Better. It predicts a max 2.6°C warming by 2100 (down from 4–6°C).
But it’s not ‘good’ news. It right m won’t be good news until we get below net zero by taking more carbon out the air then we pump into it, because even ‘no growth’ in emissions still means an above zero output. And those emissions keep adding to what’s in the atmosphere already. The only question until we get below zero is, how quickly will be be fucked?
Bit of a rant but the situation in cities is tremendous, i live in rome and in this time of year temperatures regularly reach 30c, if I go in the countryside they get cooler by about 10c, all because of bad urbanistics propped up by lobbying and more generally capitalism
It’s highly problematic when you have bodies that can’t transmit their heat because everything in their surrounding is at the same temperature. Last year I was amazed how the heat from the street was on the verge of melting my cheap shoes.
People laugh but I think cooling/heating shelters in the urban and retiree homes are unavoidable in the immediate future. Well, the alternative is to let the heat play the role of the grim reaper.
Is this a good or bad thing? Are they heading for a worse than worse case?
Better. It predicts a max 2.6°C warming by 2100 (down from 4–6°C).
But it’s not ‘good’ news. It right m won’t be good news until we get below net zero by taking more carbon out the air then we pump into it, because even ‘no growth’ in emissions still means an above zero output. And those emissions keep adding to what’s in the atmosphere already. The only question until we get below zero is, how quickly will be be fucked?
Bit of a rant but the situation in cities is tremendous, i live in rome and in this time of year temperatures regularly reach 30c, if I go in the countryside they get cooler by about 10c, all because of bad urbanistics propped up by lobbying and more generally capitalism
It’s highly problematic when you have bodies that can’t transmit their heat because everything in their surrounding is at the same temperature. Last year I was amazed how the heat from the street was on the verge of melting my cheap shoes.
People laugh but I think cooling/heating shelters in the urban and retiree homes are unavoidable in the immediate future. Well, the alternative is to let the heat play the role of the grim reaper.
Unfortunately I think you’re right.
It won’t make it much better, but have you tried an ice cream from Gelateria La Romana?
I’m the only Italian who doesn’t like ice cream 😅
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Good, we’re heading to a bad but not catastrophic case, with some luck the lowered cost of alternative energy might soften the blow even more