BREAKING: simultaneous freakish heat in the Arctic and Antarctic described as 'impossible' and 'unthinkable' by scientists as abrupt climate change accelerates wildly 🧵 pic.twitter.com/jGwovCRLeT— Ben See (@ClimateBen) March 19, 2022
my out-of-the-ass answer is that materially comfortable people at or near retirement age are only going to get interested when their access to treats and services are limited. if they recognize the connection to climate change or even engage with any non-hegemonic discourse about why is anyone's guess.
for younger working people, I can only imagine there will be a crescendo of alienation from being denied a future despite being expected to work in a meaningless job. gas/energy prices rising while temperates become increasingly variable/unstable compared to historic norma, crop failures/food shortages, unprecedented floods overwhelming decaying infrastructure disrupting regional logistics and exacerbating internal migration dumping gas on the housing crisis.
my gut says before 2030 we're going to have a 3 week heat wave and grid blackout that kills a million people in the PNW or the great lakes or east Texas.
my out-of-the-ass answer is that materially comfortable people at or near retirement age are only going to get interested when their access to treats and services are limited. if they recognize the connection to climate change or even engage with any non-hegemonic discourse about why is anyone's guess.
for younger working people, I can only imagine there will be a crescendo of alienation from being denied a future despite being expected to work in a meaningless job. gas/energy prices rising while temperates become increasingly variable/unstable compared to historic norma, crop failures/food shortages, unprecedented floods overwhelming decaying infrastructure disrupting regional logistics and exacerbating internal migration dumping gas on the housing crisis.
my gut says before 2030 we're going to have a 3 week heat wave and grid blackout that kills a million people in the PNW or the great lakes or east Texas.