Canary in the coal mine?, page-13

First 13 Last

Share
Profile

Follow
moondoong

46,245 Posts.

17/01/20

21:21

Post #: 42444484
Share

Originally posted by poyndexter ↑

The link between climate change and horrific fires in SE Australia so far this year is both tenuous and contested.

The simple logic that Australia is only responsible for 1% oh global emissions is oft quoted in the argument to down play Australia’s role impact.

Meanwhile Australia is a global leader in coal export and the world leader in gas export.

Climate change is an impact on global warming ... global warming being the sum impact of global emissions ... by being a wold leader in coal and gas exports, Australia is punching above its weight in responsibility for global emissions.

Climate change effects are never described as some average impact around the globe ... it is claimed weather will change from previous norms ... some areas hotter, some drier, some wetter, some colder, seasons disrupted, patterns changing ... new deserts forming, new forests forming.

Might it not be the case that the hotter and drier for longer weather in Australia is an impact of global emissions, not simply emissions within Australia?

Australia bearing the early brunt of one impact of anthropogenic climate change?

Australia the canary in the coal mine?

A quirk of the position of our tectonic plate on the global surface?

Coal and gas exports coming right back at us?

Dex

Expand

Close it all down.
Stop all exports.
Close all mines and hydrocarbon extraction.
Turn off the electricity generation using fossil fuels.
We've been much too timid and slow to react.
Do it this weekend and let's see how it works out.

As we all huddle in the darkness and cold, dying of starvation and illness, we can be safe in the knowledge that we're leading the world in reducing our carbon emissions (and population).
Good night and good luck.

Happy now?

Last edited by moondoong: 17/01/20
32 Upvote

Reply