> ... and immediately had to reflexively reject it so it wouldn't sink in.
I am not convinced by the apocalyptic prophesy that billions of people will be living in 35 C wet bulb temperature soon ...
If I were to be convinced that such a scenario is likely, you'd have to also convince me that creating a global system of central planning is the right thing to do which is what these NPR types want.
Even carbon pricing and carbon markets, the least intrusive measure on the table, require some central authority to decide the right amount of CO2 to be emitted. Since anything and everything useful we do requires emitting CO2, that ties all our futures to central planning.
Ignoring for a moment the nativist undertone of your comment, it is not unheard of for people to hear the term-of-art for a concept they already understand and have to look it up.
It seems to me that once one realizes what a "wet bulb temperature of 35 C" means, it's only a hop, skip, and a jump to comprehend the immense vacuousness of your claim that billions of people will be regularly experiencing it.
> poor power infrastructure to run AC is bad
I agree. Let's not stand in the way of any developing nation building cheap, reliable power infrastructure along with cheap, reliable, flexible transportation infrastructure (aka roads and gas stations), so they too can travel in air-conditioned comfort from air-conditioned location to air-conditioned location.
Oh, yes, that means not destroying economic wealth.
I am not convinced by the apocalyptic prophesy that billions of people will be living in 35 C wet bulb temperature soon ...
If I were to be convinced that such a scenario is likely, you'd have to also convince me that creating a global system of central planning is the right thing to do which is what these NPR types want.
Even carbon pricing and carbon markets, the least intrusive measure on the table, require some central authority to decide the right amount of CO2 to be emitted. Since anything and everything useful we do requires emitting CO2, that ties all our futures to central planning.