Smokehouse Creek Fire, second-largest in U.S. history, merges with another to stretch across huge swath of Texas Panhandle
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The state is battling its "largest and most destructive fire in Texas history," and the blaze is only 15% contained, officials said.

Just a reminder that it’s still February, people.

  • tsonfeir@lemm.ee
    1·
    7 months ago

    Lies I hear:

    global warming is fake

    if we recycle and use electric cars we can fix the planet

    we are not past the point of no return

    we are making real progress to fight climate change

    I’m sorry if that ruins your day, but maybe you need to wake up.

    • Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      1·
      7 months ago

      Those last two points are just doomerism that is either

      1. Wrong and actively unhelpful, you’re discouraging people from helping
      2. Right and useless since all it does is spread negativity. If it’s all over, why make it worse for people?
      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        1·
        7 months ago

        I don’t want to be a doomer, but I do kind of feel like climate change is going to get worse and worse and we will pay a terrible price.

        I’m not one of those “civilization will end” types, but I think there will be a lot more refugees and a lot more war. If the Himalayan ice caps melt, a lot of Asia is very fucked.

        • Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          1·
          7 months ago

          There’s a pretty big difference between “it’s going to get a lot worse before it gets better”, and “it’s already over, we’re all fucked”.

          The original comment presents things poorly: we are past several “points of no return”, but saying the point of no return implies there’s nothing to be done.

          Additionally the last point is… pretty much entirely wrong. We have absolutely made significant and noticeable progress against climate change. It’s not enough yet, but it’s absolutely not nothing.