There was an article in this morning's paper concerning the dire consequences that can be expected from continued global warming. Aside from the environmental challenges expected, there is concern that there might be serious economic and social consequences, perhaps even violence and war. As nations and populations struggle with growing food and water shortages, it is feared that the resulting rise of tensions could provoke conflict between nations and people in the struggle over dwindling resources. I have a different theory. War is not just a potential result of climate change, but, more importantly, it is a source as well. Let me explain.
After studying the evidence, I have concluded that dinosaurs did not die off due to climate change brought about by an asteroid or meteor. What killed the dinosaurs was the fallout and nuclear winter that followed a terrible war fought between the different dinosaur nations. That war was the result of the great struggle between dinosaurs for markets and resources. It was the total destruction brought about by that war which wiped out the dinosaurs and destroyed their civilization. The lack of any evidence of dinosaur civilization is testimony to the violence of that war.
The scale and ferocity of the war drastically altered the environment and ushered in the Ice Age. Many of the few remaining dinosaurs found the new climate inhospitable for large reptiles and so decided to evolve into mammals. In time, some of the more restless mammals decided to evolve into apes. And so the apes ruled the world. After awhile, some apes grew dissatisfied with their lives and decided to evolve once again, this time into cavemen. Time passed and eventually some of the more ambitious cavemen decided to evolve into what we know as modern man. The rest is history. Had the dinosaurs never fought that last, horrible war, the climate never would have changed and they would still be running the world. There is a lesson here, but I'm not quite sure what it is.
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