Welcome to the world of personal air conditioning | As the climate warms, the rich will live in cool bubbles of comfort. The poor, not so much. (www.theclimatebrink.com)

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We’ve only had 1.3C of global average warming, but it’s enough to popularize the entire category of personal cooling devices. So when people say, “You won’t even notice 1C of global warming,” the market tells us that that’s absolute bullshit.

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[-] zante@lemmy.wtf 11 points 2 months ago

When I tell people that in the future, the rich will live in citadel orbiting a burning earth, paid for by selling oxygen, they call me a tankie.

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