We are now in the middle of "Oops"

Lots of people saying they're already in Fuck.

While I'm not in any position to debate what's the most accurate measurement of your position in this Highly Accurate and Rigorously Scientific timeline, I do feel that "Fuck" really comes when the food supply dwindles, water gets scarce (Hello Uruguay), coastal cities need to be evacuated and in general, our attempts to keep normality going become untenable.

But yeah, not going to argue where you are on this.

@pezmico True. We are in orange right now.

Except, IMHO, the orange is a lot shorter than this graph indicates and blends seamlessly into red.

Basically, by the time people concede that climate change is real, we will all be collectively saying "Oops."

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@shrikant @pezmico
I vote fuck already.
We have water restrictions, soon to become droughts.
Food prices are rising already (for other reasons).
We had a heat wave in 2022 that killed thousands, and this year will be worse.
We have just figured out that AMOC is on the point of shutting down.

What you describe is the f*, f* and double fuck, just before we wipe out civilisation.

@gezza That was... surprisingly eloquent. Not joking. :)

I kinda agree with you, except the people in charge of 'declaring' the emergency have enough fat on their bones to last out the peasants who will, unfortunately be forced to broil first.

The "f*, f*, and double f*" stage will be declared only after the people in charge use up all their fat and begin to broil, sadly.

@pezmico

Cereal crops decimated by Europe's heatwave

The 2023 European cereal harvest is set to be its lowest since 2007, some 9.5% lower than the five-year average

The Grocer
@pezmico Yeah in my view, if someone thinks that we're at "Fuck" now, then they're basically a climate change denier. We haven't even had any wars about water yet or 10%+ of the world population starve due to climate change. We're still playing on easy.

@pezmico I'd say we're at 'Oops' still in th UK.

People still drive low mpg petrol/diesel vehicles and fly more than necessary for holidays and business.

The effects of man-made climate change are still only an inconvenience for most and there's a general lack of compassion for those suffering extreme effects.

I reckon we'll get to 'Fuck' in the coming 10 years when our opportunities to mitigate will have gone.

@pezmico in oops, we would be trying with great plans and all, woudln't we ?
Feel we're in "yes but profit" phase