Why 536 was 'the worst year to be alive' (2018)
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#2Related:
Volcanoes, plague, famine and endless winter: Welcome to 536 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30621640 - March 2022 (39 comments)
Skies went dark: Historians pinpoint the 'worst year' ever to be alive - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26786838 - April 2021 (117 comments)
536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ (2018) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23565762 - June 2020 (356 comments)
Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18469891 - Nov 2018 (4 comments)
Others?
Re: Why 536 was 'the worst year to be alive' (2018)
#3So far!
Re: Why 536 was 'the worst year to be alive' (2018)
#4And nothing prevents new volcanic explosions from doing this again. How would the northern world deal with this today? Not that well.
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#5And nothing prevents new volcanic explosions from doing this again. How would the northern world deal with this today? Not that well.
We have electricity and insulation. We won’t starve. Will it suck? Absolutely.
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#6And nothing prevents new volcanic explosions from doing this again. How would the northern world deal with this today? Not that well.
Greenhouses and vertical farms would make the famine less severe; although our population is so high that it would get complicated fast
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#7How interesting that a bunch of tech nutcases now want to geoengineer the planet by dispersing sulphur into the stratosphere to dim the sun to 'tackle' climate change. Mind-blowing stupidity.
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#8And nothing prevents new volcanic explosions from doing this again. How would the northern world deal with this today? Not that well.
Greenhouses and vertical farms would make the famine less severe; although our population is so high that it would get complicated fast
How many of these vertical farms do we have? How long do they take to build? What do they cost to run?
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#9And nothing prevents new volcanic explosions from doing this again. How would the northern world deal with this today? Not that well.
Greenhouses and vertical farms would make the famine less severe; although our population is so high that it would get complicated fast
The big backup is diverting certain animal feeds to instead feed people.
Re: Why 536 was 'the worst year to be alive' (2018)
#10How interesting that a bunch of tech nutcases now want to geoengineer the planet by dispersing sulphur into the stratosphere to dim the sun to 'tackle' climate change. Mind-blowing stupidity.
Because gradually injecting sulfur is the same as massive uncontrolled natural injections, right?