21 September

Alan Kohler consistently shows how even the world’s modest climate targets are completely out of reach. Some are delighted by that, they feel like that’s a ‘win’ in the idiot online debates. Here’s the most basic way to understand the science. We’ve burned energy that took several million years to produce, in only 300 years. We’re adding 6-8 atomic bombs’ worth of heat to the atmosphere every SECOND. A total catastrophe, already well underway. Humanity is unlikely to survive it.