02-08-2017, 03:05 PM
(02-08-2017, 02:56 PM)APeacefulWarrior Wrote:(02-08-2017, 02:35 PM)Cirocco Wrote: Brother, the solar activity is only half the story. The fact that the Earth's magnetic shield is weakening also needs to be taken into consideration in addition to the pole shift, which is going to allow much more radiation into our immediate vicinity.
But then we're back to the entire theory of the magnetic field being vital as a shield being highly disputed, since the planet has gone through many pole shifts without evidence of catastrophic activity happening because of it.
These things you're worried about are ifs piled upon ifs piled upon ifs, all quite speculative and not really backed up by the historical record.
Quote:Complicated economics? Absolutely. Complicated for us to figure out how to make ends meet and still live in a reasonably comfortable fashion.
I no longer trust the government, friend. Do you?
One doesn't have to trust government in the sense you mean to trust it to act in its own rational self-interest. A country full of people who are freezing, roasting, and\or starving while their government does nothing to help is a country that's going to have a new government in short order. Or maybe no government at all. If there is one truism in all of human history, it's that when people get hungry enough, they get violent. Keeping society orderly and minimizing the damage would be the logical thing to do, otherwise the resulting instability could threaten everyone. Even the rich. Especially the rich.
Respectfully,
The historical record is not an accurate representation of the current situation.
Of course you're entitled to your own beliefs. For my part, I'm storing a lot of shelf-stable food and preparing as I see fit. If those precautions prove to be unfounded I can donate what I have to charity.