2012 - The final nail in industrial civilisation

[Emissary]

So we are entering the final years of industrial civilisation now guys. Spiraling food prices, energy prices, increased tensions both politically and racially over the next 2 years and then bam, a huge CME wipes out the electrical grid and satellites, effectively throwing the planet back several hundred years.


http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20100826/9 ... -in_1.html

http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/6887? ... +Oil+Drum)

[crofter]

We're doomed, doomed I tell ye.

[Cryptic UK]

Oh no!

[timothyallan]

Looks like I better brush up on farming and survival techniques.

[plantaginate]

oh lord,
this is the hypersensationalisation of the 11 year solar storm, right?
this is fucking brilliant, only slightly surpassed in retardation
by the y2k "threat"

[plantaginate]

better stock up on ammo bro,
cos he with the bigger gun wins,
belie' dat,,

[polyslax]

That's why I've got the SAS survival guide on my iPhone!

Oh, wait...

[polyslax]

oh lord,
this is the hypersensationalisation of the 11 year solar storm, right?
this is fucking brilliant, only slightly surpassed in retardation
by the y2k "threat"

dya think there'll be a movie?

[necho]

must.... finish.... this.... album....

[plantaginate]

oh lord,
this is the hypersensationalisation of the 11 year solar storm, right?
this is fucking brilliant, only slightly surpassed in retardation
by the y2k "threat"

dya think there'll be a movie?

fuck yeah,
and the end of the world will start with tidal waves in new york,
then a snow storm in LA,
then.....


.... nothing because everyone knows the world begins and ends with NY and LA

[cmcpress]

i'm more worried that Sarah Palin might get in the whitehouse. think of that!

[crofter]

"Systems will just not work."

there you go then

[mikemc]

C'mon, hold on a second...

That's why I've got the SAS survival guide on my iPhone!

Oh, wait...

must.... finish.... this.... album....

oh lord,
this is the hypersensationalisation of the 11 year solar storm, right?
this is fucking brilliant, only slightly surpassed in retardation
by the y2k "threat"

dya think there'll be a movie?

fuck yeah,
and the end of the world will start with tidal waves in new york,
then a snow storm in LA,
then.....


.... nothing because everyone knows the world begins and ends with NY and LA

You really do get the sense that people will be disappointed if the end of the world doesn't feature a Jeff Goldblumn-esque scientist, an upper-middle-class father struggling to do right by his family, and isn't properly televised.

[Emissary]

oh lord,
this is the hypersensationalisation of the 11 year solar storm, right?
this is fucking brilliant, only slightly surpassed in retardation
by the y2k "threat"

Seeing as you clearly couldn't be bothered to read the article i'll post some sections for the more print phobic.
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Similar storms back in 1859 and 1921 caused worldwide chaos, wiping out telegraph wires on a massive scale. The 2012 storm has the potential to be even more disruptive.

NASA said that a recent report by the National Academy of Sciences found that if a similar storm occurred today, it could cause "1 to 2 trillion dollars in damages to society's high-tech infrastructure and require four to 10 years for complete recovery".

"The general consensus among general astronomers (and certainly solar astronomers) is that this coming Solar maximum (2012 but possibly later into 2013) will be the most violent in 100 years," News.com.au quoted astronomy lecturer and columnist Dave Reneke as saying.

Most experts agree, although those who put the date of Solar Max in 2012 are getting the most press.
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If your going to address something its better if you do it with a well thought out argument.

[plantaginate]

you're cute,
i hope your stocking up on 12 gauge ammo,
your shore gonna need it,,