Keith D Johnson on Nostr: It wouldn't be the first #sciencefiction plot that came true. Yishan @yishan "There's ...
It wouldn't be the first #sciencefiction plot that came true.
Yishan
@yishan
"There's this hypothetical climate scenario where a summer heat wave hits a city, temp is high enough that:
- internal combustion engines don't work
- HVAC is overloaded and also breaks
- because people can't leave or be cooled, thousands or millions die in the span of a week
Given the non-linear rise in high temp records, I actually think it is within the realm of possibility that this occurs as soon as next summer".
Yishan
@yishan
"There's this hypothetical climate scenario where a summer heat wave hits a city, temp is high enough that:
- internal combustion engines don't work
- HVAC is overloaded and also breaks
- because people can't leave or be cooled, thousands or millions die in the span of a week
Given the non-linear rise in high temp records, I actually think it is within the realm of possibility that this occurs as soon as next summer".