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> there can be significant local extremes that are far greater You're moving goal posts. Either we're talking about global climate change, or we're talking abo
by yosito 5y ago
> there can be significant local extremes that are far greater
You're moving goal posts. Either we're talking about global climate change, or we're talking about local changes. Local changes have always happened, and animals either adapt or die when they do. There is no argument that the global average change is any more than 1.1c in the last century.
- ceejayoz 5y agoBoth are important. People who go "a couple degrees average isn't that big of a deal" are missing a big part of the dangers of global climate change. Humans can't survive more than a few hours at a wet bulb temperature (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature) of 35°C, even if they have shade, drinking water, and fans available. If air conditioning fails, you're dead. As the global average creeps up, some of these local variations in hot, humid places without sufficient power infrastructure to reliably run A/C for everyone like Bangladesh have the potential to kill millions.