Our burning of fossil fuels is melting sea ice and drowning emperor penguin chicks, putting them in danger of extinction. 😱
please stop booing I have a lot of speech to go
Incredible @jack-thrower.bsky.social chart here for @thepointau.bsky.social - the # of utes FAR exceeds the number of tradies and farmers in Aus
These are land-based luxury private jets, fossil-fuelled,heavily subsidised by the gov't and justified on flimsy pretence
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Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice is having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers
So when someone offers a breezy “glass half full” take on a prolonged Hormuz closure, what they’re really saying is:
the people who can’t afford to bid for fuel can just go without.
That’s not optimism.
That’s moral detachment. The unlucky 7 Billion have names and families.
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