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Originally Posted by Ooloo
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If the global average temperature rises 1-2 degrees over the next hundred years, certain places that were previously uninhabitable may become habitable. Climate change is a fear porn issue for the doomsday paranoid.
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And certain places that were previously inhabitable would be uninhabitable, but this ignores the obvious fact that animals migrate.
When the pandemic first reached the U.S. in NYC, the high class moved upstate or to neighboring cities in the tri-state area. It was virtually empty according to a few people I know who were down there at the time, emptier than after 9/11. Wildfires and floods would cause more of the same sudden shifts in population, placing more demand on hospitals, grocery stores, etc. And real estate would take a hit.
All of that would make gerrymandering exceedingly difficult (not to mention conducting a census) so there's some silver-lining. No one who says it's a nonissue lives next to power plants because no one wants to breathe in smog. Ignoring the debate, whether there are or aren't any drastic natural repercussions in the future, there's no question that our proliferation of waste is more than just an eyesore.