Do people equate the global wild fires with global warming? Or is it still just weather?

[Greedybilly]

What are your thoughts?
I'm finding the whole thing bloody terrifying and feel like we're all just sleep walking into a bit of a nightmare.

I was wondering how many vineyards will be affected by the fires in France in particular. Bordeaux has loads of vineyards.

The prices will go up.

@Monty36I think you are a bit behind the times, very few countries have high birth rates now. Poorer countries have more dc and as countries get richer & more educated there is a switch. A child in Somalia does not have the same carbon footprint as a child in the west.

I don’t think it’s flippant, but I do think there is an element of racism. We must stop the poorer people having more dc and using global resources because we in the west need them more.

From an economic perspective if you want a smaller population, you don’t want a smaller & older one. You need youth.

The global fertility rate was approx 5 in the 50s and it’s now 2.2 ish. Birth rates have fallen

It happens. It happens in sicily where I have family and honestly they survive. It's not pleasant but it happens to many med countries every year. My great grandma is nearly 100 she has some stories.

You were flippant. I am not behind the times. Nor am I a racist.

I don’t think it is racist to want to enhance people who live in abject grinding poverty in poor countries and to lift their standard of living.

The we need more people argument is mad. I understand the arguments in relation to looking after old people. But we need to find a different way.

Population size is a factor but it is not a complete solution. We still have to reduce our energy consumption per person, especially of fossil fuels.

Your “deckchairs on the Titanic” comment makes it sound futile to invent new technologies and change policies. It isn’t. We know for example that insulating lofts saves energy as do numerous other routine initiatives. The UK government is in the process of approving solar panels that can go on balconies and supply free electricity to people’s homes via a standard socket. They will cost around £400 and payback will be approx 4 years.

Unless we curb global heating, the temperatures will continue to rise. Your grandmother will last her natural life. What about her grandchildren and great-grandchildren when the temperatures keep getting hotter?

@Monty36where have I said we need more people?

The west consumes a lot despite our lower birth rates, that’s the point!

It does not happen every year that French vinyards are razed to the ground by wildfires. This complacency is bewildering. I posted the link upthread to the NASA long term study that shows

“NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites detect active wildfires twice each day. Scientists studied this data over a 21-year span and found that extreme wildfires have become more frequent, more intense, and larger. The largest increase in extreme fire behavior was in the temperate conifer forests of the Western U.S. and the boreal forests of northern North America and Russia. Warmer nighttime temperatures are a major contributing factor, allowing fire activity to persist overnight.”

AC will solve most things

The planet is in charge and if Mother Earth sees fit she will rid the planet of the parasites that humans seem to be. You can’t fight nature. It will do what it needs to do. If we don’t change then our time is up.

Yeah right.

We easily fight nature by our technical engineering prowess and modifying the environmental to suit us as we see fit

And when the powers combine, it calls fourth CAPTAIN PLANET!

Are you planning to install AC outside?

Outdoor cooling exists