Stan,
I agree Eskimos and Siberian peoples would be well adapted to severe
cold, but at the northern latutudes post impact it would become
un-bearably cold, nearly all life requires sunlight even at polar lats.
If the temperature dropped another 30 degress or so for a year or two, I
doubt that
.. One other thing to bear in mind, what we eat, and what we need to eat
are vastly different! The average meal in the 'developed world' could
keep you alive for up to two days, if push comes to shove, we could all
[survive] on not much at all.
Food for thought!
Dear List, Mark, Dirk;
I trend to agree more with Mark ...somewhat. Yes the majority of us
are stupid people but indeed some are smarter type zealots. There are
the remember when's too. Anyone over 65 that lives in a rural part
of America still lives in fear of another great
I'd have to disagree from 2 standpoints:
It's hard to imagine even the third world countries surviving and growing
food when it's -30 degrees C, even if their survival skills where better on
average than those in developed countries.
eskimos, north canadians, and people in siberia, (as well as
Dirk,
I take a different view. I think that post impact, you'd be supprised, whilst
developed society would certainly breakdown, the advantages of technology shouldn't
be underestimated, heating, lighting water purification, vaccination - all rely on
technology the third world (on the whole)
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