Notices by CheRosach (cherosach@mastodonapp.uk)

Is anyone else concerned
1)that the self proclaimed leader of the free world is now using a gas chamber to execute people, and
2) it is being reported as normal daily news?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/26/what-is-nitrogen-gas-execution-risks

The machine grinds on regardless - Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand has a life of it’s own and is out of control

I have tried to find the source for this chart after some feedback and folk seeking more information. I couldn’t find it but I did see the links below which give different details although the same overall message

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/09/revealed-20-firms-third-carbon-emissions?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267242/greenhouse-gas-emissions-of-select-oil-companies/

They have known for fifty years what they have been doing, and they are still using their wealth to purchase climate inaction

The climate deniers guide to landscape aesthetics

Climate deniers are blind to the obvious - maybe it’s just fear

Close to $7 trillion is invested globally each year in activities that have a direct negative impact on nature from both public and private sector sources - equivalent to roughly 7 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - according to the latest State of Finance for Nature report released at COP28 by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners.

The self-congratulations about the COPOUT28 agreement does not mean problem solved

Climate denier logic

The per capita carbon footprint of the poorest 50% of the global population is 600kg per year.

An average size dog is responsible for 770kg of CO2e per year.

A pet cat generates an average of 310kg of CO2e per year.

Sums it up nicely

The Lancet is not mincing its words - remember at the next general election

The inequality shown by this chart is mind blowing

It looks like if you own a house you are in the top 10% of the wealthiest people on Earth.

A net worth of $93,170 U.S. is enough to make you richer than 90 percent of people around the world, Credit Suisse reports. The institute defines net worth, or “wealth,” as “the value of financial assets plus real assets (principally housing) owned by households, minus their debts.”

Rishi Sunak’s Tory economic philosophy

Number crunching from Private Eye

When the risk is known to be existential, you would think the precautionary principle would apply