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A Stark Warning On Climate Change
cliffski writes "In a report based on computer predictions, UK government advisor Professor David King said that an increase of even three degrees Celsius would cause drought and famine and threaten millions of lives
The US refuses to cut emissions and those of India and China are rising. A government report based on computer modeling projects a 3C rise would cause a drop worldwide of between 20 and 400 million tonnes in cereal crops, about 400 million more people at risk of hunger and between 1.2bn and 3bn more people at risk of water stress."
If you haven't already, take a look at Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs, and Steel", and "Collapse".
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To be fair to China, they've had much smaller growth in their pollution compared to other countries who underwent similar industrialization. Not saying they're perfect, but that should be mentioned.
As I posted earlier this week, Lindzen is part of a professional network of Greenhouse deniers. By all means, read his work. And google for rebuttals, cross-reference his citations. And look at the climate you get to see yourself. Then decide whether everything's OK.
Here's a factoid to get you started:
"In November 2004, climate change skeptic Richard Lindzen was quoted saying he'd be willing to bet that the earth's climate will be cooler in 20 years than it is today. When British climate researcher James Annan contacted him, however, Lindzen would only agree to take the bet if Annan offered a 50-to-1 payout."
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Do you really think China and India need the help of the Kyoto Protocol? Production is *already* shifting to those countries. And yes their emissions are uncapped, but their emissions are a fraction of the U.S.'s emissions. When they become part of the problem then we can talk, but right now Europe and the U.S. are the problem.
Hello random internet guy. I do so like your idea about "talking" once China and India become a problem. Allow me to show you the power of 90 seconds and google.com.
Greenhouse gas emission by country
US: 6747 Mtons
EU: 4050 Mtons
China: 3650 Mtons
India: 1228 Mtons
Ah, ok, so, I'm not really sure what your definition of fraction is... but I'm going to go ahead and call 3650/4050, roughly 90%, which is the amount of greenhouse gasses emitted by the EU vs China... a "problem". So, can we start talking yet?
I think you need to check your facts "Decaff". That data that goes back for millenia is incomplete, and often "guessed". You see, ancient man didn't have modern instruments for tracking weather, even temperature so we don't really know with 100% accuracy what the weather was like in 1006. In fact, we can't be completely sure of what it was like in 1806 because THE RECORDS ARE INCOMPLETE. It's all guesswork. And contrary to what NPR would have you believe, not all scientists are in agreement on "global warming".
Lindzen is part of a professional network of Greenhouse deniers.
Lindzen is a professor at MIT.
-jcr
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