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> Barring moonshot tech breakthrough or militant scaling-down of consumption worldwide, how can we survive? Just bare with it? The frequent storms, and severe
by baybal2 5y ago
> Barring moonshot tech breakthrough or militant scaling-down of consumption worldwide, how can we survive?
Just bare with it? The frequent storms, and severe weather frequenting USA in recent years are nothing special in East Asia.
1m Downpour rainfall is an annual event in much of India.
Snowstorms where you see no more than a few meters are also very survivable, and people can adapt to live with them.
Kilometers long storm surges, and multi-decade coastal errosion are also something people learned to live with.
- FreeFull 5y agoWhat about temperatures up to 49 degrees Celsius, like the heatwave in India back in 2019? If the air is moist, it can become literally impossible for even healthy humans to survive without some external way of cooling off.
- baybal2 5y agoI survived +50 in Doha... for around 10 minutes.