> Keith Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dan M. wrote: > snip > >The numbers that I've seen is that the US and > >Europe, and other developed > >countries have to drop to, essentially, the per > >capita carbon consumption of > >China...and China and India, etc. have to hold > >their consumption at or below that level. > > > >I'll stop here for now, I'm not sure if anyone is > interesting in replying. > >But, if there interest, I think I could argue that > even Debbie's lifestyle > >would be all but impossible in a no global warming > world. > It would be possible in a world with far fewer > people. Unfortunately the > routes to that state are really unpleasant. There > isn't even a word for a billion people dying.
In a warmer world, however, with changes in arable landmass/location, and expansion of 'tropical' diseases to the former temperate zones, with large refugee populations on the move with the attendant epidemics -- I'd predict many millions in the span of a generation or two. It'd be horrible. Debbi The Party Is Disrupted By An Uninvited Guest Maru __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
