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Regarding Your Carbon Tax Angst:
Australia is ranked 54th out of 54 countries on Climate Action. They are a *very* right wing country with solid right wing "conservative" leadership. The kid in this boat is (I think) 14 years old.
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Regarding Your Carbon Tax Angst:
Australia is ranked 54th out of 54 countries on Climate Action. They are a *very* right wing country with solid right wing "conservative" leadership. The kid in this boat is (I think) 14 years old.
THREAD #abpoli #cdnpoli
Whole towns have been engulfed in flames and the Aussies have had to camp out on beaches knowing if the flames get much closer they& #39;ll have to jump into the water. Not everybody has boats. /2
The Climate Crisis spares no country. The immensely dangerous (and expensive it that& #39;s the only concern) record-breaking wildfires of Australia (and California before that) have all happened with just one~ish degrees of GLOBAL heating /3
Scientists told us in 2018 we can stop the bleeding at 1.5 degrees (so 1/2 a degree worse) by 2030 but only if we started acting immediately & in a big way. We& #39;ve done almost nothing, in fact we& #39;re still pouring on the gas more than ever and 1.5 seems *extremely* unlikely now /4
The next target would be 2 degrees, so seeking to limit GLOBAL heating at *twice* the level that has already fuelled mind-bindingly enormous climate wildfire disasters like Australia and California. /5
The increase in degrees of heating is not in a one-to-one relationship with the intensity, danger or cost of these inexorable, inevitable climate disasters. This all comes to a head not only in our children& #39;s lifetimes or even our own but over the next decade /6
All of our kids/grandkids/nieces/nephews will one day find themselves in one metaphorical boat or another soon enough. It will be up to their mothers and fathers to explain why everything& #39;s burning. It will be good to have an answer prepared, if nothing else /7
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