From: Dhu on Gate <campbell@neotext.ca>
Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.global-warming,sci.skeptic
Subject: Re: Alan "Rich Kid" Baker, Knows EVERYTHING!
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 06:20:10 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:58:13 -0700, Dr. Rocktor wrote:
>> The Holocene is due to end. The Holocene is overdue to
>> end! And, no, not because of Gwobull Warbling. It was
>> already overdue to end in Roman times... pre Roman times!
>
> Many trace the decline of the Roman empire to a series of colder and
> drier winters that played havoc with grain production and thus hobbled
> their armies' conquest and retention progress.
Na. Roman Armies (actually all armies) needed to "eat peasants" as they moved:
"gleaners" went an' took what there was. They ran into trouble in places where
there were no peasants with grain stores to steal, like Scotland: smoked fish
and mussels don't keep so well in the rain.
Dhu
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