여름 바캉스, 추억의 종언
닐 퍼거슨 경제학자의 글이눈에 띠어서 오랜만에 옮겨본다
이제 더이상 '해변으로 가요'라는 캠프파이어의 추억은 지난 모양이다
기후변화가 심각하고 구조적이라면
잼버리도 모양이 이상하고,
그야말로 잿밥 관심있던 전북지역, 이번에 크게 혼날 것도 같다 싶고
그런데 이렇게까지 심할줄은 아마도 몰랐으리라, 그 기후변화의 영향이
30도가 넘으면 일단 야외생활이 위협이라
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The Death of Summer — Niall Ferguson
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- 셀 병합
- 행 분할
- 열 분할
- 너비 맞춤
- 삭제
Most of us have an idea of summer in our heads. It generally involves beaches. Americans head to their coasts — avoiding only fog-shrouded San Francisco — and Europeans to the Mediterranean or Aegean. We all strip down to near nakedness and sit around in the sun, occasionally frolicking in the ocean waves. We aim to return home tanned and toned. If you come from another planet and don’t know what I am talking about, watch the Barbie trailer.
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An entire economic system has evolved to meet our needs. Airlines compete to fly us to seaside resorts where hotels provide the shelter and the food. Restaurants with sea views are thronged. Those who can afford a second home compete for waterfront locations. Owning a boat or some other aquatic toy is often part of the deal. There is also a freshwater variant, in which a lake takes the place of the sea. But the basic concept is the same.
However, rising global temperatures would appear to be killing this version of summer. None of what I have just described is enjoyable if the mercury is above 30 degrees C (86 F). Indeed, sunbathing becomes life-threatening. And who wants a week on Corfu if a large tract of the island is ablaze? This summer in southern Europe has been less Barbie, more Oppenheimer.
Even those who prefer not to think too deeply about climate change notice when their familiar summer holiday morphs into an ordeal akin to being slow roasted. Those who own the capital stock — the hotels, the houses, the boats — naturally cling to the hope that this summer is an aberration and next year will return to normal. But they have been clinging to that hope for quite a few years now. The horrible question keeps suggesting itself: What if this is the new normal?