Originally Posted by
Tannin
Two or three degrees doesn't sound much, but there is quite a difference between 37 and 40. And going from 40 to 42 hits you like a hammer.
One of these days - it could be this year - you'll get a bad heat wave like the one we had on Black Saturday when Melbourne hit 46 and even notoriously cold Ballarat went over 44, and it will be seriously nasty. 46 degrees? 48? God help the wildlife in the nearby forests when that happens. And I do mean "when", not "if". Only a matter of time now.
Yet we still have a disgraceful do-nothing government desperately pretending that climate change doesn't exist. Fondling lumps of coal and and finding every excuse imaginable to delay, avoid, and downright cheat, and pointing at everyone but themselves.