Climate Change/Mass Extinction Megathread

[HVC]

out around these parts in the country side a lot of the farms have solar panels. efficient, but ugly lol

[Valmy]

out around these parts in the country side a lot of the farms have solar panels. efficient, but ugly lol

As time goes on they will be made more fashionable. I think with time solar panels will be the standard roofing material.

Oh boy my job is going to get more and more complicated as this happens.

[crazy canuck]

out around these parts in the country side a lot of the farms have solar panels. efficient, but ugly lol

As time goes on they will be made more fashionable. I think with time solar panels will be the standard roofing material.

Oh boy my job is going to get more and more complicated as this happens.

Lots of work being done on the grid 2.0 as well to accommodate multidirectional flow and storage.  I am actually optimistic   

[Syt]

Read an article that investment in wind energy in Germany is plummeting as public grants run out and because of strong NIMBY movements.

[crazy canuck]

Read an article that investment in wind energy in Germany is plummeting as public grants run out and because of strong NIMBY movements.

Buzzkill

[The Larch]

Offshore wind farms is where it's at, anyway.

[Malthus]

Offshore wind farms is where it's at, anyway.

Problem with that is the price.

[Valmy]

Read an article that investment in wind energy in Germany is plummeting as public grants run out and because of strong NIMBY movements.

Germany has been working very hard to maximize its carbon emissions for some reason.

[Tamas]

Read an article that investment in wind energy in Germany is plummeting as public grants run out and because of strong NIMBY movements.

Germany has been working very hard to maximize its carbon emissions for some reason.

The reason was a tsunami in Japan and Merkel bending to whims of public opinion. Which did keep her in power and popular for quite a while, but hey.

[The Larch]

Offshore wind farms is where it's at, anyway.

Problem with that is the price.

Yeah, it is more expensive, but the output is higher and more constant that in land farms, so it has its advantages. Don't know where's the situation currently in terms of cost per unit of energy produced, though.

[viper37]

As I said, humans are also a "weed species" ... though some of us are 'weedier' than others. 

Oh, I'm safe, by the time people realize they could feed their entire family for a year with me, everyone will be vegan!

[viper37]

Viper, go read about the effects of climate change.  All your claims are wrong.

Nope, dandelions can be eaten, as well as raccoons

I'll add to my statement that a 2 - 4 C could have positive effects in some places, globally worst for humans, but positive in some place; but since we're on target for 7 C, it will be way, way worst for everyone and you are right, I doubt any place of earth will be truly livable for humans on the short term.  I'm unsure about the living situation in the great north, once it starts melting, i.e. how much time does it require for the place to be transformed from a giant marsh to livable space.  I think it would be in centuries.

As for the microbes hidden in the earth and the ice, I am doubtful that they would kill everyone on Earth.

[viper37]

As time goes on they will be made more fashionable. I think with time solar panels will be the standard roofing material.

Oh boy my job is going to get more and more complicated as this happens.

there are solar tiles, and solar windows, but they are very expensive and they do not generate that much electricity.

[Valmy]

As time goes on they will be made more fashionable. I think with time solar panels will be the standard roofing material.

Oh boy my job is going to get more and more complicated as this happens.

there are solar tiles, and solar windows, but they are very expensive and they do not generate that much electricity.

I am aware hence I said "with time".

[frunk]

As I said, humans are also a "weed species" ... though some of us are 'weedier' than others. 

Oh, I'm safe, by the time people realize they could feed their entire family for a year with me, everyone will be vegan!

Probably only one person for a month or so, but that could probably be stretched out with other dietary sources.