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Originally Posted by Oliver_W

How can anyone think otherwise? You don't even need to talk about wildfires or hottest days. You just need to look at what humans are doing.



Part of what causes global warming is increased carbon dioxide. What causes increased CO2? Pouring smoke into the air, fossil fuels, all that kind of thing.



What doesn't help is destroying our green spaces, as plants turn CO2 into oxygen.



So, not only do "we" keep increasing the amount of CO2 in the air, but also destroy the things that turn it around? Dumb af



We need to stop pointlessly destroying our green spaces, but also start to rely on greener forms of energy. Nuclear is probably the cleanest.

The oceans are the biggest CO2 scrubber (much moreso than green spaces on land) but of course, global warming is also altering ocean temperatures and currents which is ****ing everything up there too.

I mentioned nuclear being the current absolute best option we have in another thread recently but it's not a popular opinion. Ironically, the heavy favouring of renewables over nuclear is only prolonging reliance on classic fossil fuels to the point where it'll be too late.

Renewable energy is definitely the future but we're not there yet for it to be a viable full replacement. But nuclear has been demonised to the point of being a political hot potato... Governments know its the best option short term, to quickly reduce fossil fuel use until viable "green" tech can meet demand, but voters dislike it so...