shortylickens
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kinda wish we had a generalized climate thread but this fits in perfectly here anyway:
Oh that shit is tame compared to The Newsroom:
kinda wish we had a generalized climate thread but this fits in perfectly here anyway:
...in many parts of the UK, homes that face each other at the rear are required to be built 21 metres apart. This large distance means that instead of clustering buildings together around cool courtyards or shady streets, as is common in hotter climates, many homes in new neighbourhoods are directly exposed to the sun.
The 21-metre rule is, according to the Stirling prize-winning architect Annalie Riches, a bizarre hangover from 1902, originally intended to protect the modesty of Edwardian women. The urban designers Raymond Unwin and Barry Parker walked apart in a field until they could no longer see each other’s nipples through their shirts. The two men measured the distance between them to be 70ft (21 metres), and this became the distance that is still used today, 120 years later, to dictate how far apart many British homes should be built.
As funny as it is stupid.I can't stand this heat. Please make it stop.
Interesting explanation of why our housing stock is so bad at dealing with extreme climates.
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Edwardian morals, Thatcher and bad design – why Britain's homes are so hot | Phineas Harper
Compared with our European neighbours, Britain’s homebuilders disregard environmental performance, says Phineas Harper of Open Citywww.theguardian.com
The most bizarre bit - it's all about the nipples.
This is the most important message for the average person today. There is no 'make it stop', there is no 'we need to fix this'. There's no fixing this, there's no making this better... not in the near term anyhow. We're stuck with this, and another 20-40 years of continued warming, no matter what we do today. If we shut down <everything> today, the earth would get warmer for another 20-40 years. We're fucked because we fucked ourselves, and because we allowed ourselves to be fucked. Buckle up buttercup.All of the current warming is baked into the cake. Probably the next 20-40 years, as in even if we turned off everything right now and stopped emitting extra CO2 the next 20-40 years would go on uninterrupted.
Of course, as the pyramid scheme that capitalism has always been requires more growth, we not only won't stop emitting CO2, we're going to continue to increase the amount we emit for the next 20-40 years.
That and their entire infrastructure and all their dwellings are not built with extreme heat in mind. Houses are not built with having to dissipate heat like that so may of them are just sitting in what amounts to ovens. It's insane.
But hey, no climate change. We just keep hearing more and more (worse) stories every year about extreme weather conditions. Carry on.
Fun story, a few years ago I visited relatives in St George, UT and we went camping in Zion NP. And while we were hiking one day we crossed the Virgin River and suddenly something dawned on me. And I turned and asked my relatives, wait... this little creek, barely 10 feet wide and a foot deep, is the sole water supply for some 300k people? And they seemed to think it was no big deal.This is the same problem with water in the Southwest. People only looking as far as a quarterly earnings call and nothing more.
I often fall asleep wondering how fast the cascade happens when water and habitable places to live dry up.
This is the same problem with water in the Southwest. People only looking as far as a quarterly earnings call and nothing more.
I often fall asleep wondering how fast the cascade happens when water and habitable places to live dry up.
All of the current warming is baked into the cake. Probably the next 20-40 years, as in even if we turned off everything right now and stopped emitting extra CO2 the next 20-40 years would go on uninterrupted.
Of course, as the pyramid scheme that capitalism has always been requires more growth, we not only won't stop emitting CO2, we're going to continue to increase the amount we emit for the next 20-40 years.
Ultimately, I can see the last hurrah "against" cooling are humans making the hilarious tragic decision to start dumping "cooling" particles into the atmosphere, which may help alleviate some of the warming, but will probably be just one more misstep in a continuous journey of missteps.
And, we're not even beginning to discuss the other resource depletion problems that are in progress/reaching terminal stages RIGHT NOW...all we can do is point at the fire burning inside the house, nevermind everything else falling apart around us.
Ecofascism is just a step towards "sustainable neofeudalism.
I had an opportunity to relocate to Phoenix back in the early 2000's. Even could have got decent assistance from my employer to help buy a home.
But, even early 20 something me wasn't comfortable living in a desert on borrowed water. It was actually part of the decision making process. Now it was mostly because it was vast concrete sprawl for 10's of miles in any direction and I didn't want to raise kids in that environment.
But it was still something that I heavily considered.
John Oliver (once again) had a recent episode on water, and went over how there's more water divvied up in agreements from the Colorado River than exists in the river itselfFun story, a few years ago I visited relatives in St George, UT and we went camping in Zion NP. And while we were hiking one day we crossed the Virgin River and suddenly something dawned on me. And I turned and asked my relatives, wait... this little creek, barely 10 feet wide and a foot deep, is the sole water supply for some 300k people? And they seemed to think it was no big deal.
I hate to say it, but the whole SW has what's coming to them.
John Oliver (once again) had a recent episode on water, and went over how there's more water divvied up in agreements from the Colorado River than exists in the river itself![]()
Michael Burry, the guy who warned about the housing meltdown of 2008, now invests in only one commodity..... WATER.
Mad dogs and Englishman........1. Yeah, climate change, terrible. Somebody (else) should do something.
2. Ok... But all the whining about a hot day in the UK.
Aren't you all the lads who conquered lands all over this Earth where it's this hot in the winter? In wool uniforms?
India, East Indies, West Indies, the Levant, Egypt, possessions all over Africa and other far flung places...
Grin and bear it? Come on now... What happened?
John Oliver (once again) had a recent episode on water, and went over how there's more water divvied up in agreements from the Colorado River than exists in the river itself![]()
Fun story, a few years ago I visited relatives in St George, UT and we went camping in Zion NP. And while we were hiking one day we crossed the Virgin River and suddenly something dawned on me. And I turned and asked my relatives, wait... this little creek, barely 10 feet wide and a foot deep, is the sole water supply for some 300k people? And they seemed to think it was no big deal.
I hate to say it, but the whole SW has what's coming to them.
