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more likely that global temperatures will increase 2 to
4.9 degrees Celsius (3.6 to 8.8 degrees Fahrenheit)
by 2100.
A much hotter future would be devastating for the
environment and public health, especially for people
living in tropical and warm climates. Food production
falls, fresh water dwindles, sea levels rise, coral
reefs die, and deadly heat waves, wildfires, and hur-
ricanes intensify as the planet warms. We can either
do something to slow down our transition to this new
reality—giving ourselves more
time to adapt and survive - or
help speed up a deadly process
we’ve decided is inevitable.”
Conclusion
While America has dealt with
and defeated internal extremisms,
and in with the western world,
defended and defeated external
extremisms before, the pending
resource wars will drain the cof-
fers and strain the fabric of the
“American Way of Life.” Have Lib-
eralism and globalism had their
day? Will the conservative,
nationalism,
protectionism
reemerge and ignite the next
global conflict?
It would seem intuitively that
globalism and inclusiveness are
needed for the species to survive
on the planet. Absent a world-
wide catalyst which causes
humankind to see one another
has humans, and share planetary
resources with one another,
Mother Nature will reclaim the
land for which so much blood has
been spilled and so much ethe-
real treasure has been spent, and
another species will emerge in
the coming millennia.
Gene Suppell
Editor & Publisher