So, I may be a "doomsayer" (I consider myself a realist), but I'm always trying to see if there's a solution to getting us out of the mess we're in. Perhaps I would describe myself as an optimistic pessimist. Anyhow, based on my recent research, here are some of the solutions I think we (humanity) should pursue collectively...

1. Plug up the #MethaneLeaks! Seriously! That's a big part of the problem!

2. Make the price of #meat expensive! I remember when having meat was considered a special occasion -- not a daily occurrence.

3. Make things out of #RomanConcrete. Now that we've cracked the recipe, there's no excuse not to use it! Especially with rising sea levels (Roman concrete holds up better when exposed to water).

4. Manufacture stuff that lasts! No more #PlannedObsolescence or items that can't be repaired by a skilled user or a local repair shop!

5. Grow food locally! Turn empty #office spaces into #IndoorUrbanFarms (and #housing).

6. Utilize new (and ancient) technologies to the max! #SolarPrisms, reflective white paint, building new structures with #skywells, #geothermal and other ways to cool/heat spaces without using #FossilFuels!

That's just a few off the top of my head. I think a lot of the solutions are right in front of us -- but #greed and #Oligarchy are keeping them from being implemented!

#ClimateChange #ClimateChangeSolutions

Not-so-fun fact about being #Neurodivergent... Having sensory issues with lighting, and having low-wattage #incandescent light bulbs be banned, while #BigOilAndGas make obscene profits and do nothing to plug up #MethaneLeaks! (In fact, they want to dig up more holes -- in the #DeepOcean!).

@Deixis9 What we need is #BigOilAndGas to plug up #MethaneLeaks! "#Methane is a greenhouse gas that’s 80 times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. It is estimated to account for 30% of the rise in global temperatures."

Stopping #ClimateChange requires sacrifice all right! Let's start with plugging up #MethaneLeaks and using #BigOilAndGas profits to fix things! I'm sick of #Greenwashing BS when we know who is really to blame! Trust me -- my friggin' 40 watt incandescent bulb isn't causing the climate to change!

Hmmmm.... So #MethaneLeaks are a substantial source of #ClimateChange. Well then, #BigOilAndGas needs to take care of that ASAP! And so do any countries without those industries and beholden to #Fascist f*ckers and their #Oligarch buddies!

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #ExxonKnew #WeKNowWhoToBlame #GeneralStrike #EatTheRich #UtahPhillips

Welcome to hell. Courtesy of #HumanGreed and #hubris

"Hoping to burn off the #methane gas that floated up from the newly formed crater, the Soviets lit it on fire [in the 1980s]. They thought it would burn off the methane in a day or two. Five decades later, the crater's still burning.

"The Darvaza gas crater (Turkmen: Garagum ýalkymy), also known as the Door to Hell or Gates of Hell, or, officially, the Shining of Karakum, is a burning natural gas field collapsed into a cavern near #Darvaza, #Turkmenistan. The floor and especially rim of the crater is illumined by hundreds of natural gas fires."

#Methane #MethaneLeaks #OilAndGas #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #GreenhouseGas

How secretive #methane leaks are driving #ClimateChange

19 Jul 2022

"There is an open secret in the oil and gas industry and it is feeding the climate crisis.

"Massive methane leaks, known as super-emitter events, have been taking place at oil and gas fields all over the world, from the #UnitedStates to #Turkmenistan. The releases, most of which can be traced to equipment failures, can last for weeks. One outside of a storage facility in #LosAngeles in 2015 hemorrhaged almost 100,000 tonnes of methane — a potent #GreenhouseGas — into the atmosphere over the course of four months.

"In June, researchers at Spain’s Polytechnic University of Valencia, said they uncovered the latest known super-emitter event at an #OilAndGas platform in the #GulfOfMexico . The installation discharged 40,000 tonnes of methane during a 17-day spell in December 2021 — equivalent to 3 per cent of #Mexico’s annual oil and gas emissions. Researchers said the release may never have been known to the public if not for the fact that it was captured by a #EuropeanSpaceAgency satellite.

"While the discharge was caught, it remains challenging to trace emissions of methane, which is colourless, odourless and responsible for more than 25% of the global warming the Earth is experiencing today. Due to its structure, methane traps more #heat in the atmosphere per molecule than carbon dioxide (CO2) making it 80 times more harmful than #CO2 during the 20 years after it is released into the atmosphere.

"As countries develop plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and avoid the worst effects of climate change, experts say it's vital to have a better handle on how much methane is being released into the atmosphere, including from super-emitter events. Cutting human-caused methane by 45 per cent this decade would keep warming beneath a threshold outlined by the #ParisAgreement.

"The big challenge is knowing exactly how much [methane] is being emitted, where it is being emitted and for how long it has been emitted."

Read more:
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/how-secretive-methane-leaks-are-driving-climate-change

#ExxonKnew #MethaneLeaks #OilAndGasIndustry #OilAndGas #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #ExxonKnew #USGovernmentKnew

#EnvironmentalCrisis
#MethaneLeaks

Revealed: 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks risk triggering climate tipping points
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/06/revealed-1000-super-emitting-methane-leaks-risk-triggering-climate-tipping-points?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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