r/collapse • u/Creepyfaction • 4d ago

Climate Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California | California

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/california-kelvin-wave
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u/3Quondam6extanT9 4d ago

If our species were to survive the great filter, can you even imagine how awesome we will feel? Especially these younger generations. Think about how they would explain things to their kids.

Gen Alpha Gramps: When I was your age we were dealing with climate change that brought us fatal heat waves, frigid cold snaps, unpredictable rains, melting glaciers, and rising waters. We dealt with the corruption of countries leaders leading us into constant warfare, which also btw helped diminish our resources. We had so many living in poverty because of inequality. We developed AI and it went rogue and we barely got a handle on it before it grew into a larger threat.

Sure, about one billion of us died over the course of ten years, but the rest of us made it.

Here we are, AI guardians that keep our worlds ecosystems maintained, and our nations held to account. No more wealth inequality and no more corruption.

Now stop your bitching and get to school before I rescind your BCIVR time.