And that's why. When farms get displaced and the Mississippi takes out a neighborhood, it's a hell of a thing. Especially if it doesn't go back for many life times, if ever.
Look at the dustbowl. The climate did not change, the weather patterns remained the same, it was just the plants that had evolved in it that were removed.
It's not a climactic change, and it was only a temporary result of over-plowing, not having any way of mitigating wind erosion, and a drought.
500 years ago, North America experienced droughts we hadn't seen in centuries before. It nearly wiped out the early James Town settlement. You can't blame that on industrialization.
It sure as shit does.
And that's why. When farms get displaced and the Mississippi takes out a neighborhood, it's a hell of a thing. Especially if it doesn't go back for many life times, if ever.
It's not a climactic change, and it was only a temporary result of over-plowing, not having any way of mitigating wind erosion, and a drought.
Yeah, that's why I don't.