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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday October 27 2019, @11:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the or-not dept.

A story notes that

[...] according to a new U.S. Army report, Americans could face a horrifically grim future from climate change involving blackouts, disease, thirst, starvation and war. The study found that the US military itself might also collapse. This could all happen over the next two decades, the report notes.

[...] The report paints a frightening portrait of a country falling apart over the next 20 years due to the impacts of climate change on "natural systems such as oceans, lakes, rivers, ground water, reefs, and forests.

Current infrastructure in the US, the report says, is woefully underprepared: "Most of the critical infrastructures identified by the Department of Homeland Security are not built to withstand these altered conditions."


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 27 2019, @11:23PM (11 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 27 2019, @11:23PM (#912551)

    Too bad this study is irrelevant because it will happen first due to simple deflationary collapse of the US dollar. But keep jerking off to your (anti-)trump porn. Almost $700 billions dollars are being printed a week right now, not even a whisper from the people you trust.

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday October 27 2019, @11:59PM (5 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Sunday October 27 2019, @11:59PM (#912559) Homepage Journal

    Post shit that gets upmodded once in a while and this would not be an issue. Almost nobody here has any issue with their (IPID's) karma and we argue on damned near every story.

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    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday October 28 2019, @01:28AM (4 children)

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 28 2019, @01:28AM (#912594) Journal

      Post shit that gets upmodded once in a while and this would not be an issue. Almost nobody here has any issue with their (IPID's) karma and we argue on damned near every story.

      With some notable exceptions. E.g. when:
      1. everybody but aristarchus will shitpost; *and*
      2. the magister will suggest that particular story is even worse than one of his submission

      Quantum mechanics and blackholes/cosmogenesis are two areas showing this pattern quite frequently.

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      • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday October 28 2019, @02:10AM (3 children)

        by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday October 28 2019, @02:10AM (#912614) Homepage Journal

        What can I say, I dig black holes. And I ain't just talking hookers.

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        • (Score: 1, Redundant) by c0lo on Monday October 28 2019, @02:16AM (2 children)

          by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 28 2019, @02:16AM (#912618) Journal

          I dig black holes

          Not literally enough, it seems.

          (large grin)

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          • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday October 28 2019, @02:37AM (1 child)

            by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday October 28 2019, @02:37AM (#912623) Homepage Journal

            I think I'd need a bigger shovel.

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            • (Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Monday October 28 2019, @09:16PM

              by Osamabobama (5842) on Monday October 28 2019, @09:16PM (#912961)

              Some of the early work in industrial efficiency (by Frederick Taylor [wikipedia.org]) suggested that best efficiency was obtained by choosing the appropriate shovel for the material shoveled. That is, denser materials called for smaller shovels. Ergo, you should find a small shovel for your black holes, not bigger.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @12:07AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @12:07AM (#912563)

    If you want an upmod (per TMB), best to offer some kind of reference for your claims.

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @12:51AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @12:51AM (#912579)

    Well, what are you going to do about it? Send Trump out to make a fantastic deal with the tides?

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday October 28 2019, @11:01AM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 28 2019, @11:01AM (#912737) Journal

    due to simple deflationary collapse of the US dollar

    As has already been noted, the US can always just print money in that situation.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @06:01PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @06:01PM (#912906)

      They could, but it is a choice. Who gets screwed over? Savers or debtors?

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday October 29 2019, @02:18AM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday October 29 2019, @02:18AM (#913088) Journal
        It's a common strategy that negates the alleged deflation apocalypse.