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Well definitely a small small fraction of how I was affected by the 2008 financial crisis or even the recent refugee wave. GW will happen slowly over many deca
by randyrand 9y ago
Well definitely a small small fraction of how I was affected by the 2008 financial crisis or even the recent refugee wave.
GW will happen slowly over many decades... Not suddenly like either of those. I think people forget that. In fact, we're already living through the speed of these changes! Cities are already flooding more and more and refugees are already leaving, it's just such a slow process that it's barely noticeable and not even a daily concern. And this is predicted to be the same speed for the rest of GW.
A city slowly flooding more and more over 50 years is not too different than the emigration from Detroit over a smaller timespan.
Same goes for agricultural shifts. Markets are already adjusting.
There will be no crisis.
- mikeash 9y agoThere’s a pretty big difference from a city doing it, and dozens (hundreds?) all doing it at once.
- randyrand 9y ago"at once" meaning slowly over 100+ years. How many people left these flood cities over the last decade? Because this pace will be the same going forward. There is no refugee crisis. I'd be concerned if GW was going to increase ad infinitude, but it's not. We eventually use up all the fossil fuels, and the results will be minor.
- mikeash 9y agoWhy would it be the same pace going forward? The rate of rise is accelerating and the consequences become much more severe as it gets higher.
- randyrand 9y agoThat's the alarmism talking... The rate of increase is linear with population growth. Meaning we are also linearly more ready to handle the small flow of refugees to linearly more cities and food market changes.
- mikeash 9y agoHow is the rate of increase linear with population growth?
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