Just what the climate needed — setting Tehran's oil storage facilities on fire.

[heathercorfu@mastodon.scot]

@randahl

[bluetea@ioc.exchange]

@randahl this is so deeply, deeply depressing. On top of the terrible loss of human life, now this, which may well be the final straw.

I think I've moved from climate anxiety to deep climate grief. I saw a clip where a speaker said that this is the only period in history where we mourn in advance. Even when we see something beautiful, we know it's all ending.

[livaline@mastodon.social]

@randahl according to axios, this attack on Iranian oil facilities was carried out unilaterally by Israel without American approval. Apparently they are now mad about it.

[samvarma@fosstodon.org]

@randahl Thucydides - the strong will do as they will, the weak will suffer as they must

[anne_twain@theblower.au]

@randahl This should be a crime against humanity.

[ghostonthehalfshell@masto.ai]

@randahl

The religious nut cases, the fanatics like Pete Hegseth want the end of the world they believe they are going to be yanked into heaven while this sort of shit happens

Everybody needs to remind them that the rapture already happened. They’re stuck here with the rest of us. Just tell them that with perfect conviction.

[gra3432@mastodon.world]

@randahl my thoughts.

[mcourcel@allovertheplace.ca]

@ml @randahl If leaders want to go to war, then they should be on the front line and be one of the first struck down. It would definitely stop this nonsense.

[nom@mk.spook.social]

@randahl@mastodon.social There is no easy path, no matter who is in charge, over the next 20 years. The world is simply getting bigger again.

[albert@f.cz]

@randahl yeah my thoughts along all wars... So much of everything wasted.

[iveyline@mastodon.nz]

@randahl Both well past their use by date.

[solitha@mastodon.social]

@Su_G It makes sense. Venezuela is the nation with the biggest proven oil reserves.

Saudi Arabia is second, but they've been throwing money at Trump.

Iran is third.

Israel may be destroying the reason Trump got in on this.

@livaline @randahl

[mike805@noc.social]

@catscatscats @randahl If Elon Musk wants to go to Mars, he should bring Zuckerberg, Bezos, Gates, George Soros, the Koches, and the entire British Royal Family. They can finally have their own planet.

[mike805@noc.social]

@mcourcel @ml @randahl That is the only good thing about nuclear weapons. It puts the leaders back on the battlefield. And THAT is why they are so obsessed with "nuclear nonproliferation."

[catscatscats@mastodon.social]

@mike805 @randahl If we're making a list, there's a set of government files with a bunch of names I'd like to add

[mike805@noc.social]

@catscatscats @randahl They can go on the second boat. Billionaires first. There is land to grab!

[catscatscats@mastodon.social]

@mike805 @randahl brb, drafting a bill to require that it be done on horseback using tiny flags.

[nunesgh@mastodon.social]

@randahl
We have to find a way to block pathological narcissists from positions of power, both political ( #Trump, #Netanyahu ) and economical ( #Musk ).

[osma@mas.to]

It's a local humanitarian disaster and will destroy a lot of fragile mountain and desert habitat, but as far as global climate is concerned, all that oil was going to be burned anyway, because it already had been extracted.
@randahl

[karlheinzhaslip@climatejustice.social]

@randahl All that oil was going to be burned either way. Doesn't change the amount of CO2 if ot burns open or in an engine.
The attacks on the production facilities (refineries, pumps) on the other hand are probably the single most effective climate action ever.