[traumer]

Dust to dust...

[johnfrink]

China has lost 36,000 square miles to desert an area the size of Indiana since the 1950s.

I read that as "India" and almost had a heart attack.

[dead]

But global warming is taking its toll, too.

Global warming leads to increased rainfall which causes desertification.

All outcomes prove the theory as it is constantly altered to conform to the facts which prove it correct.

It’s the world’s first indestructible scientific theory, which means it’s the best.

[azhenfud]

How much is this projected to cost American taxpayers?

[expatguy]

Maybe we need to start killing some people.

[traumer]

"Thirty-one percent of Spain is threatened "
And Islam will take care of the remaining 69%....

[xm177e2]

The answer is simple: we have to increase C0₂ emissions to encourage plants to grow in those desolate regions.

[HEY4QDEMS]

Las Vegas, Palm Springs, etc....Tell the greenies to get the hell out of the way and let the industrialists have at it.
We have the technology, these whackos do everything they can to stop progress, and then blame everything on the people they stopped.

[Publius6961]

Desertification, global cooling, meteors or bolides and women and minorities hit hardest?

Woe is us!
We are doomed!

[babyface00]

And all these problems can be traced to George W. Bush, right?

[TX Bluebonnet]

That's okay, my backyard is becoming a swamplike jungle. I'm doing my part.

[Dasaji]

The world is turning to dust,

WHERE? I haven't been able to put my boat in the water this year because it KEEPS RAINING and the river is a mess.

[cripplecreek]

Ive burned up two submersible pumps keeping my well pit dry this year. If Michigan is a desert, I don't even want to know what a swamp is.

[RightWhale]

Breaking news to another college freshman class.

[joesnuffy]

Oh no...guess we better let the UN take over all the worlds land so they can 'save us'
from disaster....
we better give them all our money and possessions and all our freedom so they can 'better manage all of humanity' than individual humans could ever mangage themselves...

[MediaMole]

If the UN has some buckets, they can get the water in my basement.

[frithguild]

The human race was dyin' out
Noone left to scream and shout
People walking on the moon
Smog will get you pretty soon

Everyone was hanging out
Hanging up and hanging down
Hanging in and holding fast
Hope our little world will last

Yeah, along came Mr. Goodtrips
Looking for a new a ship
Come on, people better climb on board
Come on, baby, now we're going home
Ship of fools, ship of fools

The human race was dyin' out
Noone left to scream and shout
People walking on the moon
Smog will get you pretty soon
Ship of fools, ship of fools
Ship of fools, ship of fools
Ship of fools, ship of fools

[fat city]

World Day to Combat Desertification

Party time!!

[Faraday]

Even if you grant the UN points (and I would not be quick to do so), what is not said is very important. Population growth rates are falling over most of the globe--it is undergoing a crash in some areas. Agricultural output grows as technology is applied. Finally, the spread of capitalism holds great hope for the more efficient use of current resources.

Notice the report makes no recommendation for a solution to the "problem" they cite. Why not? Because the UN socialist bureaucrats would favor the elimination of the capitalist economic system, the strangling of the economy via energy controls, and the forced reduction in population via abortion, euthanasia, mandatory birth control, and genetic genocide. Not a pretty picture. No wonder the AP wouldn't ask the obvious questions.

[been_lurking]

Is this before or after Global Warming floods the Earth by melting the Polar Ice Caps?

(Which, incidentally has to wait in line behind the Global Warming Ice Age.)