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NickB79

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11. And demanding action after such a collapse occurs is almost worthless

Reply to happyslug (Reply #8)

Mon May 19, 2014, 12:32 PM

May 2014

Because we have fuck-all at our disposal in our wonderful bag of technology to do much of anything except global triage if we see another "Madhouse Century" in our lifetimes. It would be a mad scramble for land and resources by the strongest surviving nations, hundreds of millions of casualties be damned.

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Nothing is going to happen till the West Antarctic Ice Sheet actually collapse. happyslug May 2014 #8

And demanding action after such a collapse occurs is almost worthless NickB79 May 2014 #11

With th subsequet severe shortages of fuel, fighting will be minimal happyslug May 2014 #13

I see more "civil war/warlords/anarchy" style fighting NickB79 May 2014 #14

Actually the problem will differ between countries. happyslug May 2014 #16

But hey, if we keep things under 2C, we're golden, right? NickB79 May 2014 #12

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