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All hail and farewell to Britain.

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It’s too late to save Britain from overheating

Not a huge fan of this headline. While it’s true that we’re locked in for a certain amount of warming, phrasing it as “it’s too late” kind of implies “why bother”, which is not a healthy attitude towards climate change.

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which is not a healthy attitude towards climate change

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Saying your car will break down if you drive it with the oil light on is a unhealthy attitude towards car maintenance

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The check engine light pops up on your car. You are busy with life and commuting and so you bring it in a few weeks/ months after it came on. You finally get around to bring it into the mechanic.

The mechanic tells you its too late to fix the thing. You fucked up by driving around with the check engine light on and its now beyond repair.

Its not the mechanics fault you lack the emotional maturity for bad news.

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I think what you meant is saying “your engine oil is on, it’s too late to take the car to the garage” is an unhealthy attitude towards car maintenance.

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telegraph is a firmly right wing rag posing as a legit news source

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Neither is we/they/AI/God will figure it out. I don’t read the headline that way though, it’s more a factual “there will be overheating, so get ready”, which is totally appropriate.

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Do not give up! Fight.

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Fight who?

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The weatherman!

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Fight to reduce carbon emissions. Keep taking action.

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Also abusive corporations, sociopath billionaires, and corrupt politician that enable both

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Well said!

This report makes for sobering reading, but it’s never too late to stop fighting for a better tomorrow:

Remember, hope and optimism are important motivators:

and pessimism isn’t useful:

So try not to let bad news like this get you down or facilitate a spiral into Doomerism:

And try to limit the bad news you ingest, as it can be bad for your metal health:

And be mindful of the media’s propensity to favour bad news over good:

Finally, remember to take time to remind yourself about everything going right in the world

Things are tough out there, so try and remain positive friends!

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The IPCC has always been thought of as being conservative in its estimates of climate change, so to hear Jim Skea, the Chair of the IPCC, say it’s too late is sobering

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As long as his declaration isn’t a sudden prompt for all UK industry to say “fuck it” to any green initiatives.

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If thebgulfndtreamnsroos, Britain will need those 3 degrees… 4D Chess folks!

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