We have 30 years to adapt (and change everything)
We have 30 years to stop our CO2 emissions and adapt to the effects of global warming but, is it doable ? To simply run the French public services, we contribute to a warming of +0.9°C per century*. By eating meat once a week we add +0.1°C per century**. This means that by visiting the hospital and eating a beef steak once a week, our CO2 emissions are already sufficient to reach the limit of adaptibility of +2°C by the end of the century (and I bearly exaggerate...). This can question our way of producing and our ability to brake. The reality is that, as things stand, we are sure to exceed the maximum limit of +2°C. Thus, we have 30 years to repair the brakes and stop the car. In the meantime, it would be a smart to decelerate and prepare the airbag because the road will become very slippery ...
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* 1,5 tonnes de carbone pour faire tourner les services publiques (carbon 4). ** Les français émettent 900 kg de CO2 (+0,8°C par siècle) pour manger 130 g de viande par jour donc environ 7 fois moins pour pour manger 130 g de viande par semaine (+0,1°C par siècle).*** Ref avion vs voiture vs train . Note that I am talking about French trains, powered by nuclear energy.