#climate death

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How we, as individuals, can do something about climate change. Outlines historical examples of progress we've made and explains effective activism. Well-sourced.

Private planes, mansions and superyachts: What gives billionaires like Musk and Abramovich such a massive carbon footprint. Please read this. It lists some of the individuals with the highest individual carbon footprints and makes a lot of important points (Abramovich's jet usage is comparable to Swift's and his yacht is almost 3x as bad. Just FYI).

And here, just for the hell of it:

"Can YOU reverse climate change?" Video. Good overview of how complicated the issue is and how some causes of global warming are hidden by others. Also how industrialization and corporate greed cause global warming.

Is it too late to prevent climate change? From the NASA website.

Abrupt Climate Change.

"OH CLIMATE DEATH IS JUST A 'DISCUSSION' NOW? FUCK YOU"

I'm going to scream.

Of course climate death isn't a discussion, you disingenuous fake-left fuck. Taylor Swift's name came from a whole-ass list of celebrities who overuse their private jets yet aren't being similarly called out. Btw that study was only about celebrities. People are doing this pretending it's just out of anger over climate death and not because apparently no one can help constantly talking and being weird about Taylor Swift. And honestly that's fine. I genuinely am not defending her. At all. I don't like her and don't feel bad she's getting negative attention over this because her private jet usage is fucked up. I, personally, just don't want to contribute.

Climate death is obviously incredibly serious, which is why we're discussing it (btw you're aware we're online, right? Words & discussion are literally how everything is done, kept from being done, or harmfully misrepresented by Tumblr Dot Com users addicted to the phrase "kill yourself") and climate death sure as hell isn't about about Taylor Fucking Swift. Her stupid ass AND her private jet could get blasted off the earth tomorrow and it will have done virtually NOTHING to slow or halt climate death. Every time I have heard her music or her name, it has happened against my will.

And that's really what's annoying me about this. It's not about the climate crisis, it's about her. AGAIN. If I thought this meant anything beyond "found the next hateable celebrity" or was going to lead anywhere that actually mattered, I wouldn't even have asserted my refusal to discuss Taylor Swift's shitty jet.

Climate death isn't a discussion. She is. Constantly. And that's really why people are discussing her now. I mean all of this, yet the people actually doing most of the harm (even as individuals) aren't being called out or criticized. Not even the whole list of shithead celebrities isn't being criticized like she is.

Meanwhile no one even seems to be AWARE that China just suspended Climate Change Discussions with the US because of US relations with Taiwan, of the Senate Inflation Reduction Act, the Drought Emergency in Mexico, the 2000 villages in India which have been submerged after a summer of devastating heatwaves, the 7.2 million people in Bangladesh seriously affected by those heatwaves (including 20,000 in shelters), or even more "click-baity" stufc like the fact that almost all of Florida's seaturtle hatchlings are female because of increased temperatures.

Also, I don't remember this article about billionaires with the most carbon emissions getting shared much. Don't remember any personal campaigns against them, either, and believe me, I'm still hoping that happens. The top guy on that list's private jet usage is comparably bad to Taylor Swift--and his yacht produces close to 3x as many tons of carbon emissions as either of their jets. This all isn't even to talk about how their companies are destroying the earth, btw.

Here's an article about actual, useful ways you, as an individual, can help stop climate death. It outlines historical examples of how we've actually beaten back the rich, explains how we can do so now, and lists a bunch of ways to directly aid those suffering and our entire fight.