Minister tells Brits to stock up on days of supplies after ‘supersize’ El Niño warning

Hmm where's that Panic Buying thread? 🤔

23 hours ago, Chez Wombat said:

I think sadly the message will never quite get through to people because it involves too much changing their habits and daily lives and people just don't like doing that when things are still seemingly 'normal' and people have lives to lead, and any sort of protests or suggestions are often portrayed negatively in the media, as well as most having the mindset that governments, world leaders and corporations have the most influence so they shouldn't bother, and they certainly won't as it's not compatible with money and power. Capitalism was always leading to this.

I think it will take a major humanitarian crisis in a developed part of the world or certain countries starting to become uninhabitable for people to finally sit up and listen, and it may well be too late then.

People will have to give up (or at least massively reduce their intake) of stuff such as fast fashion, meat and dairy, and flying abroad for holidays to combat it. Some people are like "I care about climate change" until it comes to that.

By the way, guys. I said earlier that the The UN are now saying that we are now likely to overshoot the 1.5C threshold for climate change. It is now likely to reach up to 2.6C. However, they are also saying that we can still come back from this, by doing stuff that leads to decarbonisation. Stuff such as thrifting instead of buying new clothes, transitioning to cleaner energy, eating far less (or no) meat and dairy, reducing or stopping vehicles that use oils and switching to eco friendly vehicles, and stopping using generative AI. We should also have to adapt just in case the absolute worst happens, which it might.

Remember this: CLIMATE DEFEATISM IS JUST AS BAD AS CLIMATE DENIALISM

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Would be very open to switching to an electric car but they need to make them cheaper to buy.

Climate tipping points:

2 hours ago, Dobbo said:

Would be very open to switching to an electric car but they need to make them cheaper to buy.

There's a lot of work being done on this so that soon they will be more affordable! They're already much cheaper to run for tax purposes, though that's being normalised over time as they take up more of a percentage of cars on the road, but particularly Chinese manufacturers like BYD are going through a period of leasing large numbers of cars out to lease fleets, which will eventually enter the used market once their contract is up. Some other manufacturers like Kia are really focusing on their electric models right now too. But overall they're approaching par with other fuel cars soon if not already (at least if PCP is an option).

I switched to one recently and while I'm still in the process of getting a charger installed at my house (takes a while), it's already slightly cheaper even with public chargers.

Overall it's better for communities to have public transport and walkable areas but EVs have to be the future of the car market and I think they will be from what I know even if 2030 has been deemed too ambitious as a political target, it probably won't be far behind that.

Has anyone else here at Buzzjack been having climate anxiety? For the past 1-2 weeks, my climate anxiety has been through the roof. I don’t want to live in a world where it’s so hot and lacking and food and water, as well as countless others. If it gets to 3 degrees of warming, say goodbye to life as you know it.

The amount of pushback against climate change is deafening these days. So many people are just anti anything if it hurts their worldview which is ridiculous.

It's plain to see. You only have to look at Europe this summer to see for your own eyes what is happening.

Look at England this summer for instance. The funny thing about the UK though, is that people are becoming accustomed to warmer and nicer weather during the summer of which there has been plenty the last few years. I'd say since 2020 there's been at least 4 very decent summers, for Scotland too. But people are becoming so accustomed to it that they cry 'it's just summer' everytime facts are laid at their feet.

Don't get me wrong, I love some nice weather. I wish we'd had some longer spells of nice weather in Scotland. Alas, it's not to be.

Hitting 40c in 2022, should have been impossible for the UK given it's latitude and the everything that controls the UK weather but the extra warming caused my climate change has enabled this.

People burying their heads in the sand won't help and unfortunately that's what people do. Climate change has always been seen as a problem for the future. People just don't realise that the future is here. Now. Because they're ignorant? Most likely. Because the UK gets nicer weather in the summer most years now? Most likely. Because it's easier that the truth? Most likely.

I try to keep my carbon footprint as low as I can. I eat meat and travel to and from work by train with hundreds of other passengers daily. It's not perfect by any means but I recycle all the time, and I don't drive. I could do more, we all could.

I remember at school, when we were learning about climate change, it was always billed as something caused by our parents and those that really did contribute to polluting the planet but really it's everyone's fault.

Most of the blame lies at the feet of companies like BP. They don't want to take action because it affects their profits mostly and wherever there's oil, there's money.

I feel like I just write a lot of random stuff that's always in my head but there we go.

On 02/09/2026 at 20:19, CRAZY CHRIS said:

We need another huge volcanic eruption. Was reading that when Mt. Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in June '91 there was so much ash in the atmosphere that world temperatures fell an average of 1.5 degrees.

