Gulf Stream/colder winters????

[Tarrel]

I must say my own attitude to climate change has changed recently, in the light of the more in-depth information I've obtained by researching the subject. I used to be of the view that "every little helps", and had adopted a somewhat angst-ridden, green-ish lifestyle.

I now realise we are totally stuffed in this regard, and that we are heading for the sort of tipping-point effects that NR and HL mention above. The only thing that could possibly prevent this would be a full-on emergency stop, e.g. sudden and total economic collapse. So, my focus has shifted more towards the prepping mindset, rather than the sustainability mindset. (Although a lot of prepping activity automatically moves you towards a more sustainable lifestyle).

Where is my prepping focus?
- Riding out the sort of SHTF scenarios we talk about on here that might result from said collapse
- Preparing for more extreme weather events
- Becoming more grid-independent
- Becoming more self-sufficient in food

Specifically, I'm thinking:
- Climate-independent growing of fruit and veg (e.g. aquaponics, growing more under glass, etc)
- Starting a rabbit farm
- Chickens
- Increasing the size of the solar array, to provide more dependable power for things such as aquaponics
- Creating a full-blown bug-out location in our woodland in case of increased flooding. (House is at low level, near the sea, woodland is also by the sea but at 40+ metres ASL).

So, yeah, I think this is definitely something worth preparing for. At the end of the day, we prepare for dealing with effects (shortages, grid-failure, civil disorder, war, natural disaster). Climate instability is one of the several causes that will lead to the effects we're already prepping for, but it has a few specific symptoms of its own that are worth focusing on.