Title is a little misleading as they are referring to Death Valley - but it looks like records could be broken in a lot of areas of the southwest US with temperatures approaching 120 degrees.

We are entering the "find out" phase a lot sooner and quicker than even my pessimistic self could have predicted.

  • Magician [he/him, they/them]
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    1 year ago

    And all kinds of unsafe things we'll have to look out to quickly and cheaply address demand for things like AC. Asbestos might make a comeback for all we know

    • fox [comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      All the houses are insulated with asbestos because cheap is better than none. The grid experiences rolling brownouts because it's more profitable to upcharge electricity versus building new plants. The sky is permanently tinted red after geo-engineering it full of sulfur dioxide to dim the Sun. Agricultural outputs are down 10% every year continuously since dimming the Sun. The government views famine as a viable solution to climate change.