Abrupt Climatic Change Coming Soon?

rRaAnNiI writes "Just read an extremely interesting article about the possibility of having a 'little ice age' quite soon - within a decade. The frightening thing is that it makes a lot of sense to me. Does anyone know how to build an igloo?"

Comments

Re:Year without a summer

[Planesdragon]

For example I don't think we could effectively seal off the borders and they would come into the country to try and get food. Even if we could seal the borders and starve them to death who would take care of all the work migrants do now?

Robots, or the poor.

The whole reason that we care at all about Mexican immigrants is because we have some unemployed folk at all in the US. The thought train goes "seal the borders, reduce the job-swiping, and we'll have fewer unemployed Americans."

I don't think it's a perfect trade, but I think it would be an improvement.

Re:the disturbing part of all this is the source

[Xerithane]

Yes it is. 335.5 people per square kilometer is over capacity. But it makes up for it by the fact that much of the REST of the world is under capacity, which was my whole point. The reason 335.5 people per square mile can live in Japan is because much of their food production (including fishing) occurs elsewhere, outside the country's political boundry.


Have you ever been to Japan? I'd be really surprised if you have and think it's over capacity. Outside of Tokyo, it is not crowded. If you haven't been to Japan, you are talking out of your ass.

And please provide proof that "much of their food production occurs elsewhere, outside the country's political boundry."