Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: climate change, was Re: Floppies Date: 30 Sep 2025 20:52:30 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <10aocau$1jued$1@dont-email.me> <10aodt0$1k427$1@dont-email.me> <10ap6o2$1qit3$1@dont-email.me> <1o4aqlx524.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10atvqa$2tidd$20@dont-email.me> <10au48o$2tidd$32@dont-email.me> <10bbfvk$2d348$2@dont-email.me> <10be5vp$32fs3$1@dont-email.me> <85cldkpsu9ii87ur5q4ndc2a8ercbn4mad@4ax.com> <10behdj$35i1j$4@dont-email.me> <9uesqlx4ta.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 6idQiGsIAEm0Ljui7ea5mg3WB/h9FXO91m9ZYWIBjx9X73qwPS Cancel-Lock: sha1:UFTO6Q4HnQlew79AcJvGObfpUwU= sha256:KUXpOW7EOV9qumZh2+zfUXxE9YD+u62HBqxC9zj4W+8= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:75492 On Tue, 30 Sep 2025 09:54:17 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: > One small correction: you mentioned “people run cars on limited alcohol” > — I don’t recall that exact element from *Fallen Angels*. It might be > conflated with something else, or else that detail is present but less > central (or I might be mis‐remembering). The core storyline, though, is > a match with what you described. That's the book but I didn't say anything about cars and limited alcohol. I'll have to reread it since all I remember is the theme of global warming saving humanity from freezing to death. Before global warming global cooling was the big thing in the '70s. https://harpers.org/archive/1958/09/the-coming-ice-age/ The problem of living too long is you're seen too many reversals of The Science to believe anything that isn't apparent by stepping out on the porch.