GlobalWarming

How bad is it, really?

• https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/15/4508/htm

1973 Computer Model:

• https://old.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/15fdyh4/in_1973_a_computer_predicted_the_end_of_the_world/

Greenhouse Gases Data

• Sources and Sinks: https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/05/ipcc_wg_I_1992_suppl_report_section_a1.pdf
  • Annual Oceanic Carbon Sink: 2.0 GtC (gigatons CO2)
  • Annual Terrestrial Carbon Sink: 2.0 GtC (gigatons CO2)
• Bike Saviours
  • Sink Rate: 1 ton per 10 bicycles.
  • October 2021 Total Sink: 5 Tons (40 bicycles (4 tons) plus 13 patrons (0.7 tons))
  • Annual Sink: 60 tons/year

Heat and Death

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/09/phoenix-breaks-heat-record-as-city-hits-110f-for-the-54th-consecutive-day

On Wednesday, officials from Maricopa county, home to Phoenix, reported that there have been 194 confirmed heat-associated deaths this year as of 2 September. An additional 351 are under investigation.

In 2022, the county saw 153 heat-associated deaths during the same week last year while another 238 remain under investigation.

This year, the majority of heat-associated deaths occurred among people between 50 and 64 years old. Additionally, 59% of the heat-associated deaths in the county have been among white non-Hispanics, making it the most number of deaths by race and ethnicity.

• 4.4m metro population = 44 x 100ks.
• 194 / 44 = 4.4 per 100k.
• global death rate: 770/100k
• gw death rate 5m/year
• 100000 * 5m / 8b = 62.5