I apologize for this greatly truncated and over simplified version of events. I wanted to quickly hop, skip and jump over the premise to get to the point. Admittedly, much has been omitted in the run up to current affairs, so please bear with my brevity and hopefully it will appear somewhat coherent. This is an age old dialogue that we've all contemplated for decades, but it is now staring us right square in the face, much to our chagrin.

The day the hunter-gatherer stepped foot from the forest and scratched the earth to plant a crop was the day that set us on the path where we find ourselves today. Because of this new sedentary lifestyle brought on by agriculture and animal husbandry, villages, towns, and cities were subsequently established due to the capacity to store enough surplus food stuffs to survive the winter. Humans like feeling safe and their bellies full. As the population grew and soil lost its fertility, water dried up and/or fouled, the need for new fresh dirt and water to grow ever larger crops led to outward expansion. This expansion often led to war with neighbors. As these populations grew into city states it foreshadowed empire. As empires grew so did the demand for more resources, a demand that prompted even further expansion and further conquest.

Let's start with climate change. My position on climate change was encapsulated in a paper I wrote some time ago.