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by metalman 448 days ago
nothing will advise people like the effects that are inevitable in the polar ice(all ice) collapse picking up speed this summers low will be "last call" Russia will very likely take a chunk of trade from both the suez and panama canals, through what is there EEZ exclusive ecomonic zone, coridore in the artic carbon and methane release from formerly frozen deposits will continue to feed the green house effect sea level rise will start to cause regular disruptions, and collapse of coastal land values where insurance premium costs are already rendering high end luxury homes from assets to liabilitys in some coastal areas, now fisheries will,??, are moving north, but there is less fish certain farming is moving north human technology is on the rise, and solar plus desailination will allow for agriculture(and other things) in desert regions around the mid lattitudes...ie: shifts in resources and habitability for landlocked and or arid countrys the advantage goes to countrys that have no electrical grids, or distribution and transport systems, as they can leapfrog over the western model, that requires centraly controlled/powered, wired conections everywhere vs, development at the scales supporting local imfrastructure requirements, that due to the nature of renewable solar, battery technology, can be scaled up, bit by bit as needs and capital coinside, rather than the masssive investments needed for traditional industrial infrastructure it's a heady, complex mix, where entrenched societies with fixed positions could be overwhelmed quickly