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109 sats \ 2 replies \ @cristaiji OP 22h \ parent \ on: Climate Change - What is the Stacker News consensus view? science
That’s a fair assessment. Yes Bitcoiners seems to be generally sceptical of catastrophic projections regarding the climate. Which I think is the right approach.
The more I look at the science of climate the more complicated it becomes and the less consensus there seems to be about a ‘climate emergency’ or a need for ‘Net Zero’ which is being pushed in the UK.
Yeah, there's definitely no need for things like that, and I cringe every time I see or hear serious people talk about climate "crisis." Just go away
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I was in Europe recently. Almost every conversation you have with people, something comes up about climate crisis. Also it's pretty much on every front page of the newspaper.
For instance, I was doing some long distance biking, and it's hot, and the friendly guy I encountered and was talking to must have just read an article because he brought up a "climate crisis" talking point.
Apparently before 2000, occasions where there were 3 days in a row where the nighttime temperature doesn't go below 20 C were very rare. Now, he says, they happen a lot more.
And I'm thinking...that seems like a stretch. How did "they" happen to come up with that particular metric - not going below 20 C at night for 3 nights in a row? Seems kind of random. They probably ran a bunch of numbers till they found something that fit the "crisis" narrative.
People are defensive about this crisis, too. I was talking to a lady recently (French) whose daughter was getting a degree in "environmental science" or something like that. I said something that I thought was pretty mild, like "Oh, a lot of kids are getting that kind of degree". And she got a little huffy, and said, "Well, we really need them!"
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