Apparently I’m not the only one with the Doomsday Clock on his mind. The custodians of the clock are, presumably, preparing to move its minute hand forward:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The keepers of the “Doomsday Clock” plan to move its hands forward next Wednesday to reflect what they call worsening nuclear and climate threats to the world.
The symbolic clock, maintained by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, currently is set at seven minutes to midnight, with midnight marking global catastrophe.
The group did not say in which direction the hands would move. But in a news release previewing an event next Wednesday, they said the change was based on “worsening nuclear, climate threats” to the world.
Must be something going around.
The only meaningful climate threat is the one resulting from a nuclear exchange. The nuclear winter from even a limited nuclear exchange could result in mass starvation in the third world, with the deaths of up to a billion people.