US rivers drying up, massive heat waves, devastating cold snaps

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JRPGfan said:

Australia as a exsample.
Time frame there is even shorter.

The outcome? they will have to stop certain farming sectors that rely on underground water sources, as there's soon to be none.
Also I suspect water prices will rise to the point, that you dont want to "water the grass" outsides.

Food & Water prices going up, as a result of global warming is also a issue.

Australia already gets most of the water from underground water sources.
But that is having another effect... The underground water level is dropping, which is actually having an effect on our forests.

So the current line of thinking is desalination plants to turn non-drinkable water into drinkable water, powered by green energy... Consequently that means new training for me due to the toxic chemicals those plants use.

2019 summer was a fucked year, worst on record. I'm just going to leave it at that.

2020 summer, was extremely mild thanks to La-Nina giving us a break.

Not sure what 2021's summer will bring, but it seems we will be exceeding our yearly rainfall by a significant margin, which means more fuel on the ground... So if the vegetation cures rapidly and temperatures exceed the median, 2021 has the potential to be worst than 2019. Which was a fucked year.
Sometimes wonder why I am a firefighter.

TheTitaniumNub said:

There's no stopping it, not enough people in the world will care enough. That's how it goes for a lot of things, and that's okay, we always have the next life.

This. Way to many conservatives are ignoring the science and calling it a hoax.
And to many "centrists" are ignoring the issue.

It needs bipartisan support and it needs to be pushed hard as the primary issue.