The probable impacts of climate
change are anything but straightforward, and thus predictable. From the
standpoint of mid-2024, huge changes could be in store for Europe and other
continents. The magnitude of the shifts is particularly worthy of notice, such
that the changes being unleashed even as of 2024 and especially in the decades following
the 2020s will be difficult to reverse or even change even if a Green
revolution were to take hold. It bears noting that in 2023, the increase in energy
usage globally outstripped contribution from alternative or clean energy, such
that even more fossil fuel was used to meet the post-pandemic demand. A look at
Europe provides a good case study of the unstoppable magnitude of some of the
changes already underway.
The full essay is at "On Europe's Nonlinear Climatic Future."