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Arctic Summers Ice-Free by 2040, Study Predicts
John Roach for National Geographic News December 12, 2006

"Summers in the Arctic Ocean may be ice-free by 2040—decades earlier than previously expected, according to a new study of the effects of global warming on sea ice."

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061212-arctic-ice.html
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This is extremely alarming- such a volume of liquid water would invariably raise the sea level one to three feet. When you consider most big cities are coastal, you begin to see the implications. There's also that one last giant ice sheet in the Antarctic (from "An Inconvenient Truth")- when that thing hits the sea it will cause a tsunami like we've never seen before- good thing the landmasses are shaped the way they are.

This is something Titor should have pointed out, this is something any time traveler would point out.

Open Question-

If you were John Titor, the time traveler and you came back to 2000, would you tell the people about 9/11?
 
I believe Zeshua did mention the "melting of the earth's ice caps" in no uncertain terms. I will try to find the exact reference. As I recall, she reported that the melting of the ice caps had the effect of actually reducing the earth's average temperature instead of raising it, which implies that the current theories about how "the desalination of the North Atlantic will shut down the gulf stream" are correct after all.

- Peter
 
Anyone who has seen "The Day After Tomorrow" can also cite this with certainty. Titor also said this the better half of a decade ago.

But the more pressing matter at hand is the reality of the sea level raising 2-5 feet within the next 30 years and the impact that will have on the fraction of humanity that lives near a shoreline, which is over one billion human souls that will all become "New Venice" in a post-ice sheet world- something your beloved Zeshua hasn't predicted yet- your "anagram analysis" is not yet complete.
 
But the more pressing matter at hand is the reality of the sea level raising 2-5 feet within the next 30 years and the impact that will have on the fraction of humanity that lives near a shoreline, which is over one billion human souls that will all become "New Venice" in a post-ice sheet world.
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Oh, the impact is going to go way beyond those billion alone. It will affect and disrupt everyone's lives on the planet, in all sorts of ways we cannot even begin to anticipate yet. The hordes of displaced people emigrating from the coasts will be disruptive influences in the new communities they settle in, which of course are not prepared for these masses of homeless and unemployed people. Katrina was just a microscopic example of that dynamic. The businesses that will be uprooted from their centers of operation will fail to meet their previous levels of production for some time, and the whole world that relied on the work of those businesses will likewise be left with their needs unmet. It will be like dominoes. One thing relies on another in this complex world, and when you remove as many key elements as this crisis will do, the whole system will come crashing down, unable to compensate for such an extreme change all at once. The government will have to resort to hard-time policies to deal with so much societal unrest, but even then it will almost certainly not be sufficient to the job at hand. Unemployment, homelessness, and crime will all rise.

You think home prices are high now? Wait until thousands of square miles of densely populated coastal property is washed away, and watch as the billion victims scramble for the remaining houses on the market. Supply and demand? We all know what happens when demand goes thru the roof. And so the richest of those displaced peoples will grab up whatever remaining properties in America's inland states, and the poorer masses will become permanent homeless wanderers. So then, guess what happens when a billion people are taken out of the world's workforce? Things don't get done. The economy goes to hell, and then REALLY goes to hell.

And then of course there is the weather getting all screwed up, and the animal world adjusting to new environmental conditions, and ... and.... Well, you get the idea.

But if you're looking for a reason to anticipate a worldwide economic collapse, you really don't need to look any farther than this. And of course, historically such economic woes arrive hand-in-hand with major international wars, so we'll all be dealing with that as well.

- Peter
 
Zeshua suggested that anyone who kept some of those 50 pound bags of salt stashed away for a rainy day in a secure place would be glad for it one day soon. They only cost like four or five bucks per bag, so it's not like its a big deal to buy them, and who the hell knows? Maybe it'd turn out to be the best ten bucks you ever spent.

Zeshua said that after things go to hell, those with stockpiled salt will be able to barter it to get pretty much anything else they might need.

Its pretty weird, really. I never gave salt a single thought in my whole life until Zeshua started going on about it. But when she did, I googled "salt" a bit here and there, and came to appreciate that she just might have a valid point about the whole subject. I've got a few bags of the stuff thrown in a corner in my garage, and if it turns out I never need 'em, then hell, I'll just use 'em to clear my sidewalks in the winter. For for awhile, I think I'll just leave 'em sit, just in case.

- Peter
 
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