As the world burns, some reading:

Climate tipping points
Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points
“Climate tipping points are conditions beyond which changes in a part of the climate system become self-perpetuating. These changes may lead to abrupt, irreversible, and dangerous impacts with serious implications for humanity.”
https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.abn7950

Deep warming
‘Man is unwittingly conducting a vast geophysical experiment’ – an experiment with a highly uncertain outcome, but clear and important risks for life on Earth.”
“We will need to transform the human story... It must become a story of doing less, not more. A novel rupture is needed: Use less energy”
https://aeon.co/essays/theres-a-deeper-problem-hiding-beneath-global-warming

..."You must change your life."
Rainer Maria Rilke, The final line of “Archaic Torso of Apollo"
https://poets.org/poem/archaic-torso-apollo

#Climate #InternalCombustionEngines #CTPs #Transformation #Energy #FossilFuels #Growth #Consumption #ResourceIntensiveLifestyles #MetabolismWithNature #Narrative

The ground shaking
In Australia it is hard to tell the difference between an earthquake and the ubiquitous earth-moving equipment or road noises.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-08/earthquake-cairns-grafton-tremor-geosciences-australia/102453896
#NSW #Earthquake #Vibrations #InternalCombustionEngines

I have a strong suspicion that allowing the sale of Internal Combustion Engine (ICEs) if they are run on carbon neutral fuels is a feeble excuse. Such fuels are not generally available and are expensive and wasteful to make. If manufacturers are allowed to make and sell ICE cars people will run them on petrol or diesel and we shall continue to destroy the planet. #ClimateChange #EV #InternalCombustionEngines

Ok, so #Germany is going to block the EU agreement on banning #InternalCombustionEngines because #Wissner/#FDP is a fan of #Porsche gas/diesel burners: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-synthetic-fuels-row-threatens-planned-eu-combustion-engine-ban-2023-02-28/

Even #Audi is against blocking the ban at this point: https://www.heise.de/news/Audi-Chef-bevorzugt-EU-Entscheidung-gegen-Verbrenner-wegen-Planungssicherheit-7534794.html

Why do we accept such behavior at this point?

They got a new acronym for #InternalCombustionEngines - they call it #ICE powered machines - hmm wonder why.. you think they gearing up for #ElectricMotors haha #ThinkAboutit https://bit.ly/3BOu3kg