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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (310886)11/16/2006 3:30:39 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1577585
 
"I think you've exaggerated the examples, "

Maybe. Examine the data and draw your own conclusions. But the timing is there, albeit a little fuzzier on the cooling end. There was a cooling trend before the plague(s) and it has been contended that the cooler wetter weather made the plagues worse. However, the CO2 concentration did decline a lot in the wake of the population crash and the reforestation of Europe. The trough aligns pretty nicely with the Little Ice Age, and average temps and CO2 concentration climbed more or less in lock step.

"Or to put it another way, what would be cheaper? Trying to prevent the effects of global warming, or adapting to said effects?"

A large percentage of the US population lives within a hundred miles of the coast. Not only that, but many of the rest lives close to a major river. So not only are we looking at breeding different food crops and maybe having to give up ones like wheat, we are looking at relocating most of the major cities and much of the population in the country. Granted, that would be spaced out over a century or so, but it would have to be done. What would be the cost of moving greater LA, New York City, Silicon Valley? Just to name 3.
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