20/20 last night

[Syrch]

Any watch this special I Found it very interesting. Basically it had the top 10 ways that our civilization can end today and the #1 way is global warming and it seems to be a much bigger threat than I imagined.

The glaciers in the antartic and what not are melting at such a high rate that most of japan/china and part of US such as Florida, New Orleans etc would be gone. London would be no more as well. They said its predicted that 100 million people would be come refugee and they compared tha tto the 100 thousand people that were refugee after Katrina (no this isn't a katrina thread i promise). They said that the melting has increased drastically and this is a very real threat and can be as early as 50-100 years from now.

Heres a link to an article of it from their site....like i said, this really was a wake up call to me.

 

[So]

Ever hear of the Netherlands?

I'm sure we'll be fine.

Besides, didn't the Jetsons have houses on giant poles? Why do you think that was. Waterworld, my friend, waterworld.

 

[sinucus]

umm. there are only 6 billion people on the planet, how could there be 100 billion refugee's? and being from New Orleans, we weren't refugee's we were evacuee's...

 

[makken]

Originally posted by: Syrch
They said its predicted that 100 billion people would be come refugee and they compared tha tto the 100 thousand people that were refugee after Katrina

...

 

[Reggae4k]

hahahahahaha

 

[FoBoT]

repost

 

[dullard]

If you are that worried about it, buy land that is cheap now, but a little bit from the ocean. If you are right and the oceans rise (which is debatable) then you'll own large tracts of the new ocean front property. Die a wealthy man.

 

[archiloco]

errrr.......if there is global warming to the point where the oceans become desalinated enough to stop the flow of warm water to the northern hemisphere, then it's going ot be an ice age...not massive flooding as yo say.

 

[JS80]

barbara walters causing panic is the biggest threat imo

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

we could just build dikes around all the important cities like around NO...especially over the next 100 years.

I don't see how this will force 100 billion people to move, considering maybe 100 million live in these areas

 

[Syrch]

Originally posted by: sinucus
umm. there are only 6 billion people on the planet, how could there be 100 billion refugee's? and being from New Orleans, we weren't refugee's we were evacuee's...

Sorry meant 100m not billion, corrected


and i did search for 20/20 and nothing came up

 

[daveshel]

I do believe that global warming is real and is something to fear, but it seems to me that if this particular scenario were real, we would already see a rise in the water levels in Florida and the other places mentioned.

 

[pinion9]

The earth is at the very end of an ice age. It is supposed to do this. And in millions of years people will talk about how the waters are receding and that havoc will ensue...it is cyclic. This is what is supposed to happen and there is no way to stop it.

If you are stupid enough to own land that is within a few feet of sea level, or below (cough cough New Orleans cough) then I would suggest you sell and move.
Seriously, who buys property, next to the ocean, that is below sea level?

 

[Amdiggidy]

Originally posted by: JS80
barbara walters causing panic is the biggest threat imo

amen. :laugh:

 

[yllus]

I hope global warming does pick up speed. I'm tired of really cold winters up here in Canada.

 

[MiniDoom]

Fvck global warming, I?m sure we will kill each other off before any of that sh!t happens. Mankind will be the downfall of mankind.

 

[sinucus]

Originally posted by: pinion9
The earth is at the very end of an ice age. It is supposed to do this. And in millions of years people will talk about how the waters are receding and that havoc will ensue...it is cyclic. This is what is supposed to happen and there is no way to stop it.

If you are stupid enough to own land that is within a few feet of sea level, or below (cough cough New Orleans cough) then I would suggest you sell and move.
Seriously, who buys property, next to the ocean, that is below sea level?

And who buys land where massive earthquakes can destroy your home?
Los Angeles: Population, 2005 estimate 9,935,475!

 

[everman]

The other thread is here: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=38&threadid=1920281

I don't think it's anything we can stop, either because there's too much momentum or it's just a natural cycle we have no control over. I'm not really opposed to trying though, we should be able to develop some nice cool new tech like better power generation and ultimately a cleaner environment.

 

[CarlKillerMiller]

Yeah, I'm almost certain that whatever 20/20 is pushing is alarmist junk science targetted at ratings, not education.

 

[pinion9]

Originally posted by: sinucus
And who buys land where massive earthquakes can destroy your home?
Los Angeles: Population, 2005 estimate 9,935,475!

<---- Lives in interior Alaska. Very low risk of natural disasters. We do have a LOT of earthquakes, but they are generally very small (imperceivable to humans) OR they are located in an unpopulated area.

 

[StarGazerVSP]

Because of global warming it won't be long before this:

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/921502-lg.jpg

http://www.shingletownstarparty.org/lassen%20from%20SSP%20site.jpg

Turns into this:

http://www.auroginresources.com/Documents/Nevada%20Mountain.jpg

A baren desert mountain.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

I thought these was a very cool show. And Michio Kaku will do anything to be on TV. He's in everything it seems. The black hole and gamma ray burst ones were the scariest, because we as a whole, can not escape it. we will all die.

 

[StarGazerVSP]

Originally posted by: pinion9

Originally posted by: sinucus
And who buys land where massive earthquakes can destroy your home?
Los Angeles: Population, 2005 estimate 9,935,475!

<---- Lives in interior Alaska. Very low risk of natural disasters. We do have a LOT of earthquakes, but they are generally very small (imperceivable to humans) OR they are located in an unpopulated area.

Alaska had two mega thrust (9.0+) quakes in the last 100 years.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: StarGazerVSP

Originally posted by: pinion9

Originally posted by: sinucus
And who buys land where massive earthquakes can destroy your home?
Los Angeles: Population, 2005 estimate 9,935,475!

<---- Lives in interior Alaska. Very low risk of natural disasters. We do have a LOT of earthquakes, but they are generally very small (imperceivable to humans) OR they are located in an unpopulated area.

Alaska had two mega thrust (9.0+) quakes in the last 100 years.

Nevada's where it's at.

Earthquakes are in CA, so they don't effect us much, and when the big one hits, we'll have the new San Diego.

No tornadoes, no hurricanes, no real floods, no volcanoes. Just heat. Dry heat.

 

[everman]

20/20 stole the entire show from the discovery channel, a complete rip-off really. Nothing was new, and they didn't even cover the grey-goo scenario where nanobots consume everything in a couple of hours. It was nice to have Hawking, but he didn't really add much.