Occasional Thoughts on Climate Change

[chubbs]

23 hours ago, WolfStock1 said:

 

Wow.... just.... wow.

Listen to your yourself.

I'll just put this here, and let you struggle with your existential crisis.

 

Let me know when that trend starts upward due to our fossil fuel burning, so I can... run somewhere or something.

We've gotten much better at avoiding deaths in natural disasters through prediction and warnings. The number and intensity of climate-related disasters is increasing. The death toll from natural disasters this year could be relatively high due to the European heat wave and the Nepal landslide.  We'll see when the numbers come out next year.

[Brewbeer]

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be willing to bet that a lot of fossil-fuel-burning boats were involved in the process of recovery

this is part of the frustration - focusing on minutia to distract from the elephant 

[WolfStock1]

1 hour ago, chubbs said:

We've gotten much better at avoiding deaths in natural disasters through prediction and warnings. The number and intensity of climate-related disasters is increasing. The death toll from natural disasters this year could be relatively high due to the European heat wave and the Nepal landslide.  We'll see when the numbers come out next year.

 

The increased economic damage is due to the huge increase in building on the coasts, in particular of luxury properties.   I lived right on the coast in both FL and CA over the past few decades, and have seen in firsthand.    Much of it also is due to generally increased economic prosperity (and population increase), and due to inflation.   As your economy grows, you're going to have a lot more stuff that can get damaged.

Not an indicator of "world death" but actually the opposite in fact.

 

Re: European heat wave

Much of that could have been prevented if a lot more people had air conditioning, as they do in places like the US.

 

[chubbs]

6 minutes ago, WolfStock1 said:

 

The increased economic damage is due to the huge increase in building on the coasts, in particular of luxury properties.   I lived right on the coast in both FL and CA over the past few decades, and have seen in firsthand.    Much of it also is due to generally increased economic prosperity (and population increase), and due to inflation.   As your economy grows, you're going to have a lot more stuff that can get damaged.

Not an indicator of "world death" but actually the opposite in fact.

Re: European heat wave

Much of that could have been prevented if a lot more people had air conditioning, as they do in places like the US.

 

You are handwaving. The number and intensity of climate-related disasters is increasing.

[WolfStock1]

16 minutes ago, chubbs said:

You are handwaving. The number and intensity of climate-related disasters is increasing.

It is?