Re kids: I was saying if you have kids, surely that's even more reason to act. I'm not a survivalist. No idea if you want to prepare? Move north and stock up o

Re kids: I was saying if you have kids, surely that's even more reason to act. I'm not a survivalist. No idea if you want to prepare? Move north and stock up on guns, ammo, seed, water and soil? But, I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Well over 50% of Americans and Europeans view climate change as a threat. That's 500 million of the most affluent humans on the planet. The "economic machine", by which I assume you mean $3 bottled water, SUV, McMansions, beef, exists for them; not the other way around.