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The coolest year of the rest of your life
...unless we have something to say about it
Quinn Emmett
September 29, 2023
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THE COOLEST YEAR OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
…unless we have something to say about it. 👊
You’ve read the headlines, maybe even normalized them. It’s the hottest year on record, the hottest September on record, after the hottest summer on record. So fun.
Some of the reasons for these records are obvious, some less so, some increasingly less so.
Some questions you’re asking:
Are things heating up a bit faster than we thought? Yes.
Could it be worse? Yes.
Will it get worse? Unfortunately also yes.
Is it up to us how much worse? Also yes.
Do we have the tech we need to reduce emissions to Real Zero? Yes.
Are we still working through the policy issues regarding how to pay for Real Zero, build it, and then connect it all together? Double yes.
Are vested interests like wealthy white people standing in the way of wind farms? This will surprise you, but yes.
Are major banks investing more than they ever have in fossil fuel infrastructure? Yes, goddammit.
Are there a complex variety of systems impacted every day by global heating, from farming to migration to public health? Yes.
Does every single tenth of a degree matter?
Does every single ton of emissions — carbon or methane or otherwise — matter?
Also also also yes.
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