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Re:There are now 8B of us – but soon we'll hit a decline we'... by kornhole on Saturday November 12, 2022 @07:12PM (#33578595)
Not to mention the flooding of coastal cities and other land made uninhabitable and unproductive for farming as we have already hit some tipping points. Buckle up for some societal collapse.
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Re:There are now 8B of us – but soon we'll hit a decline we'... by AnimalMuppet on Saturday November 12, 2022 @07:50PM (#33578816)
The GP mentioned 2025. Do you think we're going to see flooding of coastal cities by 2025? Land made uninhabitable by 2025? I for one am not buying that.

Or are you just adding to the GP's list of woes, but not buying the time frame?

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Re:There are now 8B of us – but soon we'll hit a decline we'... by kornhole on Saturday November 12, 2022 @08:57PM (#33579185)
Based on what I see, my estimate is by 2030, but nobody really knows when we will see the first pulse.
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Re:There are now 8B of us – but soon we'll hit a decline we'... by AnimalMuppet on Saturday November 12, 2022 @09:15PM (#33579280)
Could you expand a bit on what you mean by "the first pulse"?
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Re:There are now 8B of us – but soon we'll hit a decline we'... by kornhole on Monday November 14, 2022 @01:02PM (#33598158)
That is the first significant rise of ocean level after hitting some tipping points that cause massive glacier break aways and ice melt. Kim Stanley Robinson depicted it in New York 2140 which describes life there after many of these pulses.
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Re:There are now 8B of us – but soon we'll hit a decline we'... by AnimalMuppet on Monday November 14, 2022 @11:09PM (#33605154)
Thank you. So, that happening by 2030 is actually a solid, measurable prediction.

For the record, I'm cheering for you to be wrong...

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