetic radiation that can be captured by solar panels; other large amounts are in the energy of the wind, which is ultimately driven by sun power. All we have to do is to construct much more of the infrastructure needed to capture and use it. And that is a simple matter of applying technologies that already exist and are operating successfully at a very large scale.

But we need to do it quicker than ever, and ruthlessly dump the obsolete carbon-spewing energy generation technologies as soon as we can replace them. There will be big political and economic costs. But they are as nothing compared to the ruination that will follow inaction - and which has already begun before our eyes.

[Atlanticmike]

But here is some good news.

"The experimental Joint European Torus has doubled the record for the amount of energy made from fusing atoms — the process that powers the Sun."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00391-1

Those who work on this technology have made it plain that they do not expect man-made terrestrial controlled fusion devices to be a practical power source within the time-scale necessary to replace carbon-based sources before irreparable damage has been done to the systems that enable human beings to live tolerable lives on this planet. (Of course nobody is expecting the human race to die out completely.)

Meanwhile, there is a huge fusion reactor nearby, called the sun, and it is deluging us with free energy all the time. Some of it is available directly as electromagnetic radiation that can be captured by solar panels; other large amounts are in the energy of the wind, which is ultimately driven by sun power. All we have to do is to construct much more of the infrastructure needed to capture and use it. And that is a simple matter of applying technologies that already exist and are operating successfully at a very large scale.

But we need to do it quicker than ever, and ruthlessly dump the obsolete carbon-spewing energy generation technologies as soon as we can replace them. There will be big political and economic costs. But they are as nothing compared to the ruination that will follow inaction - and which has already begun before our eyes.

Holy Hell Batman!! This is funny!! Hey Chap! I bet you’re thirty 30lbs overweight, live in a house not powered by the sun, you drive a car that’s powered by carbon spewing energy, you buy your food at a store that is powered by carbon, you go to a doctors office powered by carbon, a dentist office powered by carbon, you watch a tv that was made in a plant using carbon energy, the device you’re communicating with now is powered by carbon power, basically, you’re a fxxckin hypocrite. You come on here saying we must do this we must do that, well, then do it!!! No one is stopping you, just fxxxin do it. Demolish your house so no one can live in it. Return your lot back to nature by planting trees to eat up all the dirty carbon. Then move somewhere deep in the boonies where you can build a cabin and live off the land! You can dig a deep hole in the ground and crap in it so you don’t send your crap to a carbon eating sewage plant. You can hunt for grasshoppers and Beatles for food instead of eating pork or beef that’s been shipped for hundreds of miles in carbon spewing tractor trailers. It’s simple! Just do it!

Why don’t you become what you preach???

The most hilarious part is you went from a doomsday cult that preaches the world is going to end in a blaze of fire upon Christ return to the progressive cult that preaches the world is going to end in a blaze of fire. You even posted a picture of a in the opening post!! You’ve been duped ding dong!! You’re still in a cult and you still believe the world is going to end! You’re just reading from a different Bible ding dong! Wake the fxxk up!! I guarantee when you’re on your deathbed, the earth will be better off then when you were young!

Again!! Nothing is stopping from practicing what you preach!

[Marcus]

But here is some good news.

"The experimental Joint European Torus has doubled the record for the amount of energy made from fusing atoms — the process that powers the Sun."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00391-1

Those who work on this technology have made it plain that they do not expect man-made terrestrial controlled fusion devices to be a practical power source within the time-scale necessary to replace carbon-based sources before irreparable damage has been done to the systems that enable human beings to live tolerable lives on this planet. (Of course nobody is expecting the human race to die out completely.)

Meanwhile, there is a huge fusion reactor nearby, called the sun, and it is deluging us with free energy all the time. Some of it is available directly as electromagnetic radiation that can be captured by solar panels; other large amounts are in the energy of the wind, which is ultimately driven by sun power. All we have to do is to construct much more of the infrastructure needed to capture and use it. And that is a simple matter of applying technologies that already exist and are operating successfully at a very large scale.

But we need to do it quicker than ever, and ruthlessly dump the obsolete carbon-spewing energy generation technologies as soon as we can replace them. There will be big political and economic costs. But they are as nothing compared to the ruination that will follow inaction - and which has already begun before our eyes.

[Atlanticmike]

Those who work on this technology have made it plain that they do not expect man-made terrestrial controlled fusion devices to be a practical power source within the time-scale necessary to replace carbon-based sources before irreparable damage has been done to the systems that enable human beings to live tolerable lives on this planet. (Of course nobody is expecting the human race to die out completely.)

Meanwhile, there is a huge fusion reactor nearby, called the sun, and it is deluging us with free energy all the time. Some of it is available directly as electromagnetic radiation that can be captured by solar panels; other large amounts are in the energy of the wind, which is ultimately driven by sun power. All we have to do is to construct much more of the infrastructure needed to capture and use it. And that is a simple matter of applying technologies that already exist and are operating successfully at a very large scale.

But we need to do it quicker than ever, and ruthlessly dump the obsolete carbon-spewing energy generation technologies as soon as we can replace them. There will be big political and economic costs. But they are as nothing compared to the ruination that will follow inaction - and which has already begun before our eyes.

I bet you’ll use carbon energy most of the day. Try not to, come back and tell us how successful you were!!

[Xenophon]

As relevant now as ever:

[Some Schmo]

Human extinction is unlikely.

No, it's inevitable. The only question is how long do we have.

Humanity is a tiny blip on the Earth's timeline, and I have little doubt it will stay a tiny blip. There have been several mass extinction events in Earth's history; that's not going to change just because it would benefit humanity, especially when humanity is doing everything it can to kill itself.

[Some Schmo]

I normally have you on ignore, but I couldn't resist the temptation to see once again how big a fool and laughing stock you would make of yourself by attempting to answer Dr. Shades' very reasonable question.

At this point, people who deny the science are damned brain dead and aren't worth the crap they dump out every morning. They deserve to die in a climate exasperated hurricane first.

[Chap]

As relevant now as ever:

Sums up that particular trope perfectly.

Applied to the planet, it is about as stupid as the "Why don't you leave <country> if you hate it so much" reaction to any suggestion of the need for change in some social or legal institution.

[Some Schmo]

Sums up that particular trope perfectly.

Applied to the planet, it is about as stupid as the "Why don't you leave <country> if you hate it so much" reaction to any suggestion of the need for change in some social or legal institution.

Yeah, it's right up there with "if you think the government should spend more on XYZ then why don't you just donate more money to taxes?"

Morons will be morons.

[Res Ipsa]

I bet you’ll use carbon energy most of the day. Try not to, come back and tell us how successful you were!!

In the midst of all his brainless clowning, Mike stumbled on the truth. Because we've built our civilization around burning fossil fuels for energy, it is virtually impossible for ordinary people to go about their lives without burning carbon. To any rational non-clown, the conclusion one necessarily reaches is obvious: individual attempts to reduce carbon emissions cannot create the reduction in carbon emissions needed to avoid a catastrophe that will last longer than our recorded history to date. The only way to get where we need to be is to change how we produce and use energy. That's perfectly obvious to anyone who has two brain cells to rub together, but what we get is clowning.