On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:14:42 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
wrote:

As I live in Edmonton, Alberta, I believe that a mini-ice-age would be
much harder for _me_ to survive compared with global warming.

I wouldn't be so sure about that. People can easily deal with either
warmer or colder temperatures. But an overall drop in temperatures in
the temperate northern hemisphere is probably much less stressful to
societies in general. There is more water, and crops will probably
fair better. You are much more likely to suffer from the societal
collapses that occur due to the resource issues and natural disasters
that are peculiar to global warming, and not so much to cooling.