The Inscrutable Chinese

Dr. James Lovelock says he has, er, scruted them:

 ”By 2040, China will be uninhabitable.” Lovelock believes that the Chinese, because of their high levels of industrial activity, will be the first to suffer, with the death of all plant life.

“So I think the Chinese will go to Africa. They are already there, preparing a new continent – the Chinese industrialists who claim to be out there mining minerals are just there on a pretext of preparing for the big move.”

James, I find your views intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. 

I also suspect the Beijing Olympics are just a plot to steal the cream of the human race’s genetics to breed Sino-supermen, able to survive temperatures up to several degrees warmer than today and subsist for weeks on a single grain of rice while producing cut-rate textiles in a sweatshop,  thus carrying the Chinese culture through the post-apocalyptic hell of 2040.  The CIA has been trying to steal these thoughts from my brain, but fortunately I have devised an intricate and elegant system of mind-ray suppression.

UPDATE:  It has been pointed out to me that in the hellish scorching heat of an Earth that is as much as 5 degrees warmer than today, there would be no need for clothes.  I can only assume this erroneous conclusion was beamed into my mindthoughts by certain vested interests, but don’t worry: I have upgraded my protection (NSFW, or anywhere else.  Really, you shouldn’t click on this.  Trust me, you’re going to regret it) to prevent this from happening again.