I don't think it's a coincidence that so many of the most hysterical climate-change greenies are based in urban regions. A big city represents the heaviest human footprint there is, something that misleads people into believing that man can ride herd on nature. In fact, we humans are always scrabbling along, hanging by our fingernails and hoping for the best. Whether it's earthquakes, floods, droughts, hurricanes, or just inexorable greenery (e.g., kudzu, every jungle), when nature gets a head of steam, we're tossed about like ants after a careless human foot kicked their anthill. And surely the most stunning and destructive example of nature's power is a volcano. That's why volcanic activity in Antarctica is a bit unnerving. ....Should this volcano erupt, all or part of the Antarctic ice sheet will instantly melt, and the oceans will rise by feet, not the centimeter or two that panics greenies. In addition, the sun will be obscured for years. When the Lake Toba eruption occurred, the Earth's temperature dropped — not by one or two degrees, but by 15! At the time, the human population shrank almost to extinction."
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