Reductions in the burning of fossil fuels sufficient to have even a modest impact would stifle economic growth and plunge the world into chaos.

FORBES: Beyond Copenhagen

Will it be bad for the world if the civilized West gallops into the chaos and removes the weapons cache?

WSJ: Gut Time

Politicians around the world would be very worried indeed should Russia sink into political chaos.

BBC: Russia tumbles and the world trembles

"I taught about economic collapse and how it actually looks on the ground, " Croft told CNN affiliate WHNS, noting he wasn't expecting the world's total obliteration but rather a more gradual slide into chaos.

CNN: The end of the world? Not quite yet