Study: Climate change could kill your internet in 15 years

Fast Company ^ | July 17, 2018 | Melissa Locker

[MichaelCorleone]

No problem - Al Gore will just invent a new one.

[edwinland]

Want to get a whole bunch of people to really, really care about climate change and rising sea levels? Tell them their internet is at risk.

The author mistakenly assumes this scare scenario is a function of the “study” rather than the original purpose for it.

[C210N]

Funny this glowBull warming krap.... while we really are entering perhaps 200 years of Global Cooling. As of today, the sun has been blank for 3 solid weeks, and likely to go more. Cycle 23 was the lowest output sun a century, and 24's solar minimum is shaping up to be even lower. Predictions are about regarding 25/26 as continuing a new Dalton if not Maunder minimum. I'd like it to be named the "ManBearPig Minimum".

[Paladin2]

Or, most likely, NOT.

[Secret Agent Man]

I will be fine according to the racist gynocentric media. Women and minorities are always hardest hit.

[BenLurkin]

Ping for the internet is down ping list

[Paladin2]

Ceramics tend to be sustainable. Even though glass is in a class of its own.

[MadLibDisease]

LOL, awesome post

[Paladin2]

"....."ManBearPig Minimum"....."

I like that moniker.

Heh, heh, heh...

[EdnaMode]

Thanks. :D

[MountainWalker]

Fast Company is a joke. I got a free sub off expiring airline miles and got an issue with a Chelsea Clinton on the cover. WTF does Chelsea Clinton have to do with ANY company? She ran the Clinton money laundering foundation and that’s it.

[Vendome]

Drop it in jelly and OSP

Problem solved...

[beethovenfan]

Of course, God has no input on climate. (Who??)

[jerod]

More fake news... Communication cables have been laid under water and oceans since the 19th century... This is complete balderdash.

[RetiredTexasVet]

I would advise all of y’all out there not to send your chillen to UW or UO unless you are into child abuse.

[scripter]

Your comment made me lol. Thanks!

[Mrs. Don-o]

We're going to be hit by a big ol' meteor.

Come, sweet meteor of death.

Be sure to bring wienies and marshmallows..

[Lurker]

“Even though glass is in a class of its own.”

The weakness in fiber optic cable isn’t the fiber piece, it’s what it’s clad in. If the coating fails then a hair thin piece of glass is exposed to the elements and the signal is lost.

That’s why it’s critical that first quality material be used. I know, I’m intimately involved in that industry. In urban areas it can cost well over $1,000,000 to lay a single mile of cable. And repair costs run into tens of thousands of dollars.

So you want to do it right the first time and make sure that expensive asset is well protected.

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[a fool in paradise]

GOOD! - Grumpy Cat

[a fool in paradise]

What about the female sea monkeys?