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tryingtogetback

it is pretty much a common knowledge that we will never reach consensus with this issue. Question: assuming that prognosis is actually true (this time), what could we do to prepare for the worst?

With renewable energy advancements we shouldn't have problems with powering city-wide air-conditioning systems.

Architectural engineering would be one of the booming domains, I imagine (re-engineering shorelines, artificial islands - similar to what UAE is doing, or how Miami beach was engineered)

What else? Countries that can afford it - i imagine it's the perfect time to invest in/strengthen military and, most importantly, border security.

Indoor farming with irrigation complimented by a condescension from cooling systems?

Why do you think consensus will never be reached? In the face of mounting evidence it seems to me the move of short-term focussed actors from a denial to a delay strategy is well underway. This demonstrates strong consensus on the fact our climate is dangerously drifting I think. Investing in military is only as good as your ability to keep a civilian society able to feed that military. At one point all you got yourself is one more mercenary tribe...

By consensus I mean an actionable agreement that propagates beyond your household's kitchen.

Globally, climate might be drifting but consensus on what needs to be done will never be reached. Small gang of seemingly nervous Europeans (even if US is forced to join) will never be able to tell China what to do (or how) with their resources.

While were are tearing ourselves up with fearmongering, China can build an underwater supersonic bullet train in like 2 months if they have to for what they care.

The backstop is ultimately geoengineering. We know in principle that we can forcibly bring down global temperatures if needed, although we don't and probably can't know all the secondary outcomes that would result.

How can we bring down temperatures?

Pumping sulfur up, a dangerous game if you can't keep doing it all the way to the time when CO2 scrubbing fusion plants save your crispy bacon. There is a recent book named: under a white sky.

Interesting thanks!

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