Re:No Climate Event in 2,000 Years Compares to What’s Happen...
by axaxs on Thursday July 25, 2019 @12:49PM
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But these things happen over long periods of time. It's not like China catches on fire and everyone burns to death (tongue in cheek). People get uncomfortable, natural disaster increase, so they migrate. At some point either migration itself becomes an issue, or the last of the poor are tired of being left behind and mass migrate, perhaps violently. So, a collapse is possible, but I think of it as more of a slow lean than a collapse, if it were to happen. And even that would take decades if not centuries. Civilization collapse is inevitable, we know that from the fact a stars life is finite, among other things. That shouldn't prevent anyone from trying to live a happy life, and passing on teachings to the next generation.
But by then it's too late. The feedback cycle is measured in decades. It'll keep getting hotter.
of course, it depends what we mean by "too late" Do I really think climate breakdown will cause the extinction of the human race? No, I think some pockets could live on.
I do suspect it could result in a cataclysm greater than any in recorded history, the collapse of civilization, and billions of deaths though.
It's not crazy to think we'll see nukes fly over this. A number of nuclear powers stand to see their countries desertified, and billions of desperate starving people next to now-reasonably-useful land is not a recipe for peace. You think China's just gonna starve and watch Russia in envy?
Or maybe antibiotic resistance will address the root cause at the source.
I desperately hope I'm wrong. But when people like Greta Thunberg say (I paraphrase quite liberally) "Why the fuck should I go to school to learn about grammar when civilization is going to collapse" they kind of have a point.