I spent three months on a kibbutz
in the Negev desert.
Whether climate change is avoidable or not, or man-made or not, is to be beside the point. Let's stop worrying about the polar bears and find out how to live in the desert.
For desalinating water we need a *lot* of energy, so it's about time we shifted on to fusion (or rather try to) or just covered the vast future empty quarters with solar power. At least the Arctic will open up more fuel reserves, living space (as there's less frozen in winter) and so on. So it's not so much OOOH, THE END! But rather, ooh, a new existence.
Most of us b3tards live on a temperate island.
Others live in rainforests
Others live in deserts
Others live on rafts going across the world's vast oce- wait, no, that's Waterworld. But the point still stands; people can adapt, we just need to.
Also, we could grow dates in France and Germany! Have you ever had fresh dates? Awww yeah.
Furthermore:
Wooooo, I'm a ghost!
(, Fri 27 Feb 2009, 22:53, Reply)