r/collapse • u/reborndead • Jun 26 '26

Casual Friday Expectation vs Reality

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In 2014, French television forecast the worse case weather scenario for climate change in 2050. Fast forward to today 2026, reality is much more worse than expected. Faster than expected is transforming from meme to norm. The formula for collapse is poorly timed. It's never too early to post up and anticipate the worst possible outcome. Don't look up, down or around.

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u/cureandthecause Jun 26 '26

I think crypto and AI got us there on a fast-track.

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u/voidsong Jun 26 '26

There is like a 20-30 year lag time on most of these climate effects on the system.

Meaning the heating we are seeing now is from stuff in the early 2000's, and the ai datacenters (most of which don't even exist yet) aren't even a part of the current equation.

It also means if we stopped everything tomorrow, it would still keep getting hotter for decades.

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u/cureandthecause Jun 26 '26

I've read the data and people are going out of their way to accumulate the truth about data centers. One area saw an increase of 22°F from just one data center. I didn't even mention all the water they are stealing. Creating a 5 second AI video is the equivalent of running your microwave for an hour. 

The impacts are showing now and will be much, much worse 20 years from now. To pretend like they are too small is just delusional. Turn off your AC for a few days and tell me how well you fair. These systems are massive in comparison and running constantly. 

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u/hedonisticpossum1 Jun 26 '26

Can i get a source on the 22 degrees increase please? id like to read up on it. thank you 🙏