Decius wrote: ] ] As the planet's carrying capacity shrinks, an ancient ] ] pattern reemerges: the eruption of desperate, all-out ] ] wars over food, water, and energy supplies. As Harvard ] ] archeologist Steven LeBlanc has noted, wars over ] ] resources were the norm until about three centuries ago. ] ] When such conflicts broke out, 25% of a population's ] ] adult males usually died. As abrupt climate change hits ] ] home, warfare may again come to define human life. Deja Vu and it's Mad Max / Road Warrior all over again. It must be pretty difficult to numerically model an apocalypse on the Cray. RE: Fortune.com: Grim Pentagon Climate Change scenario |