Posted by: syncro
I don't think we'll go extinct either, but I tend to think that a lot of vulnerable people in Africa, Central and South America, and Asia - basically those near the equator - are going to die when food and water become scarce. Places in more northern and southern climes will fair better, but their lifestyles will suffer too. BC will probably do fairly well, but how will we fend off the hoards of people that may try moving here? Our military will be useless against mass migration.
We're starting to hear more and more about the connections between all aspects of life and changes that are happening to what were once robust species/populations. I'm starting to worry more about the cascade effect, that when we hit that tipping point things go to shit in a hurry because everything collapses all at once. Even with that though, there will be humans who survive, and not all of them will be moneyed or elite type people. I think a lot of those people will get run the fuck over in the stampede for the exits, but I'm sure there will be some who have small private armies and a protective compound to keep them going. Going for what tho will be interesting if most manufacturing and industry has collapsed along with the energy sector and agriculture.
Darwin round 2 here we come!
This is pretty much where I am at as well. The collapse of the food and water supply would change the globe in a hurry and who knows what kind of war or awfulness comes from mass die-offs and resource shortage. I have been wondering for a while now if that is a cause of expensive real estate in Canada that nobody is paying attention to. Those worst-case climate models where we go about "business as usual" for another 50 years are just not feasible because the climate is going to force change on us.
