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I write as I am inspired to, and contribute in the domains of science, astronomy, physics, climate science, psychology, history, literature, poetry and culture. What interests me most is how to move the public discourse on what makes us who we are, and the way in which we see each other.

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Climate damages by 2050 will be 6 times the cost of limiting warming to 2°

Study tracks the past costs of climate events and projects them into the future.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/climate-damages-by-2050-will-be-6-times-the-cost-of-limiting-warming-to-2/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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We may think its obvious; that all we need to do is explain the right way then everyone will do the right thing.

But if it is clear that this strategy isn't working well enough, then doesn't that suggest that we are asking the wrong question?

https://vocal.media/earth/carpe-diem-yr1qr40u5y

Yet all this seems rather nebulous, distant. If my home is cold and I cannot afford it, doesn't growing peat bogs seem like a ridiculously unaffordable luxury? What value are a few insects and butterflies to me when I cannot keep warm? Why should I care about future years and generations when my need is here and now? Who are these faceless bureaucrats and obscure scientists to tell me my business anyway. And Dublin does seem far away ...
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