Source of The Nile

The great lakes in central Africa are shrinking. And it doesn't seem to be an ‘ordinary’ drought. "A further dramatic drop in Victoria's water levels might even turn off this spigot for the Nile, a lifeline for more than 100 million Egyptians, Sudanese and others." And that's just half the story. The other interesting bit (from an interview to be posted here in two weeks) is that the rise in oil prices is making kerosene, used for cooking, too expensive for most Africans. And there's no substitute for kerosene in urban Africa. So global warming takes away their water and Peak Oil takes away their food. Well, if a significant number of Africans are priced out of the oil market—or die off—that decrease in demand will slightly soften price rises for everyone else. But those living the life of Riley in America's suburbia might want to keep a wary eye on the dark continent: travails there point to subsequent travails here, and the typical rule that during a catastrophe the weakest die off first.