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> The equator will be death Massive hyperbole. If temperatures increase 4.5 f - in South America, where most people live around the equator will be fine. Same
by onlyrealcuzzo 3y ago
> The equator will be death
Massive hyperbole. If temperatures increase 4.5 f - in South America, where most people live around the equator will be fine.
Same for Indonesia.
India's population is pretty heavily focused in the North and should will also not all overheat to death.
Don't know about Africa.
Also - moving north if you think the AOC will collapse is a losing strategy. Scandinavia will be colder than Greenland today. Europe will be colder than Canada.
- spaceman_2020 3y agoTrue. What will happen though is that these regions will suffer from stagnating (or even declining) productivity and anaemic growth. Farms will produce less so more energy will be used on fertilizers and irrigation. Everything will have to be air conditioned - more energy expenditure. At an individual level, productivity will drop off as people deal with the heat and humidity. Personally, living in India, I’ve watched my summers become worse and worse every year. And while I have no way to measure it, my productivity keeps going down with it in the summer.
- staunton 3y agoYou're missing access to water, which is perhaps the biggest issue.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoI would have thought wet bulb temperatures would be the more relevant metric for when temperatures are too hot.
- checkyoursudo 3y agoSo there is a decent chance that my vacation house in northern Sweden will still get snow in the winter? At least there is some silver lining for me.