Notices by Andrew Dessler (andrewdessler@mastodon.world), page 2

I'm amazed at how many people who say they are concerned about climate change have this weird, pathological need to believe that we're doomed.

We're only doomed if we (as a society) fail to deal with the problem.

Get over yourself and get to work.

I think a lot of people are on the
cusp of having an "oh shit" moment about extreme heat. Hotter temperatures do not mean tank tops and grilling in the backyard, it means, at best, changing how we live. At worst, it means suffering and death. At worst, it means suffering and death.

Why 2023 was so hot? Article by Clark Merrefield on how reporters should cover this.

https://journalistsresource.org/environment/warming-2023/

Our actual climate policy

it's hilarious that The Onion makes more accurate climate predictions than the denier darlings Judy Curry, Joe Bastardi, John Christy, etc.

Nice article in The Conversation from Prof. Brian Tang on rapid intensification of hurricanes and how this connects to climate change.
https://theconversation.com/hurricane-beryls-rapid-intensification-category-5-winds-so-early-in-a-season-were-alarming-heres-why-more-tropical-storms-are-exploding-in-strength-233780

Can we air condition our way out of extreme heat? A primer on air conditioning from The Climate Brink
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/can-we-air-condition-our-way-out

Fun thermodynamics fact: if you want your house to be 75F and the outside temperature rises from 96F to 100F, your air conditioner will consume 42% more power.

Nice article in @texasmonthly by @peterjholley about Beryl and the climate challenge for Texas
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/hurricane-beryl-threat-summer-heat-without-power/

I have an oped in the @nytimes about the renewable energy transition. Gift link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/01/opinion/clean-energy-solar-wind.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wU0.hBwH.nCMN8tfx2wxZ&smid=url-share

It's long been said by my conservative friends that the "only solution to climate change is to develop technologies that are cheaper than fossil fuels and can address climate change without additional cost."

When that happens, people will follow their self interest and switch to renewable energy.

The first part has happened! Renewable energy is now cheaper in many applications than fossil fuels.

https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/is-renewable-energy-cheaper-than

And, indeed, we see the market switching.
https://www.climatecentral.org/report/solar-and-wind-power-2024

But the idea that fossil fuel interests would let the market beat fossil fuels is ridiculous. This is possibly the richest and most powerful industry in the history of the world and they will fight tooth and nail to keep us using fossil fuels.

how it started vs. how it's going

sums up climate change perfectly
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/18/opinion/china-economy-xi.html

Calls/emails from reporters asking for a comment on last's years temperature are coming earlier than normal this year. Time to dust off my "last year was hot" auto-response.

it used to be that having an electric car was unusual and weird. it isn't anymore. that tells you something about the transition in cars that's going on right now.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/12/tesla-chatgpt-most-important-technology/676980/

remember that time I went to the doctor and he prescribed me antibiotics and then I got better. man, what an alarmist he was.

in reality, of course, ozone depletion was the 'bullet that missed'
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/ozone-depletion-the-bullet-that-missed

more and more scientists think that climate change is an 'emergency''.

on The Climate Brink, I explain why I'm one of them.

https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/is-climate-change-an-emergency