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Kids born today are going to grow up in a hellscape, grim climate study finds (www.livescience.com)
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[-] veganpizza69@lemmy.vg 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I dont think the weather is going to be our worst problem. Its going to be ourselves.

Climate is not weather per se. Climate heating and chaos means that drinking water and food are going to become an issue; that's while you're taking in smoke pollution outdoors and sweltering indoors.

I'm not concerned with AI so much for the simple fact that electric grids, data centers and even chip production aren't going to do well in a hot and chaotic climate.

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