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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @04:30AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @04:30AM (#912646)

    Wooooooosh

    I mean you get it, but at the same time you don't. Very strange.

  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @09:41AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @09:41AM (#912726)

    Or someone has used reason to come to a conclusion you didn't. Whoosh.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @04:11PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @04:11PM (#912865)

      Nope, go look at the actual stats on pollution. Hint: the biggest polluters are not individuals.

      Also, hard to get individuals on board when a significant percentage actively work against advocacy campaigns cuz "muh straws!!"

      Keep running away from the problems, sure it'll hurt me and mine but yours as well.