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Yep, the potential tipping points are terrifying. If the gulf stream collapses, my country will basically turn into Siberia, and our agriculture will collapse.

Yep, the potential tipping points are terrifying. If the gulf stream collapses, my country will basically turn into Siberia, and our agriculture will collapse. It's kind of hard justify taking a typical mortgage that takes 20 years to pay back, when I'm not sure if the country will be habitable by the time I would own the house fully. Maybe geoengineering will save us, and we'll spray the atmosphere full of stuff that reflects sunlight to lower global temperatures. But it's best to prepare for the worst. I expect birth rates to continue collapsing as more young people realize they're probably doomed.

actionfromafar 2y ago
Birth rates will go right up when JD Vance relaxes federal mandates on car safety.
jmclnx 2y ago
>my country will basically turn into Siberia, I assume you are in NW Europe. It will not, it will be a bit or more warmer on average then now and you may get regular snow in the winter. Winters will probably be similar to New Brunswick now. But no, not Siberia.
- janice1999 2y ago
  > it will be a bit or more warmer on average then now Averages don't matter as much as extremes for agriculture and infrastructure. The changes in extremes, particularly in winter, will completely upend the way of life for 10s of million of people. Parts of Norway will drop 20C. https://theconversation.com/atlantic-ocean-is-headed-for-a-tipping-point-once-melting-glaciers-shut-down-the-gulf-stream-we-would-see-extreme-climate-change-within-decades-study-shows-222834 https://theconversation.com/atlantic-ocean-is-headed-for-a-t...
  - alephnerd 2y ago
    > Parts of Norway will drop 20C. Yet you will still live, like millions do in similar temperatures across Canada and the US. The true brunt of the global climate catastrophe will be bore by the the global poor in LDCs which do not have the economies of scale or capital to mitigate some of the worst aspects of a degrading climate.

actionfromafar 2y ago

Birth rates will go right up when JD Vance relaxes federal mandates on car safety.

jmclnx 2y ago

>my country will basically turn into Siberia, I assume you are in NW Europe. It will not, it will be a bit or more warmer on average then now and you may get regular snow in the winter. Winters will probably be similar to New Brunswick now. But no, not Siberia.

janice1999 2y ago
> it will be a bit or more warmer on average then now Averages don't matter as much as extremes for agriculture and infrastructure. The changes in extremes, particularly in winter, will completely upend the way of life for 10s of million of people. Parts of Norway will drop 20C. https://theconversation.com/atlantic-ocean-is-headed-for-a-tipping-point-once-melting-glaciers-shut-down-the-gulf-stream-we-would-see-extreme-climate-change-within-decades-study-shows-222834 https://theconversation.com/atlantic-ocean-is-headed-for-a-t...
- alephnerd 2y ago
  > Parts of Norway will drop 20C. Yet you will still live, like millions do in similar temperatures across Canada and the US. The true brunt of the global climate catastrophe will be bore by the the global poor in LDCs which do not have the economies of scale or capital to mitigate some of the worst aspects of a degrading climate.