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Our ancestors were not dumb people. This is terrifying as it didn't happen just once, but multiple times. We have a working model here. "If you see me, you wil

Our ancestors were not dumb people. This is terrifying as it didn't happen just once, but multiple times. We have a working model here. "If you see me, you will weep. So low was the water in 2018."

Smushman 8y ago
I get the feeling that droughts have happened before, are happening now, and will happen again; and we are just not able as humans to control the climate. In fact I found this study that proves that history does repeat. https://www.clim-past.net/9/1985/2013/cp-9-1985-2013.pdf https://www.clim-past.net/9/1985/2013/cp-9-1985-2013.pdf Thankfully, due to technological advancement though - it is nowhere near as damaging as it once was - in fact now these are barely a blip on the radar on human life. In times past, it is easy to forget that a simple drought halted all commerce, caused great famines, and without transportation and local food sources available, people were dying. Just take a look at the history and see the trend lines for the evidence of improvement that advancements like electricity and internal combustion have given us: https://ourworldindata.org/famines https://ourworldindata.org/famines Here's one for technology!
- crooked-v 8y ago
  > and we are just not able as humans to control the climate https://xkcd.com/1732/ https://xkcd.com/1732/
- jazzyjackson 8y ago
  I agree that humans can not control the climate. We are probably able to change it, unfortunately. We've sure punched up CO2 levels over the last hundred years. Do you believe in Venus?
- glhaynes 8y ago
  I get the feeling that droughts have happened before, are happening now, and will happen again; and we are just not able as humans to control the climate. Great! Hope you're not wrong. The vast majority of people who are in the best positions to know think you are.

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Our ancestors were not dumb people. This is terrifying as it didn't happen just once, but multiple times. We have a working model here. "If you see me, you wil

by sattoshi 8y ago

Our ancestors were not dumb people. This is terrifying as it didn't happen just once, but multiple times. We have a working model here. "If you see me, you will weep. So low was the water in 2018."

Smushman 8y ago
I get the feeling that droughts have happened before, are happening now, and will happen again; and we are just not able as humans to control the climate. In fact I found this study that proves that history does repeat. https://www.clim-past.net/9/1985/2013/cp-9-1985-2013.pdf https://www.clim-past.net/9/1985/2013/cp-9-1985-2013.pdf Thankfully, due to technological advancement though - it is nowhere near as damaging as it once was - in fact now these are barely a blip on the radar on human life. In times past, it is easy to forget that a simple drought halted all commerce, caused great famines, and without transportation and local food sources available, people were dying. Just take a look at the history and see the trend lines for the evidence of improvement that advancements like electricity and internal combustion have given us: https://ourworldindata.org/famines https://ourworldindata.org/famines Here's one for technology!
- crooked-v 8y ago
  > and we are just not able as humans to control the climate https://xkcd.com/1732/ https://xkcd.com/1732/
- jazzyjackson 8y ago
  I agree that humans can not control the climate. We are probably able to change it, unfortunately. We've sure punched up CO2 levels over the last hundred years. Do you believe in Venus?
- glhaynes 8y ago
  I get the feeling that droughts have happened before, are happening now, and will happen again; and we are just not able as humans to control the climate. Great! Hope you're not wrong. The vast majority of people who are in the best positions to know think you are.