RE: George's Questions.
Is inflation going up or down?
Prices will continue to CLIMB. The forecast is for a MASSIVE CLIMATE SHOCK over the next 3-5 years. Dust Bowl 2.0 is starting and Food Prices will be 40-60% higher by this Fall.
Wow, the train derailment in Ohio is scary.
Yes it is and it's going to get worse.
Should I be worried about bird flu?
Yes, but only slightly. Flu can be deadly. The 2009 H1N1 flu strain was deadly. The CDC estimated that 151,700-575,400 people worldwide died from (H1N1)pdm09 virus infection during the first year the virus circulated.
Globally, 80 percent of (H1N1)pdm09 virus-related deaths were estimated to have occurred in people younger than 65 years of age. This differs greatly from typical seasonal influenza epidemics, during which about 70 percent to 90 percent of deaths are estimated to occur in people 65 years and older.
Though the 2009 flu pandemic primarily affected children and young and middle-aged adults, the impact of the (H1N1)pdm09 virus on the global population during the first year was less severe than that of previous pandemics.
Estimates of pandemic influenza mortality ranged from 0.03 percent of the world’s population during the 1968 H3N2 pandemic to 1 percent to 3 percent of the world’s population during the 1918 H1N1 pandemic.
It is estimated that 0.001 percent to 0.007 percent of the world’s population died of respiratory complications associated with (H1N1)pdm09 virus infection during the first 12 months the virus circulated.
As a human being you should ALWAYS keep an eye on FLU.
The war in Ukraine seems bad.
Yes, it's the start of WWIII. The CLIMATE CRISIS has started and instead of dealing with it in a unified way the CLIMATE WARS have started.
Russia intends to exterminate the Ukrainians and seize the wheat growing regions of the country. It's about logistics going forward.
Russia and China have better Climate Models than we do because the Fossil Fuel Interests weren't able to sabotage them. They are making "endgame" moves because they see we are in the endgame of the PAX AMERICANA.
We are in a moment of history where things could go CATASTROPHICALLY BAD.
Will there be a war with China?
We are already at war with China. Everyone is trying not to to say it because it will make things worse but China is making a play to take the US down.
TRUMP DECLARED WAR ON CHINA BACK IN 2018.
Remember when Trump’s plan was to “starve” China with tariff’s?
Trump’s China strategy is the most radical in decades — and it’s failing
Trump started a trade war expressly intended to cripple China’s economy.
The goal, according to experts and former Trump administration officials was to squeeze China, in particular its economy. So hard, that they finally understood once and for all, that they had to accept American rules to participate in the global marketplace.
The “thinking” among Trumpublicans was that the Chinese have ripped us off for so long, who cares if they’re unhappy?
“Trump is engaged in a sophisticated form of economic warfare to confront the Chinese, he intends to play hardball”
Steve Bannon, Trump’s former top strategist and a self-proclaimed China hawk.
NOTICE SOMETHING IMPORTANT HERE!
“Trump is engaged in economic warfare with the Chinese”.
ECONOMIC WARFARE IS A FORM OF WAR.
Trump started a war with China via a tweet.
Trump threatened to “cut off” China’s food supply by halting grain shipments.
A threat, you heard repeatedly BTW during the Trump years from administration officials. Their attitude towards China was.
"These are our demands. Give us what we want, or we will wreck your economy with tariffs and starve your people by cutting off your food supply”.
Words have consequences. So do actions.
We are "at war" with China. Most Americans are so stupid they have already forgotten that Trump declared war on them. The Chinese have not.
Is democracy in danger?
Hell yes. As an anthropologist I would say there is a 2/3rds likelihood of a US Civil War in the next 4 years.
My God, they’re going after elementary-school librarians in Florida.
See above.
Am I doing enough about climate change?
No.
Whatever you are doing. It's not enough. WE ARE OUT OF TIME. The "Climate Moderates" in the field of Climate Science got it wrong in the 80's/90's.
Warming won't happen over centuries or millennia, it's going to happen in DECADES.
The RATE OF WARMING has jumped to 0.36C PER DECADE.
We will go to 4C-5C of warming by the end of century at that rate.
Oh, man, the earthquake in Turkey is tragic.
Yes, earthquakes and people suffering always are. Donate to a relief organization. You will feel better.
Then write your Governor, Senators, and Congressmen about doing something on Climate Change.
