Well, I don't think this is a *direct* consequence of global warming... global warming is on the order of fractions of a degree each year... but it is still happening. The extreme winter we had this year was just lots and lots of really bad luck. The storms only came when it was warm, as soon as we got a mass of cold air, we also got high pressure and said bye-bye clouds and precipitation.
Its not the end of winter, but winters will start getting worse and worse, and its really an exponential thing. Cause the planet is just SOO packed and is only getting worse.
But heres some good mojo for your thoughts..... in only a matter of a few YEARS we will run completely out of fossil fuels... that is no joke, we will run OUT of oil. Unfortunatly, nobody takes that as seriously as they should, so steps aren't being made fast enough to come up with alternate fuels (they're available, all the technology is there, but nobody is willing to just switch over... just like the metric system - its a necessity that is being overlooked).
When the time comes (again... a matter of a few years, not only in our lifetime, but in the near future) we will all be completely fucked. Because I don't care WHO you are, or how environmentally friendly you are... EVERYBODY absolutely depends on fossil fuels (i'm talking about us now, there are many primitive cultures who still do not). So when the time comes, cars will stop, power plants will stop, pollution will go away. And GRADUALLY the atmosphere can settle, and winter will return.....
But thats so gradual that it probably won't happen in our lifetimes.
So remember..... its better to smile at nothing, then to frown at something. Winter will return!
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