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Originally Posted by swaghauler
There is already a shortage of drinking water in many places on the Earth. This will only grow, resulting in ever increasing migrations of people looking for the basics needed for survival. That kind of pressure can start a war.
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Yes, but only in places said people can easily get to.
For example, assume the current illegal immigrant/possible refugee crisis in Southern Europe were actually the result of such climate change and, well, Europe didn't have any more 'fat' to share ...
What do you seriously think would happen if the Europeans simply started to machinegun anyone who tried it, by sea or land, or turned them back in their leaky boats to drown?
What could they do?
If they tried to (let's laughingly call it 'organise') and make a military effort, well, at least the survivors would probably have enough food and water to go around amongst their reduced numbers.
Human wave attacks? Against modern european armed forces?
Lots of dead third worlders.
Not that I'm advocating that mind, but if push came to shove and it was 'feed us and our 1.5 child families' or 'starve and fail to feed their umpteen child families' that's what would happen ... most of the starving hordes will be in third world s**tholes who can barely manage to kill each other off ineffectually with imported western (or russian) weapons.
Reality Bites,
Phil