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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1278614" data-attributes="member: 1246">&quot;If we don&#039;t act on global warming, there will be a billion climate refugees.&quot;&nbsp; (Van Jones)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I’ll go way out on a limb and predict a billion people will not be displaced by “global warming.”Via <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2014/02/20/cnns-van-jones-delusional-not-act-climate-change-due-billion-climate-" target="_blank">Newsbusters</a>:&nbsp;VAN JONES: Now, here’s a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability – terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons – or should we focus on global climate instability – droughts, floods, extreme weather?&nbsp;Here’s the correct answer: yes, both, because climate disruption will make every other national security problem worse – big floods, crazy weather – that can destabilize governments, especially weak governments. That makes it easier for extremists to grab power, or to grab nuclear weapons. No food – people riot; when the oceans rise, people flee. You can imagine a world – with some of these scenarios – with a billion climate refugees. That’s a dangerous</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1278614, member: 1246"] "If we don't act on global warming, there will be a billion climate refugees." (Van Jones) I’ll go way out on a limb and predict a billion people will not be displaced by “global warming.” Via [URL='http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2014/02/20/cnns-van-jones-delusional-not-act-climate-change-due-billion-climate-']Newsbusters[/URL]: VAN JONES: Now, here’s a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability – terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons – or should we focus on global climate instability – droughts, floods, extreme weather? Here’s the correct answer: yes, both, because climate disruption will make every other national security problem worse – big floods, crazy weather – that can destabilize governments, especially weak governments. That makes it easier for extremists to grab power, or to grab nuclear weapons. No food – people riot; when the oceans rise, people flee. You can imagine a world – with some of these scenarios – with a billion climate refugees. That’s a dangerous [/QUOTE]

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