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Re:By 2050, many world cities will have weather like they’ve... by ForHackernews on Monday July 15, 2019 @12:46PM (#20442585)
Well, I guess that's a refreshingly sociopathic outlook.

If you were alive in the 60s and 70s, you probably won't live to see the worst of what's coming, but any children and grandchildren you have will.

And we're not talking about a few million: some estimates suggest up to a billion people will relocate in response to pressure from changing climate. Rich nations are kidding themselves if they think they can close borders against numbers like that.

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Re:By 2050, many world cities will have weather like they’ve... by Kaiyou on Monday July 15, 2019 @03:01PM (#20443999)
With a military complex big enough and autonomous weapons, I don't see the problem, to be honest. Just using some of the currently banned chemical weapons can eradicate those numbers with minimal effort. It's all a matter of politics. Once it tips, those numbers won't matter, other than being a statistic for the annals of history. "X people were massacred...". If it doesn't tip, it's going to be game over, though.
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