About the weather...

[whabang]

WTF is going on? LINK

For those of you who can't read Swedish: Look at the picture; it's snowing in July!

From what I've heard, the weather is {bleep}ed up in the rest of the word aswell (I heard that the UK has gotten as much rain as we have).

How do we protect our societies from future weather problems? Let the discussion begin! :-)

[whabang]

Yep, the growth is what is scaring me. Living in Sweden, I pulled the long straw, considering that the heat is expected to increase the harvests by about 20%. It's what happens when the guys down south run out of food that scares me. I can take the French, the Greek, and possibly, the Spaniards and the Italians, but the thought of two billion hungry Chineese and Indians scare the hell out of me.
On the other hand, a big nuke fight about the last food on the planet might just be what we need to reduce the over-population. :nervous:

[whabang]

Oh, I definitely don't think we're safe. Regardless of how the climate changes (because we know it will change in some ways), there will be a lot of people moving around because of it. Europe and north America won't suffer from it the same way; as you said, we have a technological advantage, allowing us to keep producing food.

The problem will be when larger masses of people start to move around. Both the US and the EU are making it harder for immigrants for the third world to seek refuge, and I doubt it'll get any better soon.

In one way or another, it will lead to armed conflicts. It's just a matter of how, where, and when.