https://newrepublic.com/article/1722...ying-sea-lions
This one would be hard to confirm but it basically reiterates my view. Ecosystems will start to collapse and no one knows how it will play out. I suppose everything and every species has to die at some point but really !?!
Here's stuff that I can almost guarantee will happen.
Ecosystems start to die -> Unknown cascading effect that could get to the point of causing food shortages even in developed nations.
Countries without enough food are going to have a lot of emmigration. This will cause further strains on the wealthier countries.
Even with a "green transition" there will be such high demand on materials that it will increase cost and energy production as they become more rare. More demand/less resources means they spend more energy to acquire what is there. Look at modern gold mining.
Sea-levels will rise displacing mass population. These people will need a place to go. Building housing in a world where resources have become scarce is not going to go so well.
Man's rate of contributing to greenhouse gasses has plateaued but still it is as high as ever. LOL
These more extreme weather events are going to cost more to mitigate.
We'll also need to change up a lot of our infrastructure which is more energy usage.
Yet doing this at a personal level makes no difference! Therefore most people won't do it.
Poor countries will still need to rely on coal simply because they can't afford the alternatives.
Those wind turbines are great but they take a lot of resources to build. The breakeven point in energy is a few years.
Ice-cap is going to disappear which means less reflective surface.
When we finally clean up from fossil-fuels we'll clean up the aerosols which will contribute a reasonable amount to the warming.
Lots of permafrost going away which releases more methane.
Anyway fellas. We're fucked.
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