related: I like to scare myself with the nice graphics of daily global sea surface temperature from the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine.
A lot of it isn't 'climate change denial', it's more a realisation that we don't have realistic solutions, especially while humans continue to do what they always do - fight wars over territory/resources/religion.
May people on HN might have home solar, a heat pump, and a shiny new EV, but expensive green tech that's limited to the middle-class and up in the wealthiest countries isn't going to make much of dent in global emissions.
The good news is that this pretty much proves we can somewhat slow down climate change by spraying certain chemicals into the air. Obviously it would be better to limit co2 emissions radically, but that's not going to happen thanks to the idiots who rule America these days.
The prospect of geoengineering is the only thing which gives me some hope for the future.
Tl;dr: Gates still thinks climate warming is a major threat, just not to the extent of using it as a doomsday threat of "guaranteed destruction for all of humanity."
I find it fascinating that climate change deniers will often say absolutely anything to discredit Bill Gates, but the second he says something that could even be misconstrued as support for their side, all of the sudden he's a trustworthy authority for their beliefs.
If you want a gut understanding of what we need to do about climate change, play the boardgame Daybreak. Also, every card has a qrcode that links to educational material on the real-world topic. (Predictable, specious critiques: reductionist or biased modeling)
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https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/optimum-interpolation-sst
until then, you can read the papers of scientists who have analyzed it and published their findings
May people on HN might have home solar, a heat pump, and a shiny new EV, but expensive green tech that's limited to the middle-class and up in the wealthiest countries isn't going to make much of dent in global emissions.
See this article from 2013:
https://news.mit.edu/2013/the-global-warming-conundrum-green...
The prospect of geoengineering is the only thing which gives me some hope for the future.
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/01/14/...
> Even Bill Gates has admitted that it's not that concerning.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/bill-gates-memo-climate-chan...
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5585562-bill-...
Tl;dr: Gates still thinks climate warming is a major threat, just not to the extent of using it as a doomsday threat of "guaranteed destruction for all of humanity."
I find it fascinating that climate change deniers will often say absolutely anything to discredit Bill Gates, but the second he says something that could even be misconstrued as support for their side, all of the sudden he's a trustworthy authority for their beliefs.