Don't be flippant. As someone growing up in the mountains, the ski resort is the one thing keeping the wheels turning. Loosing it will actually quite literally mean forcing us out of our homes.

>As someone growing up in the mountains, the ski resort is the one thing keeping the wheels turning. Loosing it will actually quite literally mean forcing us out of our homes.

Of course there would be negative consequences for mountain villages and such. But ski tourist industry decline is not the biggest tragedy. These people are indeed forced to leave their Alps village but they can still go get some job in the city in a first world country. That's versus millions of third world immigrants or dying kids in Africa/Asia due to droughts/climate change developments for example...

Poor people losing their homes, livelihood and lives won't move people to revisit their life style choices, though. Not being able to go on a skiing vacation just might.

It always makes me sad to see realistic comments like these downvoted on HN by the out of touch 1%. Does a leisure activity enjoyed and easily substitutes by an exceedingly small minority of people really hold anything against the other devastating effects of climate change?

Alpine skiing is one of the things we’ll lose. Whataboutism doesn’t help anyone.

Actually it very much does. It puts things in perspective.

In any kind of difficult situation, prioritising is crucial.