this is why it pays to diversify economically.

[2minkey]

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/24/collapse-mayan-civilization-traced-to-dry-spells/

this is why we need to fully exploit but rely less on oil...

 

[catocom]

Because the Mayan knew how to be stargazers, and built pyramids,
but didn't know how to build hot houses, or do agriculture?

 

[catocom]

no
the Mayans fell for the same reason most places do.
Bad leadership.

 

[Gonz]

The Mayans drove SUVs & used Trane AC units?

Scientists have long drawn connections between the slow decline of the ancient Maya, which took about two centuries, "to climate change, and especially to drought,"

Wasn't this around the same time the last mini-ice age was starting? By the 1400s, Europe was freezing.

 

[Gato_Solo]

I was taught that the Mayans blew through their resources, and couldn't sustain their level of civilization...