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US Military Could Collapse Within 20 Years Due to Climate Change

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

coolgopher writes:

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: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday October 28 2019, @12:57AM (9 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday October 28 2019, @12:57AM (#912582) Homepage Journal

    I didn't have any because they're loud, smelly, and require a shitload of time that I could have spent fishing. I've got plenty of friends and family with kids that I can borrow whenever I feel the need to pass on some hard won wisdom.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by RamiK on Monday October 28 2019, @01:30AM (4 children)

    by RamiK (1813) on Monday October 28 2019, @01:30AM (#912595)

    Personally I just never understood the appeal. I didn't really consider any of the downsides so much as I never really saw any upsides. It's like when my girl asks which shoes I like better... I'm like, I'm suppose to have a preference in your shoes? I guess some sneakers would be fine? I don't even want to go to that stupid wedding... They're your friends not mine... Oh for fuck's sake don't bring out even more...

    Well, something like that I guess.

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    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Monday October 28 2019, @01:51AM (3 children)

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Monday October 28 2019, @01:51AM (#912602) Journal

      Well, to both you and TMB I'd say kids are the closest thing to pure love you can experience in life. They are also the closest you will get to murder. haha

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      • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday October 28 2019, @02:11AM (1 child)

        by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday October 28 2019, @02:11AM (#912615) Homepage Journal

        Yeah, I get that. I just prefer to be able to send them back to their parents when it's the latter's turn.

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      • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Monday October 28 2019, @04:05PM

        by RamiK (1813) on Monday October 28 2019, @04:05PM (#912862)

        kids are the closest thing to pure love you can experience in life. They are also the closest you will get to murder

        I do believe what you're describing is generally coined sadomasochism.

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @02:14AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @02:14AM (#912617)

    I didn't have any because they're loud, smelly, and require a shitload of time that I could have spent fishing.

    Oh, thank God he has not breeded!

    I've got plenty of friends and family with kids that I can borrow whenever I feel the need to pass on some hard won wisdom.

    If IRL you are anything like you are on SN then I am guessing that there have been very few in the younger generation seeking out your "hard won wisdom". Just sayin'.

    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday October 28 2019, @02:38AM (2 children)

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday October 28 2019, @02:38AM (#912625) Homepage Journal

      You kidding? Every last one of them thinks I'm the bee's knees.

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      • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Monday October 28 2019, @03:39PM

        by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 28 2019, @03:39PM (#912843) Homepage Journal

        Vacuously true universal quantifier.

      • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @04:20PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @04:20PM (#912869)

        That does not bode well for those kids.

        Maybe you are actually a decent person and the internet turns you into a shitcock spewing asshat.