Comments on: Will Climate Change Really Spur Mass Migrations of Mexicans to the U.S.?

By: Shirley A. Evans

Shirley A. Evans — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:40:30 +0000

Yes, sacha, you make a good point – the key to clean energy is changing ourselves. One by one, we can collectively make a huge change in how we do things.

Shirley

By: sacha davilak

sacha davilak — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:35:23 +0000

There’s no better way to make clean energy cheap than to make dirty energy expensive. Global Oil Socialism focuses on keeping oil cheap by taxing the global economy to foot the bill for guns and roses. Nations have no power to change this unfortunate reality. All you need do however, is change yourself.

By: JoeR

JoeR — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:33:26 +0000

People closer to the equator in both hemispheres are, and will be, headed north. Yet so many people are doubting the reality of climate change.

I find in reading those sites that say that climate problems are a myth that their evidence is very sparse and inconclusive. Recently I read Book 1 of the free e-book series “In Search of Utopia” (http://andgulliverreturns.info), it blasts their lack of evidence relative to several myths. The book, actually the last half of the book, takes on the skeptics in global warming, overpopulation, lack of fresh water, lack of food, and other areas where people deny the evidence. I strongly suggest that anyone wanting to see the whole picture read the book, at least the last half. There is also up to date information at:http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11462-climate-change-a-guide-for-the-perplexed.html

By: Joe Earth

Joe Earth — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:24:25 +0000

There have been other studies which indicate that climate change will cause migrations of human populations, not just from Mexico but from other parts of the globe. It’s something that we should be prepared for.

By: scott

scott — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:09:36 +0000

The world is currently stuffed with people, it’s full please, no more (less for a while), thank you. Diet time. Oh well, nature never allows any population to go unchecked and out of control for too long, eventually something happens that sets the numbers back, some kind of distaster, or disease.

I like all kinds of people and cultures, but we can’t support an endless influx of millions and millions of more people, not with the current dirty and wasteful resource use and extraction methods in place to create the type of life we live and that everyone craves.

By: Wonderlane

Wonderlane — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:50:25 +0000

they have a freeway infrastructure that is surprisingly modern and wonderful. It appears to be structured specifically to supply food to the US. But past the northern desert it might as well be designed to haul people as well – both ways.

as a Catholic country, clearly Mexico is planning for a population boom of massive proportions.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:41:50 +0000

But how many Americans are going to migrate to Canada?

By: rick

rick — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:39:24 +0000

way to give the climate skeptics ammo

This has to be the most vacuous, speculative, and useless study I’ve ever seen

By: Dubliner

Dubliner — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:35:32 +0000

It makes perfect sense that people in countries which are adversely effected by climate change will migrate towards countries less impacted especially to countries that are not already densely populated and poverty stricken. People have migrated for similar reasons since we evolved. Hell even animals migrate to find food. I ‘ve been trying to point that out for a long time to fellow Irish who dismiss climate change because it won’t directly impact Ireland too badly. The indirect consequences are far reaching indeed. We will have to accommodate these people because to do otherwise would be to ignore immense human suffering.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:58:46 +0000

This could very likely happen

however these people will not be the only ‘climatic refugees’ in the coming decades.

There will be Americans in the south/central Great Plains exiting -since the region will likely become semi desert again-unable to support agriculture. South and central Florida will likely suffer from sea rise, and rising temperatures, and drought- turning what is left of the state into a savanna type climate.

Also The states of AZ, Nevada, Inland southern/central CA. parts of Texas, New Mexico will become uninhabitable; water shortages, drought and extreme heat-causing out migration to ‘cooler’ and greener parts of the nation.

The great in migration to the aforementioned areas of the 20th century will likely be over this decade- areas to grow in population; Upper Midwest/great lakes, New England, up state NY, Northern CA, Oregon and Washington state(west of the Cascades)