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Everything filed under climate change climate change Everything filed under energy energy Everything filed under batteries batteries Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Cannot both be trueIn tensionIn tensionSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Climate change is real and is not the civilisation-threatening disaster it was sold as, and the expensive policies bought nothing. Climate change is real and is not thecivilisation-threatening disaster it wassold as, and the expensive policies boughtnothing. Last stated a year ago 18 Sept 2025 JC John H. Cochrane — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are Cannot both be true: Sustainable energy alone will not save humanity from extinction events; temperature-controlling satellites and large-scale geo-engineering will be needed. — tap to centre the map on it Sustainable energy alone will notsave humanity from extinctionevents; temperature-controllingsatellites and large-scalegeo-engineering will be needed. Last stated 2 months ago 30 Aug 2026 EM Elon Musk — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are In tension: The planet is probably getting too hot and CO2 has something to do with it, but whether it can be fixed in time is unknown, and pre-emptive despair helps no one. — tap to centre the map on it The planet is probably getting toohot and CO2 has something to do withit, but whether it can be fixed intime is unknown, and pre-emptivedespair helps no one. Last stated a year ago 12 Jul 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are In tension: The way to cut emissions is to tax the most emission-intensive goods, not to stop growth. — tap to centre the map on it The way to cut emissions is to taxthe most emission-intensive goods,not to stop growth. Last stated 9 years ago 18 Nov 2017 BM Branko Milanovic — holds since 2017-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Mars base is not a backup plan for climate change or nuclear war, because self-sufficiency there is centuries away. — tap to centre the map on it A Mars base is not a backup plan forclimate change or nuclear war,because self-sufficiency there iscenturies away. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Dec 2024 AF Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: All five mass extinctions were ultimately climate change — the climate shifting faster than life could adapt to it. — tap to centre the map on it All five mass extinctions wereultimately climate change — theclimate shifting faster than lifecould adapt to it. Last stated a year ago 4 Sept 2025 DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building only clean energy without reducing fossil energy will not effectively combat climate change. — tap to centre the map on it Building only clean energy withoutreducing fossil energy will noteffectively combat climate change. Last stated a week ago 13 Oct 2026 BM Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-10-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Carbon capture technology is worth continuing to research, even though it is not yet a solution to climate change. — tap to centre the map on it Carbon capture technology is worthcontinuing to research, even thoughit is not yet a solution to climatechange. Last stated a month ago 7 Sept 2026 BM Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Carbon emissions should be priced and government subsidies for oil, coal and gas companies should be ended. — tap to centre the map on it Carbon emissions should be pricedand government subsidies for oil,coal and gas companies should beended. Last stated 12 years ago 23 Sept 2014 LD Leonardo DiCaprio — holds since 2014-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: China scaled solar and batteries when America refused to because the CCP got scared of climate change. — tap to centre the map on it China scaled solar and batterieswhen America refused to because theCCP got scared of climate change. Last stated a month ago 14 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Climate change is at its core an energy problem, since burning fossil fuels for energy is the main driver of emissions. — tap to centre the map on it Climate change is at its core anenergy problem, since burning fossilfuels for energy is the main driverof emissions. Last stated 18 years ago 3 Nov 2008 DM David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Climate change is intensifying wildfires such as Canada's boreal fires. — tap to centre the map on it Climate change is intensifyingwildfires such as Canada's borealfires. Last stated 3 months ago 21 Jul 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only afinite population, so populationgrowth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A primitive science of insect control has armed itself with modern weapons and turned them against the earth — tap to centre the map on it A primitive science of insectcontrol has armed itself with modernweapons and turned them against theearth RC Rachel Carson — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming systemwould need far more land and wouldproduce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre powered by solar andbatteries alone needs an array sooversized that the design is notworth building. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants. — tap to centre the map on it About a fifth of the US grid couldbe freed for data centres just bycovering the yearly peak withbatteries or peaker plants. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Apple's risk is being reduced to hardware: people keep buying the best phone while everything they do on it comes from someone else's model. — tap to centre the map on it Apple's risk is being reduced tohardware: people keep buying thebest phone while everything they doon it comes from someone else'smodel. Last stated a year ago 2 Sept 2025 BE Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Climate change is real and is not the civilisation-threatening disaster it was sold as, and the expensive policies bought nothing. Last stated 18 Sept 2025 · a year ago Holds John H. Cochrane Read this korrent →