ILikeNeurons
ILikeNeurons t1_jedhcaf wrote
Reply to A Timeline Of The Earths Average Temperature - Since The Last Ice Age Glaciation. by Ok_Satisfaction6810
Particularly relevant in light of the recent scientific report.
Interestingly, there aren't that many climate deniers anymore, even in the U.S., a hotbed of denial.
Most of us are either alarmed or concerned about climate change, yet most aren't taking the necessary steps to solve the problem -- the most common reason is that no one asked. This is so fixable, and we even know how.
ILikeNeurons t1_je1c181 wrote
Reply to comment by Tnuvu in The Greenland Ice Sheet is close to a melting point of no return by Vucea
ILikeNeurons t1_je0cfue wrote
Reply to comment by Tnuvu in The Greenland Ice Sheet is close to a melting point of no return by Vucea
I used MIT's climate policy simulator to order its climate policies from least impactful to most impactful. You can see the results here.
ILikeNeurons t1_jdxei9o wrote
> “We cannot continue carbon emissions at the same rate for much longer without risking crossing the tipping points,” Höning said.
Interestingly, people already care, they just don't know what to do / feel like they are alone. But the truth is, a record number of us are alarmed about climate change, and more and more are contacting Congress regularly. What's more, is this type of lobbying is starting to pay off. That's why NASA climatologist and climate activist Dr. James Hansen recommends becoming an active volunteer with this group as the most important thing an individual can do on climate change.
ILikeNeurons t1_jdjay5h wrote
So how about we go ahead and do that, then?
ILikeNeurons t1_jd879az wrote
Reply to IPCC chart says Solar PV and Wind Turbines are best way to achieve Deep, Rapid, and Low Cost emission cuts before 2030. by DisasterousGiraffe
I used MIT's climate policy simulator to order its climate policies from least impactful to most impactful. You can see the results here.
ILikeNeurons t1_jd1bu8t wrote
ILikeNeurons t1_jd0j188 wrote
Reply to comment by DamonFields in UN climate report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster by filosoful
Then we need to change the economic incentives.
ILikeNeurons t1_jd0irw1 wrote
Reply to comment by InspectorIsOnTheCase in UN climate report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster by filosoful
Perhaps ironically, your response kind of disproves your point.
I used MIT's climate policy simulator to order its climate policies from least impactful to most impactful. You can see the results here.
ILikeNeurons t1_jcyulu8 wrote
Reply to UN climate report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster by filosoful
The thing is, people already care, they just don't know what to do / feel like they are alone. But the truth is, a record number of us are alarmed about climate change, and more and more are contacting Congress regularly. What's more, is this type of lobbying is starting to pay off. That's why NASA climatologist and climate activist Dr. James Hansen recommends becoming an active volunteer with this group as the most important thing an individual can do on climate change.
ILikeNeurons t1_jbswyfy wrote
Reply to What exactly is going on when a protein (or other molecule) binds with a receptor? by Eat-A-Torus
Often you will get a conformational change in the receptor upon agonist/antagonist binding. So, the bound compound changes the electron distribution of the receptor just enough that it's more stable in another state. For AMPA receptors, for example, they're composed of 4 proteins that form, like, columns through a cell membrane. When it's not activated, the 4 proteins are slightly twisted, such that there is no opening between them. With each glutamate that binds, the proteins that make up the AMPA receptor twist slightly, exposing an opening down the middle. The more open the receptor, the more ions can flow through the channel. When an antagonist binds, the quaternary structure of the AMPA receptor is more stable in a deactivated state, even if more glutamate bind. These bindings are typically transitory, so the molecule will kind of "flicker" on and off the receptor, but when concentrations are high, it's more likely to be bound, and when concentrations are low, it's less likely to be bound.
TL;DR: It's about electron charge distributions.
ILikeNeurons t1_jbo78v3 wrote
Reply to Rising Temperatures Due to Climate Change Will Reduce Coffee Production Globally, Study Suggests by chrisdh79
This might be a good time to mention that I used MIT's climate policy simulator to order its climate policies from least impactful to most impactful. You can see the results here.
Climate change is not going to solve itself without action from the masses, things will continue to get worse.
