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Environment & Energy

OKIsItJustMe

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6. Several years ago, a friend and I were discussing "Climate Change"

Reply to erronis (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 24, 2023, 04:48 PM

Jul 2023

She was bemoaning that we were not as good at growing our own food as our grandparents had been. My response was “Even our grandparents couldn’t grow food if the climate wasn’t conducive to it.”

It’s fine to imagine the rich feeding themselves from indoor hydroponic farms, how fast do you suppose they can build them?

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The Guardian: 'No one wants to be right about this': climate scientists' horror and exasperation ... [View all] OKIsItJustMe Jul 2023 OP

Exasperation is right. paleotn Jul 2023 #1

"Live like it's the 15th century?" Short and brutish. Not even very pleasant for the rich erronis Jul 2023 #2

Several years ago, a friend and I were discussing "Climate Change" OKIsItJustMe Jul 2023 #6

Thanks for that! OKIsItJustMe Jul 2023 #4

Out'ta be a movie.... jaxexpat Jul 2023 #3

I rather like "Scientific reticence and sea level rise" OKIsItJustMe Jul 2023 #5

It'll never play in Boston. jaxexpat Jul 2023 #7

And the harbor will soon be at their doorsteps! OKIsItJustMe Jul 2023 #8

Thanks for that. I'm just now reading "Global Warming in the Pipeline" erronis Jul 2023 #9

"Very scary" to say the least. OKIsItJustMe Jul 2023 #10