Darfur

The first genocide of the new century actually isn't a genocide -- it is a resource war. Survivalists should be watching Darfur closely because it's a great preview of things to come.

First, sub-Saharan Africa has some of the highest birthrates in the world, well above 3% annual growth.

Second, over-farming and other factors are causing the Sahara Desert to expand -- known as desertification.

The good religious groups that have tried to help the area brought their bags of grain and drilled the wells, but they forgot to bring the contraceptives and family planning education. Yes, I put the blame squarely in the face of religious aid workers for bringing on the first
major dieoff of the 21st century.

On one side of this war, you have the government forces and their nomad militia. In addition to their horses and vehicles, they have military aircraft. On the other side, you have the farmers, who with their large families and over-farming are slowly destroying the region. The government soldiers and militia, known as the janjaweed, have so far slaughtered up to 400,000 farming families, and have forced another 2 million to flee.

Aid groups, such as the Save Darfur Coalition, a religious coalition, continue to bring in food and medicine. But where are the contraceptives?

Nations with huge populations, high birthrates, and growing food deficits, will be prime candidates for social upheavel, extreme violence, and adjustment. In the next decades, the following nations will collapse first: Indonesia, Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria, and Mexico.

Often, the "adjustments" will manifest themselves in the form of terrorism, and we are already seeing plenty of this in the nations mentioned above.

Just like in the United States, collapsing societies will hold on to their religious fundamentalism as the world implodes around them. "It is the will of God, Allah, or Fill-In-the-Blank," they will scream. These people have no concept of taking responsibility for the Planet -- everything that happens is the will of their diety.

At 11 million people with limited fresh water, Georgia won't be a fun playground either. Before long, our population will be 20 million as refugees from around the world flood our humble state.

Okay, time to repeat a line from my favorite song: "Does anyone really know what time it is. Does anyone really care."