In reply to Jürg Wyttenbach's message of Sun, 25 Oct 2026 13:02:29 +0100: Hi Jürg,
I think heatstroke will be a far more serious problem than sea level rise. Sea level rise is slow and communities will move out of the way (piecemeal). However as the average temperature anomaly increases so does the chance of extremely hot days. This is worse in cities, which act as heat islands. Normally people keep cool with fans and airconditioners, but the electrical distribution system also has heat related weaknesses as demonstrated by the recent power grid collapse in Spain. On such an extremely hot day, the chances of a power grid failure are also maximized. It's a "perfect storm". Just when it is most needed, the power grid fails, resulting in millions of people dying in the city in one day. Just imagine trying to bury millions of bodies all at once. It's essentially an impossible task. The city will just be abandoned by anyone who survives. Later looters may go back to ransack the place. This will not just happen in one city. As the temperature anomaly continues to worsen the number of cities where this happens will increase. After the first, you may see people all over the world abandoning the cities altogether, and heading for the countryside, which won't help because small towns will grow into cities again. Our only real hope is to develop a source of clean energy that is not based on fossil fuels before it is too late. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/ELE.html
