Why We Need To Cut Down On Fossil Fuels

When I started writing about climate change, the main goal I had in my mind was to help people understand the basics of this incredible challenge, so we all can make informed decisions accordingly. I still try, in any article I write, to include basic directions (or links) for a first-time reader to get "up to date" quickly and understand what I'm talking about, be it drought, wildfires or the latest EU policy piece. 

However, once you get more and more into it, when you start interviewing great scientists and building up knowledge, it's hard to keep footing and remember that the vast majority of people out there don't really know how important this is. That's why I still try, once in a while, to write articles that go back to the basics.

This is a great example of one of those articles. With very cute-looking cartoons, it explains the dire danger we're in for if we don't cut on fossil fuels right now. It's so simple it could be understood by a 10-year-old kid, but it's not a cartoon for children. It doesn't spare the reader the figures or the technological challenges we're facing.

The story starts with the amount of fossil fuels we have available and how much we're currently extracting. It moves on to say the amount of warming this means, and then it explains its terrible consequences. As simple as that, and as important as it sounds.

If it depended on me, I would have added a couple examples of what, for me, is one of the major angles on climate change: inequality. It won't affect us all in the same way, and those who will suffer its effects more directly are usually not the same as those who cause most of the problem. However, this is a great first lesson on climate change and climate action, and I'll be linking to it, more than likely, in my next few articles.