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California has had rolling blackouts now for a few years, and it gets hot enough that the height of summer is absolutely risky for the infirm and elderly. I don
by vorpalhex 5y ago
California has had rolling blackouts now for a few years, and it gets hot enough that the height of summer is absolutely risky for the infirm and elderly. I don't imagine making the problem worse is going to help those who depend on medical devices either.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/us/california-power-outage.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/us/california-power-outag...
- zz865 5y agoThat's the core of the problem though right, sacrifice something today to help reduce the greenhouse problem in the future.
- finiteseries 5y agoNo, that is specifically the core worldview of a century old strain of environmental activism that has been repeatedly dunked on by reality & technological progress at nearly every single turn. “Sacrifice someone today to help reduce the overpopulation/famine/nuclear war/greenhouse problem in the future, or else doom!”