[gonmf]

We do nothing of the sort. We wait for the sea levels to rise and we build dams and walls. And we reinforce our buildings against natural disasters. And slowly the public demands changes on greenhouse gas emissions, recycling, etc, and it slowly will slow down the worsening effects.

That's the most likely scenario, nothing will change because the HackerNews netizens change cloud providers and start recycling more.

[JoeAltmaier]

Collapse comes that way. Its not about beach houses. Its about food chain collapse, refugee storms that overwhelm public infrastructure, the 'ring of fire' of expanding collapse that can (and has) destroyed civilization before