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A comment on Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Parent comment

Re:Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by merpnderp on Sunday September 11, 2016 @04:03PM (#12475361)
The IPCC says nearly all predicted deaths will happen in the future. In a future where by all current data, the world will be a richer more capable place. The future deats are mere guestimations as only the extreme limits of hubris would attempt to accurately predict the capabilities of people 50 or 100 years from now.

Whereas the deaths from higher food prices are here and now. You could easily get on a plane and meet the people condemned to die from arbitrarily higher energy prices.

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Re:Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by toomuchtodo on Sunday September 11, 2016 @05:31PM (#12475850)
> In a future where by all current data, the world will be a richer more capable place.

But climate change is already too far in progress to wait for a future where we're more capable. We're already capable enough, just need to funnel money to the right places.

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