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AverageJoe90

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8. Civilization isn't going to collapse.

Sat May 26, 2012, 06:24 PM

May 2012

Well, not everywhere, at least. However, though, there are indeed regions of the world that very well could suffer a Roman style collapse.....China and India come to mind rather easily, I think.

The truth is, the 'doom-and-gloom' scenarios have not only failed to wake a lot of people up but have actually had the effect of turning many people off to the reality(I should be honest........I was one of these poor dupes, once upon a time.), that anthropogenic climate change is indeed very real.

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That's stage three. Speck Tater May 2012 #5

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Well...... AverageJoe90 May 2012 #19

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Well, you do have a point. AverageJoe90 May 2012 #17

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