Civilization could crumble by 2050 if we don't stop climate change now, new paper says

[NickB79]

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/amp/ncna1013701

What might an accurate worst-case picture of the planet's climate-addled future actually look like, then? The authors provide one particularly grim scenario that begins with world governments "politely ignoring" the advice of scientists and the will of the public to decarbonize the economy (finding alternative energy sources), resulting in a global temperature increase 5.4 F (3 C) by the year 2050. At this point, the world's ice sheets vanish; brutal droughts kill many of the trees in the Amazon rainforest (removing one of the world's largest carbon offsets); and the planet plunges into a feedback loop of ever-hotter, ever-deadlier conditions.

Billions are going to die.

[FiveGoodMen]

1. You would think we'd care more about that than about making a few filthy rich people richer

But no.

[yonder]

2. Those few filthy rich people think they will have an out. And maybe at first they will.

They believe they will be able to hide behind their wealth, with the ability to move to different places as their current locales' become "unpleasant".

We've all heard stories of rich folks who buy cars, never change the oil or otherwise maintain them and when they finally do prematurely wear out, cast that one aside and buy another. Rinse and repeat. What's the problem? They've got money, right?

I think that's how it might go down. With no place to escape from an increasingly dying planet, exactly the wrong people will be left trying to fix it. They never had to worry about repairs before and won't have the skills when that time comes either.

[hunter]

3. Fifty Fix-it-Fast Recipes for the Wealthy.

With hints on how to hunt them in their natural habitat.

--plus--

Building quick and easy barbecues and smokers using armored limousine parts.

--and--

Beautiful bone tools you can make yourself.

[FiveGoodMen]

4. I like the way you think!