Well, well, well, the cult came up with something new
Climate Change Causing You Decision Fatigue? Try a Map | Opinion
Climate change is creating uncertainty. Decisions on everything from trip planning, given unusual and extreme weather patterns, to how to reduce personal carbon emissions, are complex. Just consider choices around how people travel. Biking is a sustainable, yet requires decisions about safe routes. Electric vehicles have fewer emissions than gas vehicles, but require planning around charging stations.
As we head into summer, people are balancing the memory of last year’s forest fires with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predictions of unprecedented numbers of hurricanes and daily reports of extreme heat and heat domes. Should you go on that trip? Or, is the risk of extreme weather and poor air quality too high? The decision fatigue is real.
Good news. There is a technology that can help us make complex decisions. And chances are you used it today. Modern digital maps, often called GIS (the nickname for Geographic Information Systems), fuel technology like Google Maps and Amazon delivery. GIS is also used to predict weather and climate patterns. A key tool in managing the impact of climate change, GIS informs related management decisions, such as hazard evacuation protocol, optimal deployment of forest fire fighters, and prediction droughts in food insecurity places like Africa.
Good grief, these people are loopy. People have always had to make decisions, they’re just softer these days, and overloaded with information. Weather happens. I remember driving back from NJ to NC and dealing with heavy snow many times. And heavy rain. Cold. Hot. I’ve had to pull over to the side of the road because the rain came down in a microburst. Personally, I find the info easier. I can know if the weather will be crummy down in Wrightsville Beach instead of a 2:15 drive down and go “this sucks.” We used to drive the 1:15 down to Emerald Isle from Greenville, NC, get there and there be no waves. People need to chill, but, the climate cult is all about scaremongering and giving people extreme anxiety.
