The world is not on track to reduce, or even restrain global warming. David Biello reports
Scientific American
Climate Change Getting Worse by the Minute
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What goes up and doesn't come down?
Greenhouse gas emissions, apparently. The world set another record in 2012, spewing some 31.6 billion metric tons of
carbon dioxide,
methane,
hydrofluorocarbons and other
greenhouse gases into the air.
The 2012 contribution keeps us on pace for not one more degree Celsius
of warming, or even two, as is the avowed goal of the international
climate negotiations that saw
another inconclusive round conclude this past week. We are on track for three degrees C of warming or more, this century.
That calculation comes from the
International Energy Agency,
a kind of cartel for oil-consuming rich nations. But don't despair. The
U.S. in recent years has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions back to
levels last seen in the 1990s. That's thanks mostly to burning less
coal.
And there are some quick and easy steps that could reduce emissions globally:
more energy efficiency,
less leaking methane, an end to
fossil fuel subsidies and a ban on inefficient
coal-fired power plants. If we did all of those, we might get on a new track that leads to a
world that’s less hot and bothered.
—David Biello
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Yes. As an intuitive what I presently foresee (if no factors change in one way or another) is about 1/2 the world's present population reduced by weather changes to do with global warming between now and 2100. And this is WITHOUT any major wars. Wars over resources could increase the death toll dramatically. In fact if CO2 increases from China for example alone the way things are going we could see even 3/4 of the present level of population gone by 2100 very easily WITHOUT considering any wars into the equation at all.
Here is the problem. Global warming on earth could be perceived as 7 billion people in a bus headed for a cliff. If the 7 billion people cannot drive the bus it goes over the cliff. Very simple.
To me, the most horrific part of this is the most extreme amounts of death will be in underdeveloped areas of the world where people won't have any chance of survival at all when floods, droughts, and winds above 100 mph literally blow them away.
Whereas people with infrastructure and technology will fare better but not by much.
What happens when you build an underground home to hide from tornadoes and you drown in it from 8 to 11 inches of rain from the same storm? These are the kinds of problems coming more frequently now all over earth. So, running from the storms in your car or truck sounds like a much better idea at that point. And 9 died recently near Oklahoma City doing that.
Note: I'm not sharing this to terrify everyone. However, I am giving a realistic assessment of what is actually going on. So, if we don't create a worldwide consensus what I'm talking about 1/2 to 3/4 of the present level of world population going over a cliff actually happens.
And if that happens expect most cultures to disappear here on earth because a new type of revenge will start happening worldwide by the surviving children of those who die from the ongoing "Global Weather Catastrophy". Rightly or wrongly the survivors in less developed countries will tend to become anarchic and become all sorts of terrorists because of losing their parents too young from weather disasters. Whether their anger will be justified or not doesn't stop the anger from manifesting in various ways around the world.
So, the only way to stop or slow down this mess is for the whole world to get real about this. Right now, most of the world is either uneducated or just still too much in shock from what is happening already. Without enough level headed clear thinking adults and a worldwide consensus the bus is going off the cliff.
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