climate

New version: draketo.de/wissen/greenhouse-effect-calculated

I did not want to talk about the greenhouse effect without having checked the math and physics. Therefore I calculated it myself.

If you want all links to work, read the the PDF-version.

If one dozen people will stop eating beef, this will reduce the yearly global CO₂ emissions by around 48 tons CO₂-equivalent¹ (about one quarter of their total emissions, and half their emissions from food).

AGU publications published "The world's biggest gamble", a short commentary on how to go on with climate change.

• Earth’s Future: The world's biggest gamble (Open Access: cc by)

I am hard pressed not to become sarcastic. Not because the commentary is wrong. It’s spot on. But because we, as a species, are …

I’ll stop speaking my mind for now. Let’s hope that hope wins against frustration and our children don’t have to pay too dearly for the idiocy of my generation and the generation before.

Oh well, Happy Halloween and enjoy Samhain.