Climate Crisis and the Cost of Living
Posted by Canaindians@reddit | PrepperIntel | View on Reddit | 7 comments
New studies show that supply chains will continue to be disrupted, but to a greater degree than predicted before and incurring greater costs to western households that rely on elaborate supply chains and imported goods.
I advise wariness of the misleading titles and texts linked, because it seems no one wants to poop the party and tell it like it is. For example, "40% percent poorer" does NOT mean that we'll have 60 cents of every dollar. It means proper steak would be had only on birthdays and orthodontics for teenagers would cost as much as a barely used car, per purchasing power.
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If I understand the second link (Actuary), amid the fancy wording that regards stuff happening in 50 years or more, it is implied that these processes have already begun, just did not reach global mass effect yet. How convenient it is, for them, to discuss such a distant timeframe. Could it be that they made projected estimates that will actually be relevant much sooner?
By how much did life get more expensive for you this past year?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/01/average-person-will-be-40-poorer-if-world-warms-by-4c-new-research-shows
https://actuaries.org.uk/planetary-solvency
phoenixtx@reddit
4C is completely civilization destroying. You'd have a lot more - and different - concerns than purchasing power and braces.
Canaindians@reddit (OP)
As now, when climate change effects are not evenly distributed, so in the future.
stormywoofer@reddit
The Amoc slow down is another.
Canaindians@reddit (OP)
Yes of course and if by result, temperatures would start to fluctuate wildly then for example, the food industry would need much more cooling or heating in warehouses, resulting in added cost.
But if the AMOC slowdown is your main concern, you could prep your house (insulation and solar power), as in actually curbing added projected costs, a few years in advance.
I am no meteorologist, but from what I understand it'd take a few years for the cumulative effect of this to reach critical mass. I think of the Atlantic Circulation as of a huge train with a lot of momentum that slowly, slows down.
Resident_Chip935@reddit
This sounds like the Great Depression. Maybe not as bad.
Money and power are so concentrated at the top that nobody is going to fix it without really, really bad things happening.
TheCircusSands@reddit
So the greed demons didn't listen when the experts were screaming for decades. And when they destroy to the brink of collapse, there plan is a kill off and some sort of avarice powered utopia for the 'good ones'.
I happen to feel strongly that we have eternal souls. I think they are going to have an interesting experience when they hit the other realms.
waffledestroyer@reddit
People will also be 40% more dead at 4C.