Big Fat Zero

Concerned parent. Campaigning for climate action and trying to reduce my own greenhouse gas emissions towards a Big Fat Zero. #ClimateActionNow

[Glen Peters @Peters_Glen]

How big is the CO₂ bucket for 1.5°C?

Well, the bucket is about to overflow in a few short years, unless we:
1. Turn off the tap (urgently)
2. Put a hole in the bottom to remove CO₂ (negative emissions)

#COP25 #CarbonBudget @FutureEarth @gcarbonproject
https://t.co/ycYcuFSPdF

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

"This is not leading, this is misleading"

@GretaThunberg accuses countries of misleading people with seemingly "impressive" climate pledges, adding the COP25 summit has become an opportunity "to negotiate loopholes and avoid raising their ambition"

https://t.co/xId8XkR1Nc

[Big Fat Zero @BigFatZero2]

@GreenAwakening @pmagn And for a related perspective, just look at the impact of cyber Monday alone... https://t.co/v4lbZS4Rvz

[Big Fat Zero @BigFatZero2]

I've estimated the greenhouse gas emissions associated with Cyber Monday: 3.7Mt CO2.

Equivalent to emissions of a small country for one year.

Unnecessary consumption is a huge contributor to global heating.

Please share & consider before buying stuff you don't need.

A thread.

[Big Fat Zero @BigFatZero2]

This is one of the most powerful climate activist images I’ve seen.

#FridaysForFuture surrounding a fossil fuel exec at #COP25.

[Xiye Bastida @xiyebastida]

We are watching you...

This is the #FridaysForFurture COP

[Big Fat Zero @BigFatZero2]

@SpeakSarahSpeak @RachelPurdon @DBBurt @durand101 @DrSimEvans You’ve all set me off down a google rabbit hole. I love discovering stuff like this. Thank you! So it’s a bit like a flywheel - providing a damping effect for short periods of over / under supply to maintain frequency?

[Big Fat Zero @BigFatZero2]

@DBBurt @SpeakSarahSpeak @durand101 @DrSimEvans Do you mean inertia in the ‘physics’ sense of the word, or is this some kind of electrical equivalent?

[Big Fat Zero @BigFatZero2]

@StephenWoroniec Keep going!

[Big Fat Zero @BigFatZero2]

I don’t often tweet non-climate stuff.

But, if you have children, this short thread is worth 2 mins of your time.

Please read it - they may thank you one day.

[Erynn Brook @ErynnBrook]

As someone who has been teaching children, in some capacity, for 13 years, I beg of you. Please.

Let them have unstructured play time.

[Big Fat Zero @BigFatZero2]

@azeem @Mailchimp Oh, and I’m being generous here by using the 0.3g CO2 per email footprint number. Assuming these data are accurate, the actual figure could be as much as 10x greater.

[Big Fat Zero @BigFatZero2]

@azeem That’s equivalent to c. 2,600 metric tons of CO2.

Well done @mailchimp ! - saving the world one unopened spam email at a time...

https://t.co/gOd2ODh1Rg

[Big Fat Zero @BigFatZero2]

@kalahar1 Interesting distinction. I’ll read this with interest. Thank you for sharing.

[Big Fat Zero @BigFatZero2]

👆@GeraldKutney you must have seen some good ones?

[Big Fat Zero @BigFatZero2]

This is genius in its stupidity. Would be funny if not so serious.

We need some kind of climate denier Darwin Award equivalent for the best of these each month.

I need some relief from climate anxiety. Anyone got anymore to share?

[Big Fat Zero @BigFatZero2]

@homemadeguitars What makes you think it’s a tech problem instead of a political one?

[Big Fat Zero @BigFatZero2]

I love what @sunrisemvmt are doing! Reducing our individual environmental impact is importmat and encouraging political change is so much more powerful. Great, inspirational work @SunriseMvmtLA and @laclimate 👍

[Sunrise Movement LA 🌄 @SunriseMvmtLA]

Holidays can be frustrating when there’s a climate crisis. Channel that energy and strike with us, this Friday, December 6th. 11:30am at City Hall. @laclimate #StrikeWithUs

[Simon Donner @simondonner]

If you were in charge of this country, and presented with this graph, which form of energy would you invest in?

[Big Fat Zero @BigFatZero2]

@matthaig1 I agree. This was taken on an early morning walk. They are beautiful. Just seeing them fills me with hope.

[Big Fat Zero @BigFatZero2]

Fortunately, they can’t seem to sell them for as much as they’d hoped, either. #StrandedAssets

[350 dot org @350]

It's crystal clear that a large amount of Saudi Aramco’s oil reserves can’t be burned if we want a livable planet.

https://t.co/vbb58sA3bh

[Big Fat Zero @BigFatZero2]

Oh, and to be clear, I don’t count fossil fuel extraction as an industry difficult to decarbonise. It should be replaced and retired. No. New. Extraction. Projects.

[Big Fat Zero @BigFatZero2]

This. This is the BIG issue so few people are adressing. Net offsets are vital but, crucially, they are finite. They should only be used for 1) undoing damage already caused and 2) for those industries that are particularly difficult to decarbonise.

[Dave Powell @powellds]

Although ... hmm. Is there enough ‘net’ to go round?