Solar observers predict a “Little Ice Age (LIA)” to arrive before 2100. While expert economists confirm that a modestly warmer climate benefits both health and human prosperity, a colder climate generally spells more sickness and poses real danger to agricultural yields—with consequent famines and mass starvation. These calamities can be overcome – through adequate and timely preparation of energy supplies, water projects, and croplands.
There is some urgency in preparing now for the possibility of such a cold period, similar to the LIA that prevailed off and on during 1400-1800 AD. It is likely then that tropical regions will end up as the major sources of food and be called upon to supply the rest of the world.
Short-term energy (till 2100):
No foreseeable problem; known reserves of fossil fuels appear to be adequate – even with a world population peaking at around 9 billion
Long-term energy (till 3000 AD and beyond):
No real problem, if nuclear technology is encouraged to commercialize the use of inert Uranium-238 and Thorium through “breeder reactors” -- especially Molten-Salt-cooled fast-neutron Reactors (MSR) and perhaps hybrid fusion-fission. Pure fusion reactors, if perfected, could provide a useful back-up technology
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/11/surviving_an_imminent_ice_age_.html
There is some urgency in preparing now for the possibility of such a cold period, similar to the LIA that prevailed off and on during 1400-1800 AD. It is likely then that tropical regions will end up as the major sources of food and be called upon to supply the rest of the world.
Short-term energy (till 2100):
No foreseeable problem; known reserves of fossil fuels appear to be adequate – even with a world population peaking at around 9 billion
Long-term energy (till 3000 AD and beyond):
No real problem, if nuclear technology is encouraged to commercialize the use of inert Uranium-238 and Thorium through “breeder reactors” -- especially Molten-Salt-cooled fast-neutron Reactors (MSR) and perhaps hybrid fusion-fission. Pure fusion reactors, if perfected, could provide a useful back-up technology
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/11/surviving_an_imminent_ice_age_.html
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