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The climate crisis is coming for your hoppy beer
(www.cnn.com)
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
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I think the problem has grown bigger than just over hopped beers. Every beer fad just becomes an arms race to see who can get the most extreme and it takes over the smaller brewers. We used to love going to small breweries but they’re ridiculous now and have been for years with no end in sight. For a while, every beer was mouth blisteringly sour. We had disgustingly sweet dessert stouts for a while. And the juicy craze. The head brewer at my local brewery was bragging to me about having bought out his suppliers mango puree. Bro this is why I just go to the pub and drink Yuengling now.
Yep, you’re absolutely correct. Honestly I wish I could get yeungling here, it’s probably my favorite for the price.