There will be nowhere to hide from climate change. The extra moisture in the air has already increased major flood events here. The shifting jet stream may bring more and worse polar vortexes. And from what climate refuge is our food to come from? These escapist fantasies are not helpful. For the sake of argument let's say we live in a sweet spot immune from global warming's worst effects. What then? Do we increase the population by a few tens of thousands and then build a wall around our bunker-city to keep the rest of the climate refugees out? Suggesting there will be little bright spots or opportunities to be found amid the climate catastrophe is like someone saying, "I've got cancer, but I'm going to save money on haircuts!"

Here is the prophet Tiny Tim, around 1968, warning the children about rising sea levels.