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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, @03:23PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @03:23PM (#912831)

    > you could burn drums of diesel in your back yard for fun daily

    Sounds like I have your permission to fly on private jets, thanks!

  • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Monday October 28 2019, @11:06PM (1 child)

    by hemocyanin (186) on Monday October 28 2019, @11:06PM (#913014) Journal

    For the childfree, jet around to your heart's content. Those who don't have sprogs can do anything they want essentially, and come out green. https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/children-carbon-footprint-climate-change-damage-having-kids-research-a7837961.html [independent.co.uk]

    having one fewer child per family can save “an average of 58.6 tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions per year. ... For example, living car-free saves about 2.4 tonnes of C02 equivalent per year, while eating a plant-based diet saves 0.8 tonnes of C02 equivalent a year.”

    Let's round up to 60 tons for easy math:

    you+spouse have 3 kids. 180 tons
    Each kid has 3 kids, so 9 grandkids. Each of your kids is half responsible for the grandkid, so you are now at 9*60/2=270 tons +180 for your kids, for a total of 450 tons/yr.
    You die, but your 9 grandkids have 27 great grandkids for which you are 1/4 responsible: 27*60/4: 405 (grandkids) +270 from your kids: now you are at 675 tons/r.
    Your kids die, but those great grandkids have 3 each, so you are now responsible for (81*60/8)=607.5, then add on the 405 (your grandkids)=1012.5 tons/yr.

    So yeah, choosing to be child free means you are the greenest of the green even if you eat beef, drive a hummer, take jets around the world frequently, and burn piles of stuff just for the heck of it. Do whatever you want, guilt free.

    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday October 29 2019, @08:16AM

      by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Tuesday October 29 2019, @08:16AM (#913185) Homepage
      What backward part of the world are you in such that people have 3.0 children? Even Bangladesh is down to the low 2.x's now. The country I live in has had below replacement rate familiy sizes for several decades.
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