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Originally Posted by Marc Paolella
Correct. Climate cannot be changed, but we can adapt to it. Rising sea levels and large storms are easily dealt with by selectively building in areas that are less prone to flooding, and building stronger structures. Relocation of coastal cities will provide many jobs and opportunities. Fossil fuels will run out naturally over time, so there is no need to adjust our usage. There will also be many positive effects from climate change. Human development can expand into areas like central northern Canada, Siberia, and Antarctica. Climate change is not something to be afraid of, it is something to be taken advantage of.
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One of the biggest positive outcomes of climate change is the reduction of the human population to a manageable level. There is no way that the current population can be sustained as climate change effects begin to reduce our ability to produce food.
The breadbasket of the continental USA is one of the areas that will be hit the hardest. Biggest impact would be the conversion of the Great Plains to a desert region, which as you point out might be a boon for Canada which is likely to survive the worst of it. The West and the Southeast will also be hit hard, and would not be surprised to see a third of Florida underwater in 50 years. Northeast US may be affected the least.
Plenty of coastal flooding maps and predicted temperature maps out there, many are of course based on junk science but there is no doubt it is coming, at some level.
I disagree that we should not be afraid of it. This is going to be the biggest calamity that the human race has ever experienced in modern times. The ensuing chaos will make the destruction we saw in WW1 and WW2 look like skirmishes.