Back in 2021 the alarm was raised about sinking of Pacific Islands
14 Islands Threatened by Climate Change
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Updated June 29, 2021
https://www.treehugger.com/island-nations-threatened-by-climate-change-4869275
One of the 14 was Kiribati:
The Pacific Ocean holds the nation of Kiribati, a 313-square-mile republic on 33 atolls divided into three groups.4 Of the Line Islands, the Gilbert Islands, and the Phoenix Islands, the Gilbert Islands are the most heavily populated and this is also where the capital, Tarawa, is located. Most of the islands in this nation sit at just 6.5 feet above sea level. By 2050, some experts predict that Kiribati will be flooded and the over 100,000 inhabitants forced to leave.56 Even without mandatory relocation orders, thousands of residents have already fled.
For decades we have known that industrial growth dependent on fossil fuels will flood our lands and return them to the seas, and force evacuations from homes which have been settled for hundreds of years by islanders of the Pacific.
The 2021 article starts with the facts:
What we must do now is focus all humanity on reducing emissions which have tipped the momentum of climate change into a downward spiral of harm.
NOAA’s website constantly displays the harm across the planet, they have told us:
The annual rate of increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide over the past 60 years is about 100 times faster than previous natural increases,” NOAA wrote on their website. “Human activities have increased the concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, amplifying Earth’s natural atmosphere.”
Despite massive amounts of reliable and stunningly accurate data available for us all to see, corporates still push for growth which can only be obtained by increasing the use of fossil fuels. They may say this is a transitioning away from their use, but the acceleration reflects the irresponsibility of industrial processes.
Instead of we should be using the joint mental capacity of all humans to think more constructively how to live NOW without drilling for more oil, gas, coal and how to develop alternative, sustainable and zero carbon solutions to our future survival.
But radical influencers who push the limits encourage a ‘no holes barred’ approach and disregard and disrespect those who plead for us to be more responsible.
And Musk himself doesn’t seem particularly interested in addressing this. In fact, he recently tweeted that corporate environmental and social governance – a common method of reporting and addressing environmental impacts – was “the devil incarnate”.
Originally published by Cosmos as The carbon footprint of SpaceX
Those who agree with Musk choose to ignore the sinking islands in the Pacific and care not that their islands, full of diverse wildlife, flora and fauna, where humans have extremely low carbon footprints, are disappearing under the waves. Musk and others who develop technological advances could have also turned their minds to preventing this acceleration of harm and heating of the oceans and subsequent sea level rising at such a rapid rate. They would be far more appreciated by the rest of us if they could help reverse the harm.
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