[LibWhacker]

This is good for a political argument. This is very, *very* bad for humanity.

There is no reason to believe that. As the article says, the last Maunder Minimum lasted 70 years (1645-1715). Humanity pulled through just fine.

The Earth will cool off by, perhaps, one-half a degree (exactly the amount it has warmed up since the last minimum) and the global warming zombies will have to transfer their hysteria to some other drug-induced danger they've imagined, perhaps pot blight or killer butterflies under their skin. Rest assured, it will soon metastasize into demands that we give up our cars and bottled water and leather goods and football and Christmas and Thanksgiving and that, from that moment on, we walk to work along dirt paths in our bare feet.

[The Cajun]

the last Maunder Minimum lasted 70 years (1645-1715). Humanity pulled through just fine.

A lot less humanity floating around back then.
That humanity could fend for itself and tough it out maybe a little better than us.
We do have better technology on our side however.

[patton]

“This is good for a political argument. This is very, *very* bad for humanity.”

LW, you ruined my fun - I was about to point out, not so bad.

As many as 10K humans survived the last ice age. Dunno what the population was when it started. Or what technology existed. Think your celphone will survive a few thousand years under two miles of moving ice?

I presume more than 10k humans. On the entire planet.