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America fails to make it into the top five places most likely to survive the end of the world because its giant borders make it vulnerable to mass migration, study finds
2021-07-30
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The US just missed the top 5, in part because it's close to 'external' megacities

  • Such cities are vulnerable to displacement and could cause a migrant crisis

  • It ranked high on its amount of fertile land and manufacturing capabilities

  • New Zealand took the top spot, thanks to its temperate climate and isolation

  • Other countries in the top 5 include Iceland, Australia, Ireland and the UK
That’s certainly one perspective. The survey may need to readdress the impact of mass migration after seeing how Texas handles things, not to mention the next Republican president. Really, this is all based on “science”, not actual science.
Still, the U.S. would have fallen somewhere just out of the Top 5, the researchers at Anglia Ruskin University in the U.K. told DailyMail.com.

The researchers compiled their Top 5 list of countries that they consider most likely to survive a global climate collapse based on a separate list that had been prepared by the University of Notre Dame.

In Notre Dame's list, it came up with the 20 countries it determined were least likely to be damaged from climate change.

The U.K. researchers used that list to determine their Top 5 to survive a climate collapse.

A collapse would mean the fraying of supply chains and international agreements that help trade among countries. Such a collapse would bring the global financial system to its knees.
Posted by:Skidmark

#9  I imagine if there is any general disintegration of the international order that New Zealand is going to be taken over by China in short order.

It's the perfect place to blockade relief from the United States to Australia.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2021-07-30 16:46  

#8  ^^^
Everyone in Iceland turned out to say "Goodbye Paul"...



Now wasn't that nice of them !!!!
Posted by: Graviter Johnson1693   2021-07-30 14:40  

#7  Alaska Paul had visited there and gave the country and people high praise.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-07-30 13:49  

#6  #5 Iceland has a very low population count. Very small nation.
Posted by: Dale   2021-07-30 13:29  

#5  Iceland? "Alex, 'Volcano That Go Bang' for 500$."? That Iceland?
Posted by: magpie   2021-07-30 09:55  

#4  I would think the least developed countries would be the most likely to survive since they have very little dependency on technology, other countries, GIVERnment…. The Amish may be the last group standing in America.
Posted by: Airandee   2021-07-30 06:27  

#3  Forgets that when kaka hits the fan who has the most guns. It ain't the people in Donk cities, except for the gangs. When the 'safety' is released, I wouldn't want to be an interloper someplace I shouldn't be.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-07-30 06:25  

#2  #1 yes, indeed. I wonder why China is not a desired migrant hot spot.
Posted by: Dale   2021-07-30 04:18  

#1  Don't believe a word of any study the conclusion of which contains the word 'likely'.
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-07-30 03:30  

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