We do not need something like this. It disrupts people lives, and more often than not, it's countries and people that haven't really contributed as much to the state the world is in now, that suffer the most with the after effects.

Why losing Arctic sea ice would be horrific:

August 2026 was the joint-hottest month EVER recorded globally, tying with July 2023. Average temperatures hit 16.96°C. That is a terrifying 1.65°C above pre-industrial levels, breaching the 1.5°C threshold.

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Let me just say to everyone here. Because of how fast global warming and climate change are accelerating, I predict that shit’s REALLY going to hit the fan for us by the year 2030. Everything to do with climate change has happened sooner than expected, and faster than expected. Soon, modern civilisation as we know it will collapse. We will revert back to pre-industrial ways of living. Say goodbye to everything you know and love. Modern health care and medicine, electricity, technology, food and water security, you name it. On top of this, global warming will reach unliveable and unsurvivable levels for MANY of us. Places such as Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, France, and Croatia will become like deserts. This will be further exacerbated by the 9 planetary tipping points. Things that are carbon sinks (things that absorb carbon dioxide) will become carbon sources (things that release carbon dioxide). Carbon sinks are include the Amazon rainforest, the kelp forests, and phytoplankton. The Arctic permafrost is set to thaw out in the future. It contains double the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. About 1.7 trillion tons of it. Once it ruptures, global warming will increase at a very rapid rate. People in the Global South will start migrating to cooler regions - that’s until the developed nations become too hot themselves. On top of that, food security and water security will be at all time lows. Many people are going to die of starvation and dehydration. Not to mention the threat of nuclear wars for the last remaining resources, all while the mega rich are in their doomsday bunkers. Let’s just say, humanity is absolutely f***ed. I see every single person here dying a premature death, including myself. This is how serious this is.

You could well be right but let's not think too much down the doldrums.

45 minutes ago, DanielCarey said:

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That's wjat they said about Y2k, Malfedian alarmism, etc etc. A runaway greenhouse effect CAN happen - check out Venus - but and the world is overpopulated - but birth rates are dropping everywhere, new greener technologies are coming out, they sre trialling cars thst only release h20 into atmosphere, etc. But we do need to be on other planets to avoid extinction in the long run from many things.

1 hour ago, DanielCarey said:

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Hey, been reading this thread for a while, climate change is a really serious issue, lots of what you've said here is at risk of happening and I hope to God governments around the world start taking it more seriously. This year has been seriously exacerbated by El Nino (which itself was exacerbated by climate change), we could be looking at a serious chance to turn things around in the next few years. The future of the climate is bleak and uncertain, but we just don't know how quickly or how severely things are going to turn. We can't predict the future, what we do know about climate change is we need immediate action to avoid even worse effects.

All of that said, and the reason I wanted to respond, is this kind of doomer-ism is so so unhealthy for you. Saying things like "I see every single person here dying a premature death" really isn't helpful, it isn't necessarily accurate, frankly could scare the shit out of some people reading it, and especially as you've narrowed down your message to 'everyone here', I know it's not meant as such because I know you don't want the things you've detailed to happen, but it reads as borderline threatening. Also, crucially worrying to this degree will not help you or anyone else, nor will it do anything to solve the issue. Honestly, and I mean this is the best way possible, it sounds like therapy might be really good for you if you can get it, and I say this as someone who's had CBT, so there's no judgement there at all. Not to say that you're wrong to be worried about the climate, but this kind of spiralling ain't it, even if you end up being right about 100% of everything you've written here, and I know you and me both hope you're not.

Be practical and level headed about this, prepare for a warmer climate and sure, as we've just had a drought, stocking up on non-perishables slowly over time is never a bad idea - note; don't panic buy, just get a few more tins every now and again, just stay well stocked up as a habit. Be political about it, contact your MP/ representative - especially if AI data centres are popping up near you as they're absolutely horrible for the environment (among other things), and/ or even become actively involved in a political party with the climate as a key policy such as the Greens. Relentlessly advocate for green energy- if you can afford it, get your own solar panels and drive an EV or use public transport wherever possible if not. Go on protests if you have the time, motivation and resources. Make changes in your life insofar as is possible, but bear in mind that individual impact is very minimal and the term carbon footprint was popularised by companies like BP to shunt the responsibility onto consumers; remember that 100 companies emit 71% of emissions. Globally. Economic inequality and rampant late stage capitalism is intrinsically linked to the climate crisis, solve that one, you at the very least make a tonne of headway towards fixing the other issue.