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Environment & Energy

NickB79

(20,335 posts)

3. A positive feedback loop

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 10:19 PM

Apr 2023

Burn coal.

Temps go up.

Indians buy AC to survive.

Electricity demand goes up, requiring more coal.

Temps go up more.

Indians crank their AC's higher.

Electricity demand goes up, requiring even more coal.

Eventually the grid will fail, and vast numbers of people will die of heat stroke.

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As summer looms, India orders coal power plants to max out [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2023 OP

It's hard to put pressure on India when we have twice their emissions with a smaller population nt Shermann Apr 2023 #1

Their air pollution is vastly worse than ours. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2023 #2

A positive feedback loop NickB79 Apr 2023 #3

Isn't there Delphinus Apr 2023 #4