I had to quit reading The Road pretty quickly when I realized the father was actually too stupid to live for long. Guess I missed the cannibals and such. (For instance, assuming he's in the US, about every 3rd home should have some ammunition and firearms of some kind. Search 10 homes and the odds are incredibly high that you'll come acorss both. Even if you search in the very dangerous cities.)
If the biosphere is gone the only question you have is when do you die. Even fortuitously finding more food supplies can only stave it off for so long. Eventually all the food runs out, including other humans. Then everyone is soon dead.
WHAT IF the sun went dark? Sure would fix climate change, wouldn't it?
Climate, too, in fact.
" And that’s why economists’ focus on trade-offs is so much wiser than environmentalists’ nightmares"
trade-off's are often economists unwise attempts to put price tags on environmentalists' nightmares
I had to quit reading The Road pretty quickly when I realized the father was actually too stupid to live for long. Guess I missed the cannibals and such. (For instance, assuming he's in the US, about every 3rd home should have some ammunition and firearms of some kind. Search 10 homes and the odds are incredibly high that you'll come acorss both. Even if you search in the very dangerous cities.)
If the biosphere is gone the only question you have is when do you die. Even fortuitously finding more food supplies can only stave it off for so long. Eventually all the food runs out, including other humans. Then everyone is soon dead.