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Define "planetary suicide." I'm sure that the Chinese leadership isn't too concerned because their patch of Earth is well-positioned to whatever chaos will ens
by baguasquirrel 17y ago
Define "planetary suicide." I'm sure that the Chinese leadership isn't too concerned because their patch of Earth is well-positioned to whatever chaos will ensue. I'm sure the sub-Saharan nations, Australia and perhaps even the Indian subcontinent would beg to differ though.
A two degree centigrade difference, real or imagined, wouldn't be a big deal to a modernized China, nor would it be a big deal to those of us living in North America.
What's more is that China is blessed with regards to natural defenses. These same natural defenses also lead to isolation. The Chinese paid dearly for their relative isolation in the 19th and 20th centuries. But if all havoc were to break out in the rest of the world, then they'd do comparatively well in their present state.
It's all just politics, plain and simple.
- Zarkonnen 17y agoThe problem with a 2C warming is that it won't just cause everywhere to become two degrees warmer. It will mean a massive upset in weather patterns and large areas of land that are currently arable becoming barren, along with a lot of fertile or inhabited land becoming flooded.
- tokenadult 17y agoWhat are your favorite references to back up those predictions? Couldn't there also be currently barren areas that become arable?
- zzkt 17y agoThe IPCC 4th Assessment Report is a good starting place. http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_ipcc_fourth_assessment_report_synthesis_report.htm http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_ipcc_f...