Comments on: A Rubicon of Sorts https://www.habitablezone.com/2026/02/12/a-rubicon-of-sorts/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:11:35 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RL https://www.habitablezone.com/2026/02/12/a-rubicon-of-sorts/#comment-54717 RL Sat, 14 Feb 2026 18:12:36 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=108416#comment-54717 Trump, and the far right politicians in Europe and UK, were largely empowered by whipping up hysteria about immigrants - which are increasing because global warming leads to food and water insecurities, which lead to political insecurities, which lead to floods of people desperately looking to find safer places to live. in the next couple of decades- maybe sooner- we will see entire 3rd world regions reach heat indexes that are not just hellish... they will be literally not survivable without air conditioning- heat strokes on a scale of millions... before that will be the famines and civil wars that will dramatically increase- the "flood" of immigrants that has pushed the ascension of the far right will become a tsunami - and fascism will become the norm in the first world as a result. I saw all this clearly when Gore 'lost'- I just thought it would take far longer to get to this point... based on my track record so far my estimates of a 'couple decades' could be similarly far too optimistic- the food insecurity and increase of civil war is happening now.... Trump, and the far right politicians in Europe and UK, were largely empowered by whipping up hysteria about immigrants – which are increasing because global warming leads to food and water insecurities, which lead to political insecurities, which lead to floods of people desperately looking to find safer places to live.

in the next couple of decades- maybe sooner- we will see entire 3rd world regions reach heat indexes that are not just hellish… they will be literally not survivable without air conditioning- heat strokes on a scale of millions… before that will be the famines and civil wars that will dramatically increase- the “flood” of immigrants that has pushed the ascension of the far right will become a tsunami – and fascism will become the norm in the first world as a result. I saw all this clearly when Gore ‘lost’- I just thought it would take far longer to get to this point… based on my track record so far my estimates of a ‘couple decades’ could be similarly far too optimistic- the food insecurity and increase of civil war is happening now….

]]> By: BuckGalaxy https://www.habitablezone.com/2026/02/12/a-rubicon-of-sorts/#comment-54716 BuckGalaxy Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:43:26 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=108416#comment-54716 China is the clean energy superpower, with India catching up fast. https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/climate/clean-energy-china-india-electrostates China is the clean energy superpower, with India catching up fast.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/climate/clean-energy-china-india-electrostates

]]> By: podrock https://www.habitablezone.com/2026/02/12/a-rubicon-of-sorts/#comment-54713 podrock Fri, 13 Feb 2026 05:23:11 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=108416#comment-54713 Promises made and kept. Promises made and kept.

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