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Don’t be fooled by the title, this has nothing to do with dancing teenagers being spied on by the Chinese government; this is about something altogether more frightening. To be honest, I wasn’t sure if this was cool or not. Do you think a stark reminder of the impending inevitability of our species’ destruction of the planet we inhabit is cool? I don’t particularly – but I used to wear acid wash spray-on skinny jeans, so what the hell do I know about cool? Installed by artists Gan Golan and Andrew Boyd in Manhattan’s famous Union Square, the ‘Climate Clock’ counts down exactly how long we’ve got left to prevent an irreversible climate crisis. Based on our current emissions rates, the countdown gives us 7 years and 102 days (101 when you’re reading this actually, gulp) until we have entirely depleted the Earth’s carbon budget. Christ, that really is terrifying – I’m going to have to fuel up my Land Rover and go for a long drive to clear my head. Might order an ASOS package too, can always just sent it back if I don’t like it. And if that doesn’t work maybe I’ll put the heating on full and turn all the lights on in my house to bring a bit of warmth and light back into my life. But seriously, somebody really needs to do something about this bloody climate already.
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