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I doubt it will make a difference but climate change isn't expected to cause great suffering. Compared to great filter events, climate change doesn't even regis
by Gareth321 2y ago
I doubt it will make a difference but climate change isn't expected to cause great suffering. Compared to great filter events, climate change doesn't even register. Estimates are of a rise of [2-4 degrees centigrade by 2100.](https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/climatechange/science#:~:text=Global%20temperature%20is%20projected%20to,7.2%20degrees%20Fahrenheit\)%20by%202100 https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/climatechange/science#:~:text=Glob....) This will likely result in an [increase](https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/6/1/014014/meta#:~:text=Regionally%2C%20it%20is%20likely%20that,increases%20may%20still%20be%20possible https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/6/1/014....) of arable land. [Global mean sea-level rise is expected to be between 0.30 and 0.65 m by 2100,](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-020-0121-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-020-0121-5) which might affect some Dutch towns during storms but is negligible. [As the number of storms are estimated to decrease, the threat vector is slightly increasing storm intensity.](https://climate.nasa.gov/news/3184/a-force-of-nature-hurricanes-in-a-changing-climate/#:~:text=While%20most%20models%20show%20either,greater%20chance%20of%20becoming%20stronger https://climate.nasa.gov/news/3184/a-force-of-nature-hurrica....) Humans can handle storms. We can rebuild homes, change where we settle and live, build with better materials and practises, and improve storm infrastructure and protections. In fact, as the temperature rises slightly, fewer people will die due to temperature extremes. This is because at present, many more people die due to exposure to low temperatures than high temperatures.
We really have done a great disservice to a generation which believes the planet will be dead in a few decades.
- throwanapple 2y agoHeat disproportionately kills young people: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/06/young-adults-heat-related-deaths-climate-crisis https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/06/young-adults...
- bamboozled 2y agoWhat I think you're missing is that it's not about human resilience on a technical level, it's about the power structures that do nothing to really fix it, the corruption, the stupidity, the lack of empathy, the corporations that trample everything for profit. It's a major turn off for young people, they see this and think, why bring a lovely innocent child into such a shit show. We can have all the sex we want, have more money, and enjoy life and not participate in the rat race. Many people don't see it as a tragedy either. It's just a choice they make and move on. Humans can handle storms. We can rebuild homes, change where we settle and live, build with better materials and practises, and improve storm infrastructure and protections. Yeah, people don't want to raise children in this sort of chaotic, apocalyptic scenario where your town is wiped out by some major, never seen before flash flood event. You rebuild and some new major storms topples it. In fact, as the temperature rises slightly, fewer people will die due to temperature extremes. This is because at present, many more people die due to exposure to low temperatures than high temperatures. Not where I live, farmers were having trouble doing their jobs due to the extreme heat this year. In 50 years at current trajectory? More people on earth, likely less food, what will that be like?