Kamilah Hauptmann
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Some interesting discussion in thread there.
Some interesting discussion in thread there.
Some of the folks suffering from TMS (Toxic Masculinity Syndrome) are going to be quite upset when their munitions start getting cooked off. Seems some folks in the Middle East have found that munitions and propellants are not stable chemicals.
It’s not hard to see how the United Arab Emirates, of which Sharjah is the third largest city-state after Abu Dhabi and Dubai, is one of the highest emitters of carbon dioxide and consumers of water per capita in the world. It is a place where souped-up SUVs roar from man-made islands to malls with indoor ski slopes, where water is flushed by the gallon into ornamental gardens, where energy is guzzled with end-of-the-world glee, deaf to the pleas of Greta Thunberg. But before you start sneering, this petroleum-fuelled, water-hungry lifestyle is mostly the doing of British and American conglomerates, the result of an Anglo-centric idea of a city imposed on a desert climate that could never sustain it.
Post-colonial legacies, climate justice and water equity are just some of the testy topics that feature in the inaugural Sharjah Architecture Triennial, a three-month extravaganza of exhibitions and events that opened this week.
Unfortunately, the framing of arguments for aggressive climate change mitigation aren't compelling. The sociopaths who run the oil & gas conglomerates of the world couldn't possibly care less about the world's poor. Statements like this just confirm the (mistaken) belief that safety from climate change can be bought.Carbon emissions are set to rise until 2040 even if governments meet their existing environmental targets, the International Energy Agency warned, providing a stark reminder of the drastic changes needed to alleviate the world's climate crisis.
In its annual World Energy Outlook, released on Wednesday, the IEA said a rapid reduction in emissions would require "significantly more ambitious policy action" in favor of efficiency and clean energy technologies than what is currently planned. Until then, the impact of an expanding world economy and growing populations on energy demand would continue to outweigh the push into renewables and lower-carbon technologies.
Joeri Rogelj, a lecturer in climate change and the environment at Imperial College London's Grantham Institute, said even this scenario "leads the world down a dangerous climate action cul-de-sac, which ends in 2050 with a world warming beyond a level science considers compatible with sustainable development of poor and vulnerable populations."
The IEA's predictions for solar energy are famously, hilariously wrong. I wouldn't take their report too seriously. The black line is what actually happened with PV (photovoltaic solar panels). The colored lines are each year's IEA predictions. I mean, they are not just wrong, but consistently wrong for 14 years, and about to be 15. A recent projection for this year is 129 GW, which would be slightly above the top of the graph, not a decline like the IEA projected last year.Today's doom-mongering report:
Global Carbon Emissions Unlikely to Peak Before 2040, IEA's Energy Outlook Warns - Inside Climate News
ICN occasionally publishes Financial Times articles to bring you more business and international climate reporting. Carbon emissions are set to rise until 2040 even if governments meet their existing environmental targets, the International Energy Agency warned, providing a stark reminder of the...insideclimatenews.org
Greenland's main airport is set to end civilian flights within five years due to climate change, as the melting of permafrost is cracking the runway.
Kangerlussuaq Airport, the country's main hub, had 11,000 planes landing or departing last year.
Permafrost, the layer of soil usually frozen solid, is shrinking as temperatures rise. For airport workers, ridding the runway of the snow and ice has become a constant struggle.
As a result, authorities will start building a new facility from scratch.
Amid mounting global concern about climate change, Denmark has turned into a buzzing hive of green experimentation, with efforts underway inside homes, across cities and on a national scale.
Copenhagen is trying to become the first carbon-neutral capital by 2025 -- a full 25 years before Washington and other major world cities expect they might have a shot at canceling their emissions.
it's a wondeful initiative, but one that is very specific to small communities in a small country like Denmark. This won't scale for most the much larger U.S. metropolitan areas.It’s good, but it gives a sense of nibbling around the edges.
There are going to be many casualties, especially among the poor, the old and the disabled. That's pretty much a given.Leaving disabled and elderly out of the greening is asking us to be shut ins - right when our numbers are growing and most policy makers expect more and more of us to stay in the workforce. But without accommodations in the system, how does that work? The whole built environment is impassable.
I can’t really accept that. If we get social breakdown, then of course. But expecting wealthy countries to design in ways that leave out much of the necessary workforce is to expect them to be eugenicist and shortsighted. Shortsighted, because policies that create poverty don’t actually save money, they just shore up income inequality and lead to social disorder.it's a wondeful initiative, but one that is very specific to small communities in a small country like Denmark. This won't scale for most the much larger U.S. metropolitan areas.
