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Climate Change Lesson From California's Blackouts: Prepare For Extremes
Extreme heat waves are on the rise, but California regulators didn't plan for what that would do the state's electricity grid.
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This issue hits close to home for me. Yet a family friend who's a hardcore Trump supporter believes only the minority opinion scientists who claim that global warming is a natural phenomenon.
My opinion is that it doesn't matter whether it's a natural phenomenon, a phenomenon caused by a mix of natural and human factors, or a phenomenon caused by human factors such as higher carbon emissions. If A) the thermometer readings are creeping up year after year, and B) humans are suffering as a result of higher temperatures, then we should do something about it.
What say you?
The issue is the issue, and I wish this discussion to take place without recommending any specific political candidates. There's enough threads that have turned into elect Biden / don't elect Biden arguments.