I personally cringe when I hear a friend js having a kid. All I can think of is how bad theyre going to have it. Hell id definitely have been better off being born 20 years earlier, but these new kids are REALLY screwed unless they have super rich parents.
“Nothing new under the sun” I suppose!
Oh, so it’s over a moment from NOW?
Nah, it’s slowly and continuously happening. It has been for decades, although with greater rate as we’ve ignored it.
We’ll need X amount of power. If the grid can supply that, we won’t directly cook. It’s more than now, but not massively more.
No u.
still can’t support your argument.
you really have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. switzerland, alone, with it’s world class infrastructure, is going to have to bring on 40gw of new power:
https://www.myscience.org/news/wire/is_air_conditioning_a_threat_to_the_power_grid-2024-epfl
"The additional demand is impacting local power grids, which were already congested. Existing power lines and transformers weren’t sized for the kind of load they’re now experiencing. Power plants are also under greater pressure as they must supply the additional electricity and keep enough reserves to accommodate the often-unpredictable spikes in demand.
If we want to fill the gap with renewable energy, an estimated 40 GW of additional solar power will be needed to meet Switzerland’s demand for electricity, including electricity for heating systems, cooling systems and electric vehicles. But that will make local power grids even more congested and increase the required reserves."
The need is now, the buildup is going to be expensive, and that’s for countries that can afford it. please, shut the fuck up, you have no idea what you’re talking about.
So, a timeframe isn’t given here, and it’s not even clear who’s being interviewed (Alain Herzog is the photographer), but it doesn’t sound too out there. That’s a 200% increase, given Switzerland’s current use, and it’s specifically renewable capacity to overcome variability. If you provide some kind of V2G or grid storage, or something more responsive like nuclear, that’s going to go down, because the figure is essentially what’s needed to avoid disruption on a hot day that’s also very cloudy.