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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
I don't think many people have really heard the specifics of climate change outcomes.
Firstly, even if we stop using fossill fuels this second the results are going to be devastating. It's what we do next that determines how much more devastating.
Sea levels at the bare minimum will rise enough to displace between 190-340 Million people by 2050. These people will need a place to live, where will they go?
Places like Africa, Europe, South East Asia, and South America will lose vast swaths of arable land. Where will these people find food?
Severe weather events will be yearly. Who can live in places with tornados every year? Category 5 hurricanes every year? Wildfires burning all the forests?
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Great comments. This is exactly how we have to think.
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I feel like when people discuss climate change they aren't internalizing what the future already holds
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This is maybe where I see a problem. People are internalizing it, but only in their limited perspective. Sea level rise doesn't matter to someone living in Alberta. Wild fires don't impact someone living in the concrete jungle far away from forests. Changes in climate don't seem problematic to someone who conflates weather with climate. Until we all begin to understand the greater impact we will be hard pressed to accept that big changes need to be made.