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The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance

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Re: The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance

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Post by qqssccfftt »

johnchristopher wrote: post #5
gonzo41 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Now is the time to buy a flat-ish block of land in Alaska or Tasmania that's a little back from the waters edge. Also make sure you don't have too many tree's too close to where you want to build your doomsday cabin. :) Really you don't be between the tropics of Cancer of Capricorn. in the future

When I think about such scenarios I can't help thinking that there might not be any social constructs left to enforce ownership of land :/. When I was a teen I was sure we were headed for a bad future if we didn't act but I always thought it'd come after I am dead. Now I am scared I am going to be old and too frail to manage when life on earth will turn sour. edit: maybe it's time we put out a a Pioneer 10 plate with…

> When I think about such scenarios I can't help thinking that there might not be any social constructs left to enforce ownership of land :/.

I can only hope so.

Re: The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance

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Post by k33n »

jajag wrote: post #25
k33n wrote: post #23

Most of these models will be proven inaccurate. If there’s anything “climate scientists” have demonstrated over the past 100 years or so, it’s that they have little to no understanding of the global climate. Have any of their “predictions” aged well?

> Have any of their “predictions” aged well? No, but only in the sense that they've tended to be too conservative and to understate the degree and pace of change. And just to be clear, the paper linked to is a review of weather station data which finds that extreme heat & humidity conditions are occurring sooner and more frequently than models predicted.

Way off. The vast majority of their doom and gloom claims have been completely disproven. Only the woefully ignorant peddle this stuff.

It’s perfectly natural for the weather to be extremely hot and humid sometimes.

Re: The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance

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Post by ornornor »

gambiting wrote: post #16
perfunctory wrote: post #10

Climate related reports are getting scarier by the day. I am scared. Really scared. Everyone should be. If I may, let me make a little plea. May I remind everyone that we are not a mere spectators of the show. We are active participants. We can influence things. We as in you and I, HN crowd. It may not seem like it, but an average HN reader has a non-trivial amount of influence. And not only in financial sense. Pleas…

>>I am scared. Really scared. Everyone should be. The thing is, I'm completely oversatured with being scared. This has lead to massive mental issues in the last few years, because everything around us is apocalyptic, even though we live in unimaginable luxury compared to 99.9999% of the rest of the time when humanity existed. I just....can't anymore. >> The future of humanity is in your hands. No, it isn't. At least…

And yet we shut down airlines and personal car travel for a month or two and we can measurably see pollution in the air drastically fall.

Re: The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance

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Post by ramraj07 »

qqssccfftt wrote: post #32

Actually this is probably pointless to post on HN since I doubt anyone here cares about climate change beyond their own personal inconvenience

Ignoring call for violence against kids among others, do you really think you'll be able to reach them in their bunkers and islands?

Re: The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance

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Post by qqssccfftt »

ramraj07 wrote: post #35
qqssccfftt wrote: post #32

Actually this is probably pointless to post on HN since I doubt anyone here cares about climate change beyond their own personal inconvenience

Ignoring call for violence against kids among others, do you really think you'll be able to reach them in their bunkers and islands?

Actually this is probably pointless to post on HN since I doubt anyone here cares about climate change beyond their own personal inconvenience

Re: The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance

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Post by [deleted] »

alt_f4 wrote: post #22
kharak wrote: post #14

Personal anectode. I already can't bear summer. I don't have AC, as most people don't have it here in Switzerland. Even offices tend to not have them. There are 1 to 2 months a year where my productivity sinks, enjoyment of life plummets and I just want it all to be over. I also barely see any snow anymore, if I don't hike in the mountains. I love snow. The change is real and I hate it. Couldn't it be global cooling…

You live in an extremely rich country, surely you can afford to install an AC unit if it impacts you as much as you're saying. Seems like that has a much better shot at solving your problem than waiting for the world to address global climate change.

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Re: The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance

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Post by sveme »

alt_f4 wrote: post #22
kharak wrote: post #14

Personal anectode. I already can't bear summer. I don't have AC, as most people don't have it here in Switzerland. Even offices tend to not have them. There are 1 to 2 months a year where my productivity sinks, enjoyment of life plummets and I just want it all to be over. I also barely see any snow anymore, if I don't hike in the mountains. I love snow. The change is real and I hate it. Couldn't it be global cooling…

You live in an extremely rich country, surely you can afford to install an AC unit if it impacts you as much as you're saying. Seems like that has a much better shot at solving your problem than waiting for the world to address global climate change.

AC has the unfortunate side effect of accelerating climate change.

Re: The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance

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Post by asdkjh345fd »

qqssccfftt wrote: post #32

Actually this is probably pointless to post on HN since I doubt anyone here cares about climate change beyond their own personal inconvenience

I love how it is normal to threaten death to anyone who doesn't believe in this crazy climate nonsense, but HN bans anyone who points out that the actual raw data shows climate hysteria is entirely unfounded.

Re: The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance

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Post by qqssccfftt »

asdkjh345fd wrote: post #39
qqssccfftt wrote: post #32

Actually this is probably pointless to post on HN since I doubt anyone here cares about climate change beyond their own personal inconvenience

I love how it is normal to threaten death to anyone who doesn't believe in this crazy climate nonsense, but HN bans anyone who points out that the actual raw data shows climate hysteria is entirely unfounded.

Actually this is probably pointless to post on HN since I doubt anyone here cares about climate change beyond their own personal inconvenience
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