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The destruction is quite evidently materializing all over the world with new heat and drought records being broken constantly. A this point some people are acti
by Daishiman 4y ago
The destruction is quite evidently materializing all over the world with new heat and drought records being broken constantly. A this point some people are actively refusing to see it.
- version_five 4y agoAre you advocating for just more alarmism then?
- chasd00 4y agoThe problem is timescale, the drought in California was pointed to as an example of a climate change disaster but now it's just about over. Over time the droughts and heatwaves will get worse and worse but human brains aren't geared to think on those timescales. Look at the changes in one year from the link below. https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonito...
- rufus_foreman 4y agoThere are heat waves and droughts but food production has tripled over the last half century, and the only thing I have ever seen during that period that kept the grocery store shelves from being fully stocked for more than a few days has been a pandemic.
- Daishiman 4y agoYou haven't seen it because you very likely live in a first-world country where neither subsistence farming nor farming exports are drivers of the local economy and welfare. Droughts and heat waves have a very real impact in global affairs in the Middle East, South America, India, and Asia.
- rufus_foreman 4y agoThe tripling of food production has a very real impact in those areas.