I think its not really a matter of wondering IF they will happen, but WHEN will they happen. We in the industrial rich end of the globe dont get to see the things that are all ready happening in many parts of the world. How niave can one be to think that our way of life can continue unabated as it has for so long...symbiosis can not continue when we are destroying the very thing that keeps us alive. Take for instance where you live...if all the power suddenly turned off, no more running water....no more refrigeration...if suddenly your area of the world became like Somolia or Dafur. Do you honestly think that our culture would respond any differently, that people would share there reserves of water and food, that the government would step in and help us (remember katrina). I love the old peter tosh song....What you going to do when the well runs dry....well unfortunately for most...the answer is die, from starvation and astonishment at our inability to look past our own simple greed and needs at the warning signs that were there for many many years
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