I know my global warming wining threads don't get much traction here, but as we head into what will probably be another dry January and February for Southern California, I honestly feel like our leaders need to start acting pretty fucking soon on global warming. I know Northern California gets more rain than us, but it's not enough to stop the massive wildfires and blackouts. The way I see it, these are the 4 main problems we face right now (not in a decade, now). All these problems are easily traced back to global warming.
1. Drought and water supply. Obvious one of course. We've had way under average rainfall on 'El Nada' years and just barely average rainfall on 'El Nino' years, which isn't enough to offset the incredibly dry years we are having with 'La Nina' winters. We're heading back into a drought and this time, with global warming worsening every year, I don't see us having a couple of miraculous years to get us out of a drought. Obviously that's a problem for water supply. We need to start acting on that immediately and unfortunately our only solution is water desalination plants.
2. Massive wildfires. The state is burning down at record speeds. We need to build lots of shelters so people that have lost their homes have somewhere to stay.
3. PG&E blackouts. This shit needs to stop asap. With dry conditions and extreme heat we can't keep having PG&E shut down our power, especially since they essentially would have to shut it down for weeks given how bad next summer is going to be. If our state is not gonna fix that shit then they need to provide solar power to every household in this state. At least enough solar power to keep essential appliances running, like refrigerators, freezers or air conditioning.
4. Extreme heat. Simple one, the state needs to provide a free AC unit to each household because summers are about to start getting worse. Death from heat exhaustion is a serious thing.
I would really like not to have to leave California since all my family lives here, but if our government continues to do nothing I will probably move to the PNW.
1. Drought and water supply. Obvious one of course. We've had way under average rainfall on 'El Nada' years and just barely average rainfall on 'El Nino' years, which isn't enough to offset the incredibly dry years we are having with 'La Nina' winters. We're heading back into a drought and this time, with global warming worsening every year, I don't see us having a couple of miraculous years to get us out of a drought. Obviously that's a problem for water supply. We need to start acting on that immediately and unfortunately our only solution is water desalination plants.
2. Massive wildfires. The state is burning down at record speeds. We need to build lots of shelters so people that have lost their homes have somewhere to stay.
3. PG&E blackouts. This shit needs to stop asap. With dry conditions and extreme heat we can't keep having PG&E shut down our power, especially since they essentially would have to shut it down for weeks given how bad next summer is going to be. If our state is not gonna fix that shit then they need to provide solar power to every household in this state. At least enough solar power to keep essential appliances running, like refrigerators, freezers or air conditioning.
4. Extreme heat. Simple one, the state needs to provide a free AC unit to each household because summers are about to start getting worse. Death from heat exhaustion is a serious thing.
I would really like not to have to leave California since all my family lives here, but if our government continues to do nothing I will probably move to the PNW.
