Monday, March 5, 2018

Pentagon: Britain Two Years From Becoming A Frozen Siberian Deathscape

From the Guardian:
...A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020.

Nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and widespread rioting will erupt across the world.

The document predicts that abrupt climate change could bring the planet to the edge of anarchy as countries develop a nuclear threat to defend and secure dwindling food, water and energy supplies.

The threat to global stability vastly eclipses that of terrorism, say the few experts privy to its contents.
'Disruption and conflict will be endemic features of life,' concludes the Pentagon analysis. 'Once again, warfare would define human life.'...MORE
This story is dated February 21, 2004.

Here's the original report, this version hosted at Columbia University:
An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its Implications for United States National Security

Long natural gas sounds prudent/potentially profitable, in an alliterative sort of way.