society still might adapt, even in a worst case
scenario where the entire food chain is affected and
the loss of life is in the billions. if enough survive
with the resources and genetic diversity to rebuild
civilization humanity can rise again, hopefully with
lessons learned. eventually the ecosystem will reach
a new equilibrium. even if we have to subsust on
algae and cockroaches it would require less than to
start over on mars.
we knew long before katrina that the levees could not
survive a direct hit from a category three, but the
politicians dropped the ball. there will be far worse
disasters to come and only then will steps be taken to
be prepared.
jon m
Why wouldn't society just adapt? We both know that
global warming
won't hit in one day, month, year, or even decade. It
will be a
drain on the world economy, but I don't see how it
would cause
social collapse.
If what happened to New Orleans was a sample of Global
Warming,
then there may be no time to adapt. Let's see which
will be the
next big city to be doomed by GW.
Alberto Monteiro
Further, while the death of <2000 people was truly
tragic, it pales in
comparison to other deaths due to natural causes.
Wasn't the tsunami
that killed hundreds of thousands within a year of
that date?
Dan M.
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