Philosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-21 year agoWe cracked 2° C globally for the first time ever yesterdayhexbear.netimagemessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1304arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1304arrow-down1imageWe cracked 2° C globally for the first time ever yesterdayhexbear.netPhilosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square102fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCigarette_comedian [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up93·edit-21 year agoWhen I was young, they told me we were working on new technology and it was going to stop the climate issue. . When I was young, I saw polite little PSA’s in magazine’s telling me not to shower too long. When I was young, I heard of the hydrogen car. When I was young, I watched the crocuses grow in the spring. When I was young, the snow fell on the correct dates. When I was older, I realized the scope of it all. When I was older, we were setting up the wind turbines. When I was older, they were testing out new tech to harvest energy from currents. When I was older, I saw my first electric car. When I was older, we got new recycling bins. When I was older, my neighbor threw his oil-heater out. When I was older, I learned that cold melt water from the pole was slowing the Golf stream. When I was older, I saw no crocuses. When I was older, it snowed a day in May. Today, I fear for it all. Today, we are throwing the wind turbines in the trash after their use-life ran out. Today, I know we don’t use solar panels cause it’d make electricity too cheap. Today, they had posters begging us to sort correctly. Today, I saw even more electric cars, and I knew they still ruined the climate. Today, I looked outside, at the snow that came two weeks ago and stayed. Today, it hit two degrees. Will there be a tomorrow?
minus-squareDanComrd [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoWe are truly in times
When I was young, they told me we were working on new technology and it was going to stop the climate issue.
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When I was young, I saw polite little PSA’s in magazine’s telling me not to shower too long.
When I was young, I heard of the hydrogen car.
When I was young, I watched the crocuses grow in the spring.
When I was young, the snow fell on the correct dates.
When I was older, I realized the scope of it all.
When I was older, we were setting up the wind turbines.
When I was older, they were testing out new tech to harvest energy from currents.
When I was older, I saw my first electric car.
When I was older, we got new recycling bins.
When I was older, my neighbor threw his oil-heater out.
When I was older, I learned that cold melt water from the pole was slowing the Golf stream.
When I was older, I saw no crocuses.
When I was older, it snowed a day in May.
Today, I fear for it all.
Today, we are throwing the wind turbines in the trash after their use-life ran out.
Today, I know we don’t use solar panels cause it’d make electricity too cheap.
Today, they had posters begging us to sort correctly.
Today, I saw even more electric cars, and I knew they still ruined the climate.
Today, I looked outside, at the snow that came two weeks ago and stayed.
Today, it hit two degrees.
Will there be a tomorrow?
We are truly in times