Lots of tiktoks can be downloaded easily, but still, they can be large, why send those around when you can just send a link

Yes! It’s called Jevons paradox

Sync, probably

Taking care of yourself is so important, lots of respect for that. And you are totally right, it’s okay (vital in fact!) to take breaks, to get away from it all. I apologise, I’ve seen too many online comments saying something derogatory towards those trying to do what they can while clearly sitting on the sidelines. Really appreciate your thoughtful response!

“I’m not really banking on anything. I’m just surviving.” Sorry if I misunderstood but that sounds like you’re not helping?

Says a guy doing nothing? (based on below comments)

Oh look another westerner blaming population while the top 1% are responsible for double the emissions of the bottom 50%.

In the UK at least, Just Stop Oil did block oil infrastructure initially. The corporations worked with the government to use massive injunctions so people were getting huge penalties for very minimal disruption, and it never got any press coverage either.

The law protects the corporations, and the press doesn’t care unless the public or public figures are involved. That’s why they changed to public disruption.

Are we supposed to be comforted about the timeline being decades? That’s generations alive today.

Scientists are also finding their estimates getting outpaced alarmingly often right now.

The Russia Ukraine war has disrupted civilisation quite significantly with 6 million refugees. We could see over 1 BILLION climate refugees by 2050. 1000 MILLION people having to leave their homes.

We are on course for significant disruption to food supply before 1.5C warming. Doesn’t matter how rich your country is, with global food supplies low and that maybe people on the move, civilisation as we know it will change significantly. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/12/global-heating-likely-to-hit-world-food-supply-faster-than-expected-says-united-nations-desertification-expert

To be clear: I am not a doomerist. Don’t dwell on this and do nothing. Get angry! This is being done to you. This was not inevitable, it was the decisions of the most powerful and richest people in the world. Get out there and take action, the movement needs you.

Off you go, go do it then. Maybe don’t leave it to someone else.

You have to ask yourself what kind of person you are to turn against the “cause” of preventing societal collapse because you got inconvenienced for 10 minutes.

What do you want them to do instead?

Just Stop Oil aren’t coming with a message, they’re coming with a demand. A very simple one that the science and international bodies are clear on.

They’ve had hundreds of media appearances, are regularly referenced by politicians and have hundreds of people getting involved (and often arrested).

In the short time they’ve been going they’ve achieved more than any orgs like Greenpeace etc.

“This is not activism, this is passivism” What a joke. Putting your body on the line, getting a criminal record is passivism? Do tell us what activism you’re doing if that isn’t.

“when you fly to the maldives on vacation right afterwards” Been hooked in by the right wing media good and proper.

No artwork was harmed.

What world are you living on? Most of silicon valley use Mac. Most the professions you listed DO use Mac. Since Apple silicon, performance for price ratio beats most Windows options for most people.

Except they’re not. They’re excellent products and since Apple silicon are actually half decent value in some cases.

Looks healthy af. What’s that on the right next to the broccoli?

Lol “water exists so how can a nuclear power plant possibly not get it”. Who’s the dense one here.

“Their shit” being the words of thousands of climate scientists from hundreds of countries, the UN, the International Energy Agency etc etc. Wake up.

You’re right that exposure in the news has gone up due to the extreme weather events, I have still seen reports highlighting the fires and floods and failing to mention the climate crisis in them. But they still don’t bring on climate scientists and they still don’t make people aware we are on track for mass crop failures, a billion climate refugees, millions of climate deaths that put together means collapse of our society as we know it.

Even if people don’t talk about JSOs demand (which is entirely reasonable and backed by the science, btw), they know why these people out there. They also know they feel strongly enough about it to get shouted abuse, risk getting assaulted and get arrested. That does get through to people.

Please stop calling it “their cause”, it’s yours too.

I know nuclear power plants need vast amounts of water pumped around them to keep them cool. If the worst of the climate models come true (which is likely as it stands) and we have mass civil unrest, there’s no guarantee water and power will flow to them.

It’s an unnecessary risk, we have other options.

People willing to give up their freedoms and liberty to raise the alarm that we’re on course for millions of deaths and collapse of society = worthless rats. Got it.