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by svrn2 1774 days ago
I've heard this exact story for over 30 years. We're supposed to be entirely underwater by now on the east coast. In the 70s everyone knew that overpopulation and starvation was right around the corner, there were models then too.

The end has been nigh for all of human history but it seems like the world keeps turning.

If a quarter of a degree celsius over 100 years or whatever is 'utterly fucked', I think we'll make it. Take a deep breath.

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It tells us that USA manages it well. In the third world, in the last thirty years, people struggle for drinking water in summer, aquifers depleted, more floods, etc.
Definitely. Maybe you even mean Africa. It probably doesn’t help that the population of Africa has risen from 177m up to 1.3b+ since 1950.
Yes, Africa, India, Pakistan, etc. Yes, population almost increased 7 folds.