Global warming is now part of the cause of Darfur's problems?

Question

How come I didn't see that one coming a mile away? Jeez.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19268452/

Answer 1

Maybe Darfur`s industrial complex needs to examined . I mean with all the SUVs` there , and the steel mills running 24/7 , what do you expect ? Gore , where are you ? Solve the global warming BS in Darfur , and you can run for President there , they would certainly welcome a savior like yourself ,and you could count the votes by the short straw method , no hanging chads` there ??

Answer 2

Great Friday question - it made my BSTF meter go off scale (that's a BS tolerance factor meter) but what do you expect from msnbc ??

To answer your question, the other day I was forced to turn a corner too sharply (I drive defensively but we have some *really bad* drivers here) and hit the curb - got TWO flat tires which severely limited my car's ability to complete my travel objective and
- - wait for it - -
I now have *unequivocal* proof that this was caused directly by global warming.

Unfortunately, I can't go into the causative details because the government (which can't plan anything on one hand) has (on the other hand) a fully functional patriot act secret anti-global warming control panel. Where's my aluminum foil ???

Note to Stony - unfortunately, we *can't* support our current state of living because of the scarcity of (and competition for) some of the materials used in making quality steels and tools (see references about moly, chromium, vanadium, etc and environmentalists and China).

Other than that, we're pretty much OK if we go nuclear (thanks for nothing jimmy) and we allow mining of nasty old oil shales.

Note to Tribeca - the attitude is cynical because there is basically no such thing as anthropogenic global warming; please refer to several of my answers in science and mathematics (I did environmental work professionally when I finally had to get involved).

See 'snowball earth' to see your most likely future and the 'abrupt climate change report' to see how long you have to prepare for the big chilly

Note to mr? kevorkian - *absolutely correct* there are areas of the world that just flat out aren't meant to be inhabited all the time (nomadic existence anyone?).
BTW, have you seen the aerial and satellite photos that show that after the sub-Saharan desert advances, it retreats? Cyclically no less, what a surprise !!

and yes, the Darfur problem is complex but might be simplified to - man's interpretation of religion and don't forget to follow the oil money.

Final BTW, I worked with a woman that *felt* the environment was bunnies and fawns; imagine that I reminded her occasionally that snakes, spiders, and coyotes exist and have to eat too. As we used to say in the biz, "Nature is a mean mother."

Answer 3

Though neo-pagans and environmentalists have this vision of the earth as a benign, giving mother sort of thing, the truth is that weather patterns are far from dependable over time. Draughts happen, they always have, they probably always will. It doesn't take 'global warming' cause a draught in an arrid region already prone to them.

The problem in Darfur may have some complex and indirect contributing factors, but it still comes down to one group of citizens in a nation deciding that another group of thier fellow citizens has to go.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Did you know that back in the 1970s a group of engineers designed a system to irrigate all of Africa. It has never been implemented because of all the various in-fighting between tribes and countries on that continent.

This is one reason I sometimes think America should just be 100% isolationist. Why bother with the rest of the world and there petty squabbles? We don't need them. America could completely take care of itself AND defend itself without depending on any other nation.

Answer 6

actually Darfur is responsible for global warming through too many grazing animals leading to desertification of large areas & methane production by the animals

Answer 7

People fight over resources – water, oil, etc. You do know, don’t you, that climate change causes droughts? The situation in Darfur is complex. I wonder why you are expressing such a cynical attitude.

Answer 8

Let's send the Global Warming master Al Gore over there to fix everything. He seems to think he has all of the answers.

Answer 9

"droughts have provoked fighting over water sources"

A basic international relations course will tell you national threats and emergencies cause extreme nationalism. In some cases, like 9/11, that is a good thing. However, more often it leads to war and terrorist types activities.

Answer 10

What are you wearing in your picture by the way?