This is one study. Both the author of this article and you should not be so quick to draw strong conclusions.

For instance, the idea that early humanoids took the form of “cavemen” who ate a ton of meat is debated, and largely built on assumptions made from finding hunting tools.

More recent evidence of the oldest known fossilized human feces has shown very amounts of dietary fiber - much more than our modern diet. The amount of meat eaten in the USA today is not historically common.

I find it fascinating how it’s called methane in this context, but natural gas when oil companies sell their fracking bi-product to heat homes and run water heaters.

Relevant meme :P https://slrpnk.net/post/12165327

This was a great, succinct article. Here are a few key points that I noticed:

The important result here is that the efficiency of your air conditioner decreases as ∆T increases — e.g., as the outside temperature goes up.

the work required to keep your house at a fixed temperature Tc increases with the square of the temperature difference between inside and outside temperature, ΔT².

Let’s use the same numbers from the previous example: you want to keep your house at 75F. If climate change has increased the outside temperature from 96F to 100F, the energy your air conditioner consumes increases by (100-75)2/(96-75)2 = 252/212 — this is an increase in energy consumption of 42%!

Averaged over an entire day, the increase will be less than this because ∆T is smaller for much of the day (e.g., at night) But the result is robust: climate change is driving exponentially increasing energy demand for cooling.

People with financial means, who work in air-conditioned offices and live in climate-controlled homes, can handle rising temperatures by simply paying for more electricity.

However, a significant portion of the global population lives the hot life. These people live in homes without air conditioning, work outdoors or in warehouses or kitchens with no climate control.

Also, OP may want to consider x-posting this to !SolarDIY@lemmy.world

Nothing to add other than this rules!

Thank you, I never knew.

There is no one universally right way to do activism. We need a diversity of tactics.

It’s not yet on Sci-Hub.

I can’t wait until more YouTube creators move to Peertube + donation platforms like Liberapay!

We need a diversity of tactics.

tl;dr ☝️

But this article seems to imply that it’s either fossil fuels or foot power. We have access to cheap renewables, why can’t we use that?

I didn’t interpret the article as presenting bicycling as the only transportation option.

Although trains and public transport can fill in the gap for longer distances, EVs will be necessary in limited cases. The point is that our dependence on all types of cars and the infrastructure that comes with it is excessive and a massive contributor to the destruction of our climate. They are also literally killing us, hence auto insurance being mandated in most states/provinces.

EVs are better than ICE cars and should be used as one of the replacements - but not nearly enough to solve our climate crisis by buying an electric car. That’s why there is also a push to designing cities for active transportation and public transportation. The emmissions from walking and cycling are incomparable to those of an EV.

If the narrative that electric cars and renewable energy are all that’s needed to solve our climate crisis continues, then our planet will continue to warm.

I have some experience with it but I am by no means a radio expert or ham radio buff.

If anybody is interested in setting up a node, I’d highly recommend the wisblock/rak4630. They’re very low power and easy to power indefinitely with solar. It can seem daunting at first but it’s actually pretty straightforward once you do a little reading online.

You just need the wisblock, an 18650 battery, and a solar panel along with JST 1.5mm and 2.0mm connectors to hook them up and it’ll start working.

Here’s a zine if you wanna diy it. https://github.com/iffybooks/3.3v-solar-power-station

There are also more plug and play options out there too.

Fortunately, meshtastic let’s you set your region on the mobile apps and it sets it to the legal frequency range in your area. It won’t broadcast in the ham spectrum.

You’re comparing the price of a high end cargo ebike which can do large grocery trips with a low end motorcycle that cannot carry remotely as much. I fail to see how even a high end cargo ebike which costs less than most cars is a status symbol or priced for “silicon valley dorks”.

If you want to find an ebike to simply take you from point A to point B, they can easily be found for nearly the price of a regular bicycle.

Why not find the best budget ebike you can and the best budget car you can and compare the sticker prices? Not to mention gas and maintenance.

Having poor infrastructure right now does not mean that they are permanently a “curiosity”.

This is not true for Canada. You can buy an ebike for $2700CAD.

Defeatism and complacency is a guaranteed way to expedite global warming.