Reply #11: Keep hope alive [View All]

As I've written many times before, the best response is to face it head-on and reduce the human cost of a new ice age. Even a few half-assed plans for resettlement and emergency preparedness could greatly increase survival rates.

For the energy problem, we already have a lot of low-power, high-efficiency technology that we don't use. Brainpower will substitute for oil power.

We've had 30 years to deal with the energy situation, and we wanked them away. Wallace Broecker first reported on abrupt climate change a few years later, and we've ignored him, too. If we make the most of the 3-10 years remaining before the problems begin in earnest, there should be a minimum of trauma.

--bkl