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[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 49 points 4 months ago

But at least we built a lot of value for the shareholders

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I keep telling my daughter she's likely to see society collapse during her lifetime.

It's better she is prepared for it than to be caught by surprise, as so many others will be.

[–] SeikoAlpinist@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I keep thinking some of us are listening to Hari Seldon and are preparing for collapse and a coming dark era. Maybe many centuries of unrest at a minimum, and likely never rebounding to current population levels (not necessarily a bad thing).

This is a frequent topic in our family discussions. Where would be the safest place to go, globally?

Do you plan to relocate your family somewhere else?

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I think we already live in one of the better places on earth. Not overburdened by too much population (1 million people in a province with the landmass of Great Britain) , lots of nature, and far from centres of war or possible nuclear fallout. We are not a strategic location and have access to unlimited fresh water. Winter is the biggest environmental threat here, not counting other humans of course.

[–] SeikoAlpinist@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago

We aren't so lucky. Hurricane prone area with a heavy population.

But we have passports to six countries so we are carefully evaluating our options. It will likely be the Andean region.

[–] jorp@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The water makes you a strategic location

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Most of Canada has access to clean water sources. We have an insane amount of fresh water lakes and rivers. We're more likely to eat eachother than fight over water.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Focus on the profits people!!

/s just in case

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 4 months ago

It’s only a matter of time.

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] SeikoAlpinist@slrpnk.net 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

It's probably changed... for the worse

[–] derGottesknecht@feddit.org 6 points 4 months ago

Here is the report if anyone wants to read the original

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Does this cause worse winters too, or will winter get warmer and shorter as time goes on?

[–] hazeebabee@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago

It varies depending on location. A more accurate name would be global weirding. Some places will get wetter, some drier, some areas will get much warmer, some will have more extreme cold events.

We might see a shift in air currents making the Sahara desert move back to being a grassland and Europe could lose much of its rainfall. Established agriculture will likely have a hard time adjusting to the new climate and could cause global food scarcity.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

May the next society enshrine our mistakes.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago