Scorching summer of 2003 triggered first efforts to deal with the problem but heatwaves still have devastating impact

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    4 days ago

    I’m almost at the stage of being really interested in how fast the changes will happen. I wasn’t expecting to see so much change over the last 20 years and the next 10 look to be turbocharging.

    That said, I really worry about the world my grandkids are going to inherit.

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      My wife and I opted out of the procreation game, mostly because we could see where things were going when we were in our twenties.

      We get to watch the fall of civilisation in real time, and point and laugh guilt free where applicable. Watching what happens to the US over the next 20 years will be fucking hilarious, for example. Watching as it turns to desert from the core outward with supertornadoes peeling strips off and hurricanes that redefine measuring scales pulverising chunks of what isn’t literally on fire. The parallels with the evangelical nutters’ fairytale God tier smiting will be something to behold, and I am totally here for the whole thing.