5/12/2023 0 Comments Ny 2140![]() Each extra ton of fossil fuel that we keep in the ground means more homes near water’s edge will stay upright. Every inch of sea level rise that we avert keeps that much more of New York-and Miami, and Shanghai, and Dhaka, and Ho Chi Minh City-from crumbling. No matter what the earth system’s tipping points ultimately are, every fraction of a degree of warming that we avoid means saving millions of lives-people who could play in the cities where, we hope, we’ll have killed the patriarchy dead. Personally, I find it easier to deal when I can visualize victories alongside defeats. there’s no struggle for social justice that’s not also a climate struggle. We’ll be fighting to prevent runaway climate change for a hundred years, and dealing with its effects for thousands. But we also need access to scientifically and socially plausible stories about our cli- mate future that aren’t Al Gore-cheesy or unrelentingly grim. We need to hold on to work on violence and destruction. ![]() ![]() ![]() Still, a dash of vanilla can be refreshing. So yes, the future of New York 2140 is a bit vanilla as fantasies go. ![]()
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