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I often wonder what we'll die of. Direct consequence of global warming like flooding, tornado, or heat wave? A worldwide epidemic? Will wealth be relevant in sa
by tajen 10y ago
I often wonder what we'll die of. Direct consequence of global warming like flooding, tornado, or heat wave? A worldwide epidemic? Will wealth be relevant in saving us from mass famines? A more indirect way such as massive riots caused by, say, the global disorganization of wealth? A global methane event, bursting out of the oceans, and burning the whole atmosphere? Or simply Trump deciding that global warming can only be dodged by erasing half of human activities, killing 4bn people with some atomic bomb, "for the survival of the rest"?
I also wonder what will remain of our cities. Will scavenger humans haunt them for the next thousand years? How fast will they decay?
- throwaway29292 10y agoProbably not direct consequences, more indirect ones like riots. And if things get that bad, then maybe erasing half or 75% human activities WOULD be the only way, don't need a Trump to declare that.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoProbably not any of that at all. We will probably die of all the same old boring causes: heart disease, cancer, dementia and Alzheimer's.
- gd1 10y agoIf you think global warming has any proven connection to tornadoes, you're most likely to die from being a dribbling fucking retard.
- stale2002 10y agoPlease read up on the scientific consensus. No respectable scientist believes that a meter or 2 of sea level rise over the next 200 years is going to literally cause the world to end. Read the science. Go with the facts. Not the fake consequences that no scientist believes is going to happen.
- scarmig 10y agoYes. No one believes the world is going to end. The scientific consensus is trillions of dollars in annual damages globally along with plausibly millions of lives lost. No big deal.
- CalRobert 10y agoNot to mention massively reduced biodiversity as a result of mass extinction. But hey, if it doesn't kill you or cost money, it doesn't matter, right?
- tajen 10y agoI don't understand your point, you're saying the scientific consensus is that we're not going to die, but I see a scientific consensus that keeps alerting us: Tornadoes are already here and we believe they're more frequent because of GW. Epidemics are often quoted as a consequence of a warmer, more welcoming climate, along with the decay of bees, hence the famines. NYC is expected to be flooded several times before 2100. Scientists say we'll never keep it under 2 degrees, because of the acceleration of unforeseen methane emissions in permafrost, and they also say if we reach 6 degrees there will only be room for an order of magnitude fewer people on Earth. It all comes from scientists. The only thing which I can see false in my parent comment is, we won't all die altogether from the same event, but I wasn't really saying that.