Reasons to Leave the Earth, Part 1

Apparently, the Pentagon has presented the White House with a dire warning about global warming, which the White House has, thus far, covered up. According to the British newspaper The Observer, among the Pentagon's findings are:

By 2020 'catastrophic' shortages of water and energy supply will become increasingly harder to overcome, plunging the planet into war. They warn that 8,200 years ago climatic conditions brought widespread crop failure, famine, disease and mass migration of populations that could soon be repeated.

The paper also says that the scientists who have access to the Pentagon's findings are considering giving them to Kerry to use against Bush.