Climate Change

[BCMtnHound]

Cat-6 hurricane wipes out most of Florida?

Quit dwelling on the positive. There’s a lot of negative too, like our diminishing seasonal snowpack.

[skaredshtles]

Quit dwelling on the positive. There’s a lot of negative too, like our diminishing seasonal snowpack.

I laft.

[xyz]

Plenty of good things happening on the climate front. Taylor Swift downsized her private jet fleet!

https://www.businessinsider.com/tayl...ate-jet-2024-2

I expect many other climate warriors to do the same. Not because they actually care about the climate but because their jets can be tracked. Leasing is more private.


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[Trackhead]

But she bought carbon credits so it’s all ok

[old goat]

Carbon credits=recycling for rich people

[xyz]

So the politicians and the rich force us to eat crickets, pay carbon taxes limit travel etc while they dine on wagu on private jets because they can afford carbon offsets. Yeah they can Fuk right off lol. And I’m sure I’ll be watching a Netflix special soon uncovering how offsets are scams that do zero to reduce emissions.


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[Buster Highmen]

xyz, you're a pointless and boring dick

[xyz]

xyz, you're a pointless and boring dick

Here is some more pointless and boring info for you.

Carbon offsetting schemes have been widely criticized for being a scam, with many experts and organizations arguing that they are ineffective in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and are often used as a way for companies to greenwash their image. Here are some reasons why carbon offsetting is considered a scam:

Double counting: Many carbon offset projects allow companies to claim credits for emissions reductions that have already been achieved, or that are not actually happening. This means that the same emissions reductions are counted multiple times, making it difficult to track the actual impact of the offsets.
Unverifiable claims: Carbon offset projects often make unverifiable claims about the emissions reductions they achieve. This makes it difficult to trust that the offsets are actually having a positive impact on the environment.
Lack of transparency: Many carbon offset projects lack transparency about how they calculate their emissions reductions, making it difficult to verify the accuracy of their claims.
Carbon credits are often worthless: A significant percentage of carbon credits are not actually reducing emissions, but are instead being sold as a way for companies to appear environmentally friendly.
Carbon offsetting can actually increase emissions: Some carbon offset projects can actually increase emissions by promoting the use of fossil fuels or other polluting activities.
Carbon offsetting is not a substitute for real climate action: Carbon offsetting is often seen as a way for companies to avoid taking real action to reduce their emissions, rather than making genuine efforts to reduce their environmental impact.
Some notable examples of carbon offset scams include:

The “forest carbon offset” scam, where companies claim to be planting trees to offset their emissions, but in reality, the trees are not being planted or are being cut down.
The “renewable energy” scam, where companies claim to be generating renewable energy to offset their emissions, but in reality, the energy is not being generated or is being used to power polluting activities.
The “carbon credit” scam, where companies claim to be selling carbon credits to offset their emissions, but in reality, the credits are not actually reducing emissions and are being used as a way to make money.
Overall, carbon offsetting is a complex and controversial issue, and many experts argue that it is not a reliable or effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

[skaredshtles]

xyz, you're a pointless and boring dick

That's why we ignore him.

[old goat]

He's right about carbon credits though. Well recognized to be bullshit, like recycling.

[WMD]

xyz, you're a pointless and boring dick

He's right about carbon credits though. Well recognized to be bullshit, like recycling.

Two things can be true at once...

[xyz]

He's right about carbon credits though. Well recognized to be bullshit, like recycling.

I’ve never been wrong in this thread. Y’all just don’t like it.

The more I researched about what’s actually happening in the recycling industry the less I recycle. I only recycle glass and cardboard these days. Plastic recycling is just wishful thinking. I’ve been pushing my strata to ditch our recycling because it’s very expensive for us. But people won’t let it go because they don’t want the truth to be true.

Reduce and reuse is best. Wishcyling is just that.

[WMD]

I don't care if I'm right or wrong, I'm just trying to sow doubt. Y’all just don’t like my bullshit games.

FIFY

[nickwm21]

Recycling is a business. Right now you can’t make money collecting plastic, grinding it down and selling pellets. There’s nothing nefarious going on, just economics. One day it might make sense like it does currently for glass, metal, and less so paper…


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[xyz]

Recycling is a business. Right now you can’t make money collecting plastic, grinding it down and selling pellets. There’s nothing nefarious going on, just economics. One day it might make sense like it does currently for glass, metal, and less so paper…


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What was nefarious was when we were selling our recycling to Asia. We are sold a green utopian dream but in reality the plastic ended up in open burn pits or the ocean.


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[teamdirt]

Climate change is inevitable

To defer the extreme results start with limiting consumerism!

[nickwm21]

So some people in Asia were paying to import waste plastic then throwing it in open burn pits?


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[xyz]

So some people in Asia were paying to import waste plastic then throwing it in open burn pits?


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Only 9% of plastic is actually recycled. China was importing it for a fee.

Plastic is extremely expensive to recycle and the recovered plastic has very little value. the most profitable way to deal with plastic waste is to charge the person sending you the waste a "recycling fee" and to then dump the waste in a river or on an open field. That was what was happening and the overwhelming majority of the waste imported for "recycling" to China was being dumped.

In 2018 China stopped importing our plastic waste. So it got diverted to SE Asia. They were overwhelmed and burnt it for power or dumped it. The toxic waste has caused contaminated water, crop death and respiratory illnesses.

[WMD]

What was nefarious was when we were selling our recycling to Asia. We are sold a green utopian dream but in reality the plastic ended up in open burn pits or the ocean.


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What was nefarious was that the beverage companies that were responsible for the vast majority of single use plastic and the oil companies profiting from this said it was all ok as long as we recycled, knowing all along there were issues with recycling and most plastic was never collected for recycling anyway.

Same as what's nefarious about fossil fuel companies is that they have actively fought to sow doubt and to hide the truth about climate change so they delay action to cut emissions so they could reap obscene profits from more fossil fuels.

[Trackhead]

He's right about carbon credits though. Well recognized to be bullshit, like recycling.

But Seattle Starbucks consumers feel SO much better having 5 different holes to dump their trash in when they all go to the same container under the counter (pun).

Feel good environmentalism, like carbon credits.

[The AD]

I’ve never been wrong in this thread. Y’all just don’t like it.

You and altasnob should get together to sniff each other's farts.

[up an down]

Their noses are already too far up Trump's ass to spend quality time with other assholes

[sb]

https://twitter.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/...GatesIsaPyscho

[sb]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JE0Zlx...b_yt_watermark

[MagnificentUnicorn]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JE0Zlx...b_yt_watermark

Is this the type of content that you look at on a regular basis and are you posting this as a joke or do you believe that tree damaged fencing is caused by a global conspiracy?


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