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The thing with that map is it's absurdly optimistic, as it implies a world entirely happy to have entire populations of other countries and continents to move i
by NeedMoreTea 7y ago
The thing with that map is it's absurdly optimistic, as it implies a world entirely happy to have entire populations of other countries and continents to move into yours.
The amount of migration, displacement, rebuilding and major wars that would actually get us to that point is unimaginable.
Uninhabitable Earth is terrifying, and convincing. I thought I had a pessimistic outlook on climate until I read that.
- ianai 7y agoI took it as “this is what would have to happen for the least of us to die”. So yes, optimistic. I also think their projected coastlines are optimistic. I don’t remember seeing so much of the US labeled uninhabitable in other discussions.