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> They don't seem to account for adaption, in particular by humans What kind of adaptation do you have in mind? How do you adapt to water shortages, crop fail
by ClumsyPilot 3y ago
> They don't seem to account for adaption, in particular by humans
What kind of adaptation do you have in mind?
How do you adapt to water shortages, crop failures, or the fact that once heat index goes over 120 you die?
Like none of those adaptations sound pretty, our quality of life will roll back to like 1850’s
- hodgesrm 3y agoHumans as a population react very quickly to changes in cost. To take your first problem, water shortages, one answer is to charge something closer what it's actually worth. That actually happened in the Pajaro River basin in California, which grows a lot of the berries for the US. [0] Taxing water faces political resistance and also has downsides like pushing out some crops. The rest of California is not desperate enough to do it yet, but I would guess they'll get there soon enough. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/29/climate/california-farmers-water-tax.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/29/climate/calif...