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Re:Thousands of underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' ... by tabeth on Thursday March 23, 2017 @04:22PM (#13943876)
So, assuming we're screwed, where's the best place to move preemptively? I know Boston isn't that place.

- I assume the coasts are a nonstarter.

- Moving inland could be nice, but the ground would need to be pretty arable to restart civilization there. I'm guessing somewhere in Africa is a safe bet, given the lack of resource exploitation there, but then again, there's not much infrastructure at the moment.

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Re:Thousands of underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' ... by wamsachel on Thursday March 23, 2017 @05:37PM (#13944603)
> I'm guessing somewhere in Africa is a safe bet, given the lack of resource exploitation there,

...what?

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Re:Thousands of underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' ... by tabeth on Thursday March 23, 2017 @10:46PM (#13946206)
AFAIK Africa has a ton of natural resources still available compared to the rest of the continents (other than Antarctica)
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Re:Thousands of underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' ... by zouhair on Thursday March 23, 2017 @08:16PM (#13945537)
You do know most of the World is living off over exploitation of Africa.
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Re:Thousands of underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' ... by zyxzkz on Saturday March 25, 2017 @09:05PM (#13958412)
Can you elaborate?
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Re:Thousands of underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' ... by zouhair on Sunday March 26, 2017 @11:21AM (#13961206)
You may wanna check this book [0] for example.

[0]: https://www.amazon.com/Looting-Africa-Exploitation-Patrick-B...

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Re:Thousands of underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' ... by zyxzkz on Sunday March 26, 2017 @02:06PM (#13962124)
Okay, thanks.
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Re:Thousands of underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' ... by anon1253 on Thursday March 23, 2017 @05:01PM (#13944236)
I'm betting on the higher regions of Scandinavia or Iceland.
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Re:Thousands of underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' ... by Gustomaximus on Thursday March 23, 2017 @08:17PM (#13945548)
Countries like Norway/Iceland could get significantly colder if the gulfstream stops from arctic melts, which seems likely. Maybe this will improve in time but in the short-term this could be a real problem.

Somewhere like NZ is a better bet. Being remote with no land borders could be an advantage if there is significant global upheaval.

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Re:Thousands of underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' ... by hbk1966 on Thursday March 23, 2017 @05:48PM (#13944675)
I'm guessing somewhere like Colorado would be nice. They'll probably just end up with a longer growing season.
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Re:Thousands of underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' ... by bbcbasic on Friday March 24, 2017 @05:37AM (#13947705)
Assuming property rights and law and order are still a thing when the apocalypse happens
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Re:Thousands of underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' ... by philfrasty on Thursday March 23, 2017 @04:55PM (#13944170)
First-mover advantage.
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