Nothing like going full apocalyptic, right? But, hey, this is all about science, not a doomsday cult. Of course, it’s right there in the headline
Doomsday author’s analysis: How climate change will cause the collapse of civilization
Yup
Editor’s note: Marshall Brain – futurist, inventor, NCSU professor, writer and creator of “How Stuff Works” – is a contributor to WRAL TechWire. He’s also author of “The Doomsday Book: The Science Behind Humanity’s Greatest Threats.” Brain has written several posts recently about the threat of climate change. His exclusive columns written for TechWire are published on Fridays.
Let’s see what doom he’s going on about
Last week we took a deep dive to see just how bad climate change has become in 2023: Just how bad is climate change? It’s far worse than you think.
The article makes two big points about the climate change situation that humanity is now facing because of all the carbon dioxide we have added to the atmosphere.
First, there are 22+ different things that are going wrong today because of climate change. The list includes:
Pure doom!
One thing to understand is that right now, currently, climate change has not really taken a deep bite out of humanity yet. Yes, it is bad that one third of Pakistan flooded last year. Yes, it is bad that New York City was flooding last week. Yes, it is bad that drought is drying up the Mississippi River, the Amazon River, and most of Texas. Yes, it is bad that 100 innocent dolphins cooked to death this week in the Amazon because of the heat. But none of these things are catastrophic. Nothing truly catastrophic has happened to humanity because of the effects of climate change.
The second thing to understand is that the truly catastrophic stuff is coming. It is inevitable. At this point it is unstoppable. Examples include:
Yup, all sorts of civilization ending Doom! Which he runs on and on about
It is as though we (humanity) are riding in an airplane, and we can see that the pilots (world leaders) are steering the airplane so that it will run right into the side of a mountain. We are sitting in our seats sipping our drinks and doing nothing to stop the catastrophe that we should all see coming. All this behavior is completely inexplicable. Why are the pilots steering the plane toward the mountain? Since they are, then why isn’t humanity overpowering the pilots and steering the plane away from the mountainside before we collide?
What will we do when Miami gets destroyed by a major hurricane? Or when a major crop failure creates famine worldwide. We know these things are coming. When they arrive, what will we do? As it stands now, we are likely to watch civilization as we know it collapse, despite all the warnings we have received.
Parts of Miami were destroyed. That was Hurricane Andrew in 1992. We rebuilt. But, this is a cult, so, doom is always around the corner.
The things the global elites want to foist on us under the guise of climate activism to preserve the natural resources just for themselves is what is likely to collapse civilization.
Humans are naturally dichotomous. Good/bad. Big/little. On/off. Black/white. Light/dark. Dead/alive. It’s how animals survive.
So we don’t assess gradual degradations very well, often until it’s too late.
Dear Elwood:
We can all do our share.
Planted some trees yet?? They’re great at absorbing CO2 plus the shade they provide and water vapor the emit reduce the temperature.
Stopped driving except for very necessary trips?
Replaced your heater/ac, stove, refig, hot water heater, et al with “high efficiency” models??
Keep the all the new LED light bulbs turned off except when absolutely necessary??
No???
Then you are part of the problem so stop lecturing me.