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Proof That John Oliver Can Even Make Mobile Homes (And the Exploitation of Their Owners) a Fascinating Subject [VIDEO]

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Teukka4/08/2019 10:38:51 pm PDT

re: #340 Cheechako

I noticed a similar occurrence in my neighborhood in SE Alaska. Last summer there were absolutely no cones being produced by the large Sitka spruces and hemlocks in my neighborhood. And I mean absolutely none. In a normal year I usually pick up several bushels of cones from just my yard. This past year, nothing.

I remember commenting last fall about my concerns for my local squirrel family and their inability to find cones to store in their middens. So far I haven’t seen any squirrels in my yard.

My nightmare scenario is a variation on “the perfect storm” theme. Basically, major-league ecological collapse and emerging diseases, compounded by natural disasters. All brought on by anthropogenic climate change.
And that’s without factoring anything else but primary damage, secondary damage would be political and ecological collapse, and I’m sure someone somewhere has worked out the potential 7th level damage.