There are going to be many casualties, especially among the poor, the old and the disabled. That's pretty much a given.
Peachtree City here in Atlanta has a multitude of golf carts and dedicated paths for them. They are lightweight and relatively easy to electrify. Most people drive themselves to the store and whatnot, but if you're not able to, you can get a driver to help you. Seems like a community cart service could help with the "last mile" problem.There really needs to be a push for more transit, and to make existing transit disability friendly. And I don’t know of any city that does that adequately. Certainly not where I live - I’m in town, but the nearest bus stop is .8 mi away. It might as well be on Mars.
You keep saying that, as if common sense and logic have anything to do with it. Some communities -- like the one's that Daniel describes -- will make accommodations, but there's no single monolithic policy that will prevail across the country. The U.S. simply doesn't work that way. We're a patchwork of states and communities; some will get it right, but many will react to climate change in an ad hoc fashion and unfairness will ensue.I can’t really accept that. If we get social breakdown, then of course. But expecting wealthy countries to design in ways that leave out much of the necessary workforce is to expect them to be eugenicist and shortsighted. Shortsighted, because policies that create poverty don’t actually save money, they just shore up income inequality and lead to social disorder.
So design and policy really should proceed as if the rule of law is going to hold up. People don’t understand that no amount of personal fitness or wealth can save you if it doesn’t.
I have lived in 11 different states in different regions and accept solutions will be local. But we’re online, so one community’s clever idea can be imitated by others. It is a design problem when dogma and not public surveys drive the identification of needs. It’s not even good for business.You keep saying that, as if common sense and logic have anything to do with it. Some communities -- like the one's that Daniel describes -- will make accommodations, but there's no single monolithic policy that will prevail across the country. The U.S. simply doesn't work that way. We're a patchwork of states and communities; some will get it right, but many will react to climate change in an ad hoc fashion and unfairness will ensue.
As for social breakdown, I'm convinced that's a matter of when, not if, but it's (most likely) far enough away in the future that I won't know one way or another. I'll go to my deathbed muttering dire predictions for the fate of the human race. What can I say, it's my hobby.
The golf carts idea is interesting. I’m not in a wheelchair, and if I was it would have to be powered, since my biggest mobility problem is heart/lungs, rather than my legs or back. Powered chairs and scooters are stupidly expensive and have to be qualified for, if you need insurance to pay for it.Peachtree City here in Atlanta has a multitude of golf carts and dedicated paths for them. They are lightweight and relatively easy to electrify. Most people drive themselves to the store and whatnot, but if you're not able to, you can get a driver to help you. Seems like a community cart service could help with the "last mile" problem.
Our regular transit buses kneel and have front racks for bikes or wheelchairs. There are also smaller buses (about 20 passengers) specifically to take disabled people to local shopping. You have to qualify to use them (low income/disabled I assume). I don't know the details, but I see them sometimes at the supermarket. So I think there are solutions out there, but cities need to be prodded into using them.
A co-founder of Extinction Rebellion has sparked anger in Germany after referring to the Holocaust as “just another fuckery in human history”.
Roger Hallam has been accused of downplaying the Nazis’ genocide of 6 million Jews by arguing in an interview that the significance of the Holocaust has been overplayed.
In the interview with the weekly Die Zeit, in which he referred to the Holocaust several times, Hallam said: “The fact of the matter is, millions of people have been killed in vicious circumstances on a regular basis throughout history.”
He listed other mass killings in the past 500 years, including the Belgians’ slaughter in the Congo. “They went to the Congo in the late 19th century and decimated it.” He said that seen in this context, the Holocaust was “almost a normal event … just another fuckery in human history.”
Those guys *really* need to get a grip on their diversity problem. I can’t imagine a racially and religiously diverse group making a mistake like this.Extinction Rebellion founder’s Holocaust remarks spark fury
German politicians accuse Roger Hallam of downplaying significance of genocidewww.theguardian.com
Peachtree City was an accident. It was founded in the 1950's as a golf community, so lots of people had golf carts already. Then somebody had the idea of putting in dedicated paths so they could get to the courses without mixing with auto traffic. The paths then spread so they are everywhere, and there are golf cart parking spots at lots of stores. Now that a lot of the original residents are retired and older, it has proved very useful for them if they don't want to get in traffic just to visit a friend or pick up a perscription.Some communities -- like the one's that Daniel describes -- will make accommodations, but there's no single monolithic policy that will prevail across the country.
In case you're wondering why I'm so pessimistic:
Fossil fuel production on track for double the safe climate limit
‘We’re in a deep hole over the climate crisis and we need to stop digging,’ warn expertswww.theguardian.com