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Chairman_Mittens t1_j9d6741 wrote

Hell, just the vague rumor that there might be some supply chain issues during COVID was enough to cause panic, mass hoarding and shortages.

Can you imagine how people are going to act when we get our first real taste of a global warming summer, start hearing about widespread crop failures and drouts?

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WillowSnows t1_j9e1kln wrote

I just watched Interstellar, no thank you. Though I doubt we'll have a mostly happy ending.

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sirdiamondium t1_j9e2pwb wrote

Unless hyperpowered AI gets us hooked up with beings in higher dimensions… that’s totally possible, right?

right?

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Trance354 t1_j9fmha7 wrote

Try reading Forever War. We are just before the Calorie Wars, or the Ration Wars. And we already have the military intelligence necessary to institute a "Fuck you, Sir" morale policy.

Missing the exoplanet colony ship getting destroyed by an unknown alien race, though.

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resurrectedbydick t1_j9ejwhe wrote

Any kind of shortage really seems to embolden people to act crazy and break any social norms. I'm more scared of desperate, angered mobs than not having certain food or conveniences for a while.

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Trance354 t1_j9fmpkf wrote

I'm tempted to stock up on seeds. Just because.

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whyuhavtobemad t1_j9ehndr wrote

I don't think it will happen all at once. More like localised extreme weather.

Kinda like now but more extreme

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wizard5g t1_j9f8lzv wrote

I think we’re gonna jump from one crisis to the next. Hurricanes this month, wildfires next, floods again after that etc.

Gotta work on improving supply chain resiliency and fast

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GoofAckYoorsElf t1_j9ekbsn wrote

Yeah, hopefully... We need time to adapt...

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whyuhavtobemad t1_j9ew4gq wrote

Just need to put our heads further into the sand

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GoofAckYoorsElf t1_j9ey6bs wrote

Or the other way around...

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whyuhavtobemad t1_j9f1avr wrote

Sarcasm my friend. People who don't acknowledge climate change are certainly refusing to see what's happening around them.

Serious answer is people will need to have supplies of essentials and learn to consume less. With the cost of living going up, people are already forced into these habits.

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jarlvk t1_j9g3efq wrote

Yes stop using ice cars/planes or ships, reduce your meat consumption and get less kids. But somehow I fear you mean some next generation needs to adapt for our failures.

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GoofAckYoorsElf t1_j9gnoe7 wrote

No. I'm just realistic. Mankind is not going to adapt over night. If change comes over night, mankind will riot. That's how we are. The individual can do something about it. The masses won't. It has happend. Only recently even. During COVID. We all know how people reacted on only a very brief risk of having to change their lifestyle. With looting and foraging.

"Imagine it's war and nobody goes" does not work! Collective action would be required. However that does only happen if sitting on our butts becomes more inconvenient than acting. We are lazy bastards. Like everything in the universe we always strive for the lowest possible level of energy. Or in our case, the lowest level of inconvenience. Thus, alas, things have to become way more inconvenient for us to act as a collective, not just as individuals that cannot change anything alone.

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ClownMorty t1_j9fhcfl wrote

Yeah and the Christians are still going to think it means Jesus will return sooner. The 2nd coming is always just around the corner and ever bad thing that happens accelerates it.

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Trance354 t1_j9foj3k wrote

I wonder what would happen if the religious leaders all got together and canonized suicide, removing it from the list of damning sins. Further, if they noted you'd go straight to the Rapture if you offed yourself.

What % of the truly faithful would voluntarily remove themselves from the human population? I realize not all of them, but I can see entire industries cropping up to take advantage of the suicide rate increasing by an order of magnitude, almost overnight. I also see a lot of fundies offing entire families in Tent Revivals, so a new set of laws requiring all suicides for religious reasons to be at least 18 years of age, etc.

Sanctioned suicide in jails. Find Jesus, remove yourself from the population. Burden on taxpayers is eased.

Why do we have religion, again?

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crunchypuddle t1_j9f0g9z wrote

Meanwhile in the land of reality genetically modified crops are being produced which can handle rising global tempuratures and yields are presently up year over year.

Here's some actual science on the future of crop yields on already established farm land and not just some histrionic rant about crop failure

TLDR climate change means just that... change. Some yields maintain, some go down. Some places that weren't arable now are.

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Ghune t1_j9f84yx wrote

Social pressures from movements of population will be a challenge.

Climatic refugees will be everywhere.

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DaisyCutter312 t1_j9gh6m0 wrote

>Climatic refugees will be everywhere.

Once climate refugees start being that big of a problem, climate refugees will suddenly stop existing.

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crunchypuddle t1_j9ggo5l wrote

There's a credible IEP report (assuming this is what you're referring to) which asserts 1 billion displaced by 2050. This is probably the report cited if you've seen this assertion in articles.

It should be clarified that's worldwide over the course of several decades. Up 3.7% over last year excluding Ukrainian refugees. I think the slower migration will help to offset some of these social pressures you're projecting.

This article does a pretty good job at illustrating which regions will be affected by this migration

TLDR again: Not so much gloom and doom. Some places are going to grow. Africa will see a boom.

Reddit tends to conflate climate change with climate disaster. I'm not saying climate change shouldn't be taken seriously, I'm just attempting to take some of the hysterics out of this situation, because if you believe reddit we're all doomed and we shouldn't even try... which just isn't true.

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WalkFreeeee t1_j9f9w25 wrote

I am sure the poorest countries affected Will have access to high tech seeds..... Also , agriculture os just one part of the negative effects brought with climate change

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