ILikeNeurons OP t1_ja3tewq wrote
Reply to comment by Adam-Ridens in Cross-national analysis of attitudes towards fossil fuel subsidy removal by ILikeNeurons
Eh, not super accurate.
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ILikeNeurons t1_j991xty wrote
ILikeNeurons OP t1_j5bj03a wrote
Reply to comment by Scorpi0n92 in How Covid-19 vaccines succeeded in saving a million US lives, in charts by ILikeNeurons
How do you figure?
Submitted by ILikeNeurons t3_10hrjhr in dataisbeautiful
ILikeNeurons t1_j13ekyj wrote
ILikeNeurons t1_j12hwdq wrote
Reply to comment by MaybeACoder007 in Greenland's glaciers are melting 100 times faster than estimated by strangeattractors
Preventing unwanted pregnancies is a cost-effective and ethical way to reduce environmental destruction and minimize population growth, and 45% of pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended. Of those, 58% will result in birth. Comprehensive sex education would go a long way, too, and many states do not include it in their curricula, even though comprehensive sex education has strong bipartisan support among likely American voters. Many women at high risk of unintended pregnancy are unaware of long-acting reversible contraceptive options, and many men don't know how to use a condom properly, which does actually make a huge difference. Besides that, it could help to ensure everyone has access to effective contraception, so consider advocating policies that improve accessibility of long-acting reversible contraceptives and help get the word out that it is ethical to give young, single, childless women surgical sterilization if that is what they want.
As for the rest of the world, it would help to donate to girls' education. It might also (perhaps counter-intuitively) help to improve childhood mortality by, say, donating to the Against Malaria Foundation.
All that said, population is not the most significant cause of climate change -- it's the market failure. That's why the single most impactful climate mitigation policy is a price on carbon, and the most impact you as an individual can have is to volunteer to create the political will to get it passed.
And returning the revenue from a carbon tax as an equitable dividend would help a little bit with inequality, while creating jobs and growing the economy.
Taxing carbon is in each nation's own best interest, and the IPCC makes clear carbon pricing is necessary.
Policy changes absolutely dwarf the magnitude of the impact of having one less child.
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ILikeNeurons t1_ix3qtwr wrote
ILikeNeurons t1_iwqo04l wrote
Reply to comment by rejectednocomments in Reproductive Autonomy and Climate Change by ADefiniteDescription
This is very true.
Like, go ahead and have kids if that's what you really want, but at least make a monthly call to Congress or something.
ILikeNeurons t1_iwq86vq wrote
I don't personally think it's helpful or appropriate to try to discourage people from having children they want. From a population perspective, it makes much more sense to focus on preventing unwanted pregnancies, because there are an awful lot of those, especially in the U.S., where our individual footprints are especially high.
Preventing unwanted pregnancies is a cost-effective and ethical way to reduce environmental destruction and minimize population growth, and 45% of pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended. Of those, 58% will result in birth. Comprehensive sex education would go a long way, too, and many states do not include it in their curricula, even though comprehensive sex education has strong bipartisan support among likely American voters. Many women at high risk of unintended pregnancy are unaware of long-acting reversible contraceptive options, and many men don't know how to use a condom properly, which does actually make a huge difference. Besides that, it could help to ensure everyone has access to effective contraception, so consider advocating policies that improve accessibility of long-acting reversible contraceptives and help get the word out that it is ethical to give young, single, childless women surgical sterilization if that is what they want.
As for the rest of the world, it would help to donate to girls' education, since educated girls tend to grow into women who choose smaller families.
All that said, population is not the most significant cause of climate change -- it's the market failure. That's why the single most impactful climate mitigation policy is a price on carbon, and the most impact you as an individual can have is to volunteer to create the political will to get it passed.
Policy changes absolutely dwarf the magnitude of the impact of having one less child.. Let's each do our part.
ILikeNeurons t1_jef0e4i wrote
Reply to Heat Pumps could supply 20% of building heating by 2030. Supercritical CO2 heat pump sales in Japan have now reached a total of 8.5 million units. by DisasterousGiraffe
There are also some pretty sweet financial incentives for modern heat pumps in the U.S.
https://www.rewiringamerica.org/app/ira-calculator