Icarus: A Climate TL

Redo the evacuation of LA?

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TheKutKu

TheKutKu

Aisha Clan-Clan said:
That is pretty implausible. China shouldn't even be around in it's current form without the US guaranteeing the international order. We'd be more likely to see a headline about ongoing violence and warlordism in China. Famine? Not an emergency or newsworthy in the ATL china what with the whole environmental damage combined with warlordism and China not getting the food and fuel it imports OTL.
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because you think Taiwan is going to be any better? Sure China is probably poorer and with less naval build up, but it's still roughly the same up until the early 2000s I imagine.

With the famines and climate change, honestly a chinese blockade of taiwan (with a resulting famines) along with some bad typhoons could probably criple it enough its population to accept to surrender. A biafra/tigray situation is probably gonna be effective at the time of environmental collapse.
 
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Aisha Clan-Clan

Aisha Clan-Clan

You don't need Taiwan being better off for China to be in deep shit due to the japanese or indians deciding to play "consfiscate oil tankers heading to china".
 
ItsMyKetchup

ItsMyKetchup

Tresckow said:
I hope this TL isn't dead. I have so many questions I want to have answered about this very narrowly avoided Hellscape.
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Peppermint Cardboard said:
I hope so as well, this is one of my favorite timelines.
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Sorry for the complete lack of updates for the past two months (tis' the season of school and college applications), but I've been working on and off on a new piece that should be out in a few weeks. I've also planned out the broad strokes for the Los Angeles crisis rework, so hopefully some content focusing on that should be coming.

In the meantime, y'all can leave suggestions on what events or parts of the world you'd like to see content for. Inspiration for the project is always nice! :)
 
no_bananas

no_bananas

In the meantime, y'all can leave suggestions on what events or parts of the world you'd like to see content for. Inspiration for the project is always nice! :)
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Personally, I'd like a glimpse at how social media is doing TTL. I'd bet it would be similar yet quite different in more ways than one, especially considering the situation this world is in.
 
ItsMyKetchup

ItsMyKetchup

no_bananas said:
Personally, I'd like a glimpse at how social media is doing TTL. I'd bet it would be similar yet quite different in more ways than one, especially considering the situation this world is in.
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Great suggestion! Coincidentally, this is also what I was working on lol, so stay tuned for that
 

Fratsup

I mean Reddit might not actually exist. Maybe individual forums are still alive. Maybe some new 4chan sub-board could also appear?
 
SuperZtar64

SuperZtar64

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4chan or some equivalent very well might exist. Founded in 2003 and the need for an English language alternative to 2ch probably didn't just go away on its own.
 
AllThePresidentsMen

AllThePresidentsMen

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ItsMyKetchup said:
Inspiration for the project is always nice! :)
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I would be interested in seeing how multinational geopolitical groups (NATO, CSTO, whatever China's gotten up to...) have adapted.

I presume the EU is a goner by this point but it would be nice to see how the geopolitical lines have shifted as everyone gets hammered by climate change.
 
Peppermint Cardboard

Peppermint Cardboard

ItsMyKetchup said:
In the meantime, y'all can leave suggestions on what events or parts of the world you'd like to see content for. Inspiration for the project is always nice! :)
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I think it’d be neat to see something about space exploration ITTL, or whether the worsening climate would drive governments to invest more or less into their space programmes.
 
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    Skin cancer rates may be mitigated with effective policy
    American social programmes may prove useful in resisting climate change's effects

    Oct 26th 2022

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    WITH THE AMERICAN midterms fast approaching, the incumbent Democrats are failing to broadcast one of their biggest policy successes in recent years—skin cancer mitigation. Their massive 'Climate Resiliency Act' package passed late last year has provided millions of dollars in aid to the usual suspects: seawall construction, weatherising homes, and aeroponics research. But the rise of 'UV-Safe community centers' as prescribed by the bill have helped keep communities cohesive during periods of high heat and UV radiation. Nearly 1,500 such community centres have been renovated to be 'UV-safe' using the bill's funds, replete with automatic UV-blocking window film and free sunscreen dispensers.

    Consequently, while skin cancer rates in the U.S remain high, their rapid rise appears to be have been arrested, with a Harvard Medical School study suggesting that melanoma rates in the U.S have decreased between 2021-2022, according to preliminary data. While this could be due to any number of factors, the nearly $600 million invested into local communities for skin cancer awareness and prevention seems to have played a part...



     
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    This was in my backlog, so I basically just posted it to prove this timeline isn't dead lol

    Be on the lookout for some actual content coming soon!
     
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