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Is global warming the least of our problems?

Posted by henryhutton on April 9, 2007

As I was mentioning the other day, the global warming debate is so convoluted that it’s hard to know who to believe. However, it may be that we have bigger issues to worry about.

From The Guardian:

Information chips implanted in the brain. Electromagnetic pulse weapons. The middle classes becoming revolutionary, taking on the role of Marx’s proletariat. The population of countries in the Middle East increasing by 132%, while Europe’s drops as fertility falls. “Flashmobs” – groups rapidly mobilised by criminal gangs or terrorists groups.

This is the world in 30 years’ time envisaged by a Ministry of Defence team responsible for painting a picture of the “future strategic context” likely to face Britain’s armed forces. It includes an “analysis of the key risks and shocks”.

And here I thought that a warmer climate and higher sea levels were the big boys.

On the other hand, on some days I could see the advantage of using a little brain-booster chip…

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