How long will it be until it's too hot?

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Anonymous wrote:So why is the government still allowing the sale of Suburbans and Expeditions and the like, while people sit in their 5,000sf homes set to 65 in the summer? If anything the popularity of this lifestyle (and the 3-4 kids to go with it) is only gaining in popularity.

This is a serious question: People set their AC to 65? Aren't they too cold?

No. PP is going for exaggeration just to try to make a point. Most also don't have 5,000 sf houses.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of scientists are actually alarmed, OP. I’ve heard that there’s already enough CO2 in the atmosphere that even if we stop all emissions right now, the global warming process will keep going.

That’s so sad. I remember when that was only a possibility.

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Anonymous wrote:Our plan is to move before the great climate change migration is in full swing. Our plan is to move north near a large body of fresh water. We're thinking Michigan near Lake Michigan or Lake Superior.

You're not taking flooding into account, mom is still in the midwest (Indiana) near Lake Michigan. In the past decade they've already had two "once in 1000 year" floods, after the second one she moved to a house without a basement. We lost a lot of family photos, and there were all sorts of mold problems. If you think the midwest is somehow shielded then you're overlooking just how much water they get doused in for a good 6 months out of the year, especially around the great lakes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of scientists are actually alarmed, OP. I’ve heard that there’s already enough CO2 in the atmosphere that even if we stop all emissions right now, the global warming process will keep going.

That’s so sad. I remember when that was only a possibility.

Don’t look up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So why is the government still allowing the sale of Suburbans and Expeditions and the like, while people sit in their 5,000sf homes set to 65 in the summer? If anything the popularity of this lifestyle (and the 3-4 kids to go with it) is only gaining in popularity.

I would be directing my ire at large emerging economies which we won’t name long before I thought twice about cars individuals are driving.
Or the fact that we all have to fly everywhere all the time. Apparently. Because.

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Have you you checked the climate and collapse subreddits OP? It’s depressing to say the least.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of scientists are actually alarmed, OP. I’ve heard that there’s already enough CO2 in the atmosphere that even if we stop all emissions right now, the global warming process will keep going.

If the increase continues at its present rate, within a few hundred years the average surface temperature on earth in the middle latitudes (between 20-40 degrees north and south of the equator) will be sufficient to melt lead and types of metals.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you you checked the climate and collapse subreddits OP? It’s depressing to say the least.

We are all going to die, and our children too. No one of us will live a normal lifespan. We will literally be bursting into flames soon.

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Anonymous wrote:The elephant (s) in the room are too many people.
And no one wants to address that 3rd rail.
Other countries like China will not make concessions either.

Well I’m sure China is already hard at work on its next “accidental” lab release, which will probably make covid look absolutely quaint by comparison. Especially when it’s genetically tailored for certain races. So the whole overpopulation thing may not be worth worrying about in a few years.

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Anonymous wrote:In the news, we hear scientists suggest 2030 and 2050 being milestone years on the climate change front. But I think that's being conservative and within 5 years, we are facing a major adjustment in how we live. And I think within 10 years, this country is going to go through a climate crisis to the effect that there are days we won't be able to go outside. Between the flooding, heat and wildfires, I just don't see us getting to another 10 years of status quo. Even now, we're so affected by weather around the country.

What might the summer look like in 2027, just 5 years away? My youngest will only be 16 years old - I have a hard time grappling with this.

Not like I can do anything about it I realize, but just wondering why people don't seem to dwell on finding solutions to how we are going to get by in the near future if we are impacted by the weather instead of focusing on the desire to enact change. Isn't that kinda a losing battle at this point? I mean do we really have another 10-20 years before we have to alter our lifestyle? I just don't see us stopping/slowing down the results of our technologies and consumptions quick enough. Are there organizations looking into what we do when we hit that no return point cause you never hear about that?

I do not see any dire circumstances. If there are --we will deal with it. No need or time to worry about it.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like if anything it would be like FL here in the DMV. Not somewhere uninhabitable.

Projections are that by mid to late century it will be like Georgia. (We use climate models in my work.) Sounds terrible to me!

Millions of people live quite contentedly in Georgia. And in places MUCH warmer than Georgia.

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Anonymous wrote:In the news, we hear scientists suggest 2030 and 2050 being milestone years on the climate change front. But I think that's being conservative and within 5 years, we are facing a major adjustment in how we live. And I think within 10 years, this country is going to go through a climate crisis to the effect that there are days we won't be able to go outside. Between the flooding, heat and wildfires, I just don't see us getting to another 10 years of status quo. Even now, we're so affected by weather around the country.

What might the summer look like in 2027, just 5 years away? My youngest will only be 16 years old - I have a hard time grappling with this.

Not like I can do anything about it I realize, but just wondering why people don't seem to dwell on finding solutions to how we are going to get by in the near future if we are impacted by the weather instead of focusing on the desire to enact change. Isn't that kinda a losing battle at this point? I mean do we really have another 10-20 years before we have to alter our lifestyle? I just don't see us stopping/slowing down the results of our technologies and consumptions quick enough. Are there organizations looking into what we do when we hit that no return point cause you never hear about that?

I do not see any dire circumstances. If there are --we will deal with it. No need or time to worry about it.

Are there issues, yes. Are they dire? No. Even if they were no action would be taken. So it is good things are not dire.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of scientists are actually alarmed, OP. I’ve heard that there’s already enough CO2 in the atmosphere that even if we stop all emissions right now, the global warming process will keep going.

If the increase continues at its present rate, within a few hundred years the average surface temperature on earth in the middle latitudes (between 20-40 degrees north and south of the equator) will be sufficient to melt lead and types of metals.

How can anyone be expected to survive conditions like this? Will there be anywhere left on earth that will be safe?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of scientists are actually alarmed, OP. I’ve heard that there’s already enough CO2 in the atmosphere that even if we stop all emissions right now, the global warming process will keep going.

If the increase continues at its present rate, within a few hundred years the average surface temperature on earth in the middle latitudes (between 20-40 degrees north and south of the equator) will be sufficient to melt lead and types of metals.

How can anyone be expected to survive conditions like this? Will there be anywhere left on earth that will be safe?

Then it’s too late to worry about it. So it doesn’t even matter now.

Can we stop talking about it now that it’s too late?

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You people are nuts. There is no over population issue. None. People in cars is not the issue. People travelling is not the issue. And people are not going to change and the government will not do a lot. Real big issue is developing world. And they will not change. There is almost nothing that can be done by limiting what people can do. We need solutions that don't ask people to give up what they will not give up.