Many of the “proximate causes” of death were the result of malnutrition.
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]]>Bryan, which Birmingham do you mean? Alabama? You’re the one with possible inside knowledge. Usually I don’t ask you for such information, but in this case…
This is all about the transition. After a climate catastrophe, presuming there’s a new stable solution to all those equations, a new equilibrium will be reached, new coastal regions defined, and any humans who managed to survive (assuming some do) will set about recovering what is lost… i.e., much of agriculture, and hence most of civilization. But there is a very real chance that we will be the people trying to survive the transition. I am not fond of the idea. If this can be avoided, I’d prefer that. If not… well, maybe I won’t last that long. Even a decade ago, I never thought I’d be conditioning my thoughts about my “golden years” (hah) on the possibility that my home would be a dozen feet under water.
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]]>You wonder if these people are aware that we have combat weather personnel in AF Special Ops, that’s how important climate is to the military, and why the Hurricane Hunters are an Air Force outfit.
Anything north of Birmingham should do and I would hang in the mountains, because a topographic map of Canada would show that the country will probably be split by water.
]]>i have to admit that the thought of war, pestilence, drought, flooding, and famine significantly reducing the human population fills me with misanthropic joy. just so long as none of it affects me personally. 😈
]]>Perhaps the Nobel committee’s understanding that led to their giving Gore the award will have some impact on some other people. If Gore can make a sufficient number of people aware of the urgency of the problem, he will have earned this award.
Or perhaps the media will focus on what Gore wears to any award ceremony he may attend, or whether he sighs and rolls his eyes. At the moment, I wouldn’t take a bet either way.
Meanwhile, some of us contemplate where to live when our coastal residences become untenable… and whether our neighbors will aim their weapons at us when that happens.
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