Thanks for reminding me of George Carlin's Things to watch out for.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwEKx1P7AOA

On 6/22/24 19:49, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Thomas Scott via PLUG-discuss said on Sat, 22 Jun 2024 09:05:35 -0400
>
>> Long term - I don't think the growth curve AZ is on is sustainable
>> without burying the water transport (converting canals to pipes) to
>> avoid evaporation from the exposed surface, but that has it's own set
>> of issues as well.
>>
>> Short term - it scares me. The situation is tenable, but it's on a
>> razor's edge, and if there are issues with the dams/reservoirs, and
>> the supply, it's going to hurt. A lot.
> Ugh! Long term every place on earth is in danger. I live in Florida,
> where because of increasing frequency of category 3 through 5
> hurricanes, house insurance will soon be unavailable. On moving to
> Orlando in 1998, summer bicycle riding was uncomfortable but doable.
> With a hotter climate and developers cutting down solar energy
> absorbing trees, in June through September you can ride only the first
> 2 hours after sunrise and the last 2 hours before sunset.
>
> California is burning up, literally. Fires all over the place.
>
> When I lived in Chicago 1949-1980, a window fan would suffice. Now
> Chicagoans die in heat events because their homes and apartments were
> (understandably at the time) built without air conditioning.
>
> At various parts of the midwest, farmers suffer because alternating
> floods and droughts raise their crop insurance to the point of
> non-profitability. Food will become less and less available to the
> non-rich.
>
> Small islands are getting drowned by higher water levels.
> China, India and Mexico City have horrible pollution, and people are
> dying from respiratory problems.
>
> As development encroaches on formerly uninhabited areas,
> oxygen-supplying trees disappear and new-to-human microbes are let
> loose.
>
> There will be a worldwide population decline. I hope it's done with
> birth control, but fear it will be from heat, floods, disease, and
> scarcity.
>
> How's that for OT :_)
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
>
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