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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I thought global warming was going to disrupt the gulf stream and make the UK colder?

[–] protist@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That hasn't happened yet and we don't know for sure if/when it will

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

It seems to me that the newer the research is the sooner the estimates seem to be getting, so my money is on a collapse before 2050 and I wouldn't be surprised at all if it happens within a decade.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's going to overheat first, just long enough for the folks there to spend billions of £ installing air conditioners, and then it's going to be plunged into a localized ice age.

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So you're saying that for a brief moment in time climate change will create a lot of value for shareholders?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

ಠ_ಠ Listen here you little shit.

serious answer


Only for "big HVAC." For everybody else, it's just a broken-window fallacy with no upside at all.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago

So frost punk timeline 2 centuries late