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How the world got better in 2018
Despite the efforts of many in power recently, longer-term positive trends have continued.
2018 is almost officially over, and you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s one for the history books. For too many, things went horribly wrong. Or so the general consensus seems to be.
And yet, there are plenty of silver linings as well. All you need to do is shift your focus and things suddenly become much brighter.
So, with let’s have a look at everything that went right for a change, courtesy of Quartz.
1. The share of global energy reached new records
Yes, carbon emissions are set to rise this year over last. We need a steep decline in greenhouse-gas emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change, so the fact that we’ve yet to even flatline is more than troubling. On the other hand, there has been some good news. According to the International Energy Agency, the world got nearly 25% of its electricity from renewables in 2017…
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VOTE
Vote like the fate of the world is at stake…because it literally is, what with people who act like Captain Planet villains being currently in charge.
Make sure you’re registered to vote!
Rethuglicans have been illegally removing voter registrations in several states. Just one more reason for everyone else to vote Democrat. In fact, that alone should really be enough, but of course there are many others, like this:
Why do things have to keep getting worse?
I don’t have very much to add, except that part of the problem is this:
And it’s not even close to the only reason so many people feel like this:
Earth Temperature Timeline
I can’t write a detailed post with this headache, but I don’t see a need to add much to this anyway.
97 hours of consensus
The science on global warming/climate change is a lot more certain than some people seem to think it is. 97% of climate scientists agree, and only around half of Americans do and a good portion of those don’t realize just how sure the science is.
That’s the reason for 97 hours of consensus; to make people aware of the scientific consensus on the subject, which is a good cause even if the mere fact of consensus isn’t the best argument in their favor.
Well, that’s not good
Global warming has just reached a new stage of “making itself worse”; it’s causing trapped methane to be released in the Arctic.
On the Edge of Enlightenment 