They also point out that abrupt changes in climate, whose effects are long lasting, have occurred repeatedly in the past 100,000 years. For example, at the end of the Younger-Dryas interval about 11,500 years ago, "global climate shifted dramatically, in many regions by about one-third to one-half the difference between ice age and modern conditions, with much of the change occurring over a few years".
We weren't around. But humans were.
And if we've only got 10 years to adjust, as that article suggested, forget it. We don't have sufficient time. We might as well eat, drink, and be merry.
Are you willing to throw away modern technology and the US economy? That has very serious consequences too. Like dead people, riots, starvation, revolutions, dictators, wars, nukes, .....
You point to drastic consequences if something isn't done. There are drastic consequences if something is done, too. We'd better be quite sure which way this one is going.
I know you're busy, but did you look at this:
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Things may be more muddy than you think. |
