• Dagnet@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s a vicious cycle and why even ‘just a few degrees higher average’ can unleash a rapid collapse of society as we know it. The hotter it gets, the more people will need energy to survive it, more energy means it will get even hotter.

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      1 year ago

      Unless we get that energy from renewables, in which case increased A/C use wouldn’t make everything hotter.

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        At that point it wont matter, renewables will help but no energy transformation is without loss, by the time our energy is 100% renewables it will be too late.

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          We’re converting to renewable pretty darn fast man, not fast enough to completely offset the increased AC usage, but it’s fast enough that it may put a dent in it.