I “met” Charlie when he wrote to gently correct me on some nonsense I’d said on the podcast about climate change. I could tell from the content of his email that he knew what he was talking about.
I feel like I should share this with the people here because it was something that got me so excited to find and it might excite the people here too!
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I recently discovered a handful of what are being called “ethical banks.” These banks are using their resources to tackle important issues. The one that I switched to is trying to help the climate change issue. The bank is called Aspiration. What got me excited about them is that for every transaction made on their debit card, they will have a tree planted! This is one of the many cool things they are doing including helping their customers to invest in “green” technologies. I’ll stop talking now. But if you are looking for something like that, go give them a look.
That chevron video was hilarious I thought it was real for half of it. Which was terrifying and angered me thinking how the fuck can chevron get away with this bullshit. This type of comedy reminds me of the Yes Men
A wonderful conversation. I would love to know Charlie's take on Graham Hancock's new TV series on Netflix "Ancient Apocalypse," which posits the end of the Younger Dryas was caused by a cometary impact.
I was surprised to hear Charlie say the 100k to 12k year glacial cycle stretched back 2 million years. I was under the impression that before the mid-Pleistocene Transition (between 1.2 million years and 700,000 years ago) the cycle was closer to 40k glacial and ~12k interglacial. This would have major implications in human evolution.
Regardless, this was a really important discussion to have. The science behind climate change needs to be disseminated far and wide to strengthen the average person's confidence in the science. Charlie really opened the world of climate to us!
There are two images from two different climate studies that I go back to again and again. They give you a sense of the earth's climatic past and answer many questions that might materialize. Plus its fun just exploring them.
The second figure, in particular, shows how long lasting the Antarctic ice sheets have been and how if they disappear we are probably really fucked...
Here's a link to the two figures if anyone is interested https://dawnofsapiens.com/climate/ If anyone needs access to the research papers themselves leave a comment.
Another great podcast!
I feel like I should share this with the people here because it was something that got me so excited to find and it might excite the people here too!
This is not an ad:
I recently discovered a handful of what are being called “ethical banks.” These banks are using their resources to tackle important issues. The one that I switched to is trying to help the climate change issue. The bank is called Aspiration. What got me excited about them is that for every transaction made on their debit card, they will have a tree planted! This is one of the many cool things they are doing including helping their customers to invest in “green” technologies. I’ll stop talking now. But if you are looking for something like that, go give them a look.
That chevron video was hilarious I thought it was real for half of it. Which was terrifying and angered me thinking how the fuck can chevron get away with this bullshit. This type of comedy reminds me of the Yes Men
A wonderful conversation. I would love to know Charlie's take on Graham Hancock's new TV series on Netflix "Ancient Apocalypse," which posits the end of the Younger Dryas was caused by a cometary impact.
These are the episodes I really enjoy!
I was surprised to hear Charlie say the 100k to 12k year glacial cycle stretched back 2 million years. I was under the impression that before the mid-Pleistocene Transition (between 1.2 million years and 700,000 years ago) the cycle was closer to 40k glacial and ~12k interglacial. This would have major implications in human evolution.
Regardless, this was a really important discussion to have. The science behind climate change needs to be disseminated far and wide to strengthen the average person's confidence in the science. Charlie really opened the world of climate to us!
There are two images from two different climate studies that I go back to again and again. They give you a sense of the earth's climatic past and answer many questions that might materialize. Plus its fun just exploring them.
The second figure, in particular, shows how long lasting the Antarctic ice sheets have been and how if they disappear we are probably really fucked...
Here's a link to the two figures if anyone is interested https://dawnofsapiens.com/climate/ If anyone needs access to the research papers themselves leave a comment.
Lovely episode - Charlie is a good speaker :)