At 03:45 AM Monday 4/21/2008, Wayne Eddy wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Charlie Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> >Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 5:53 PM >Subject: Re: junk science > > > > > > On 21/04/2008, at 12:48 PM, Wayne Eddy wrote: > >> > >>> are you asking, or say those three things contribute to the > >>> greenhouse > >>> effect? war does reduce population, but not enough. it also > >>> creates a > >>> lot of damage to the environment. in any case all three are factors > >>> that increase emissions. reducing any, or all, would certainly slow > >>> down the rate of human generated emissions.. > >>> jon mann > >> > >> No I am saying that all three are more cause for concern than global > >> warming. > > > > And warming is likely to lead to the first, and exacerbate the second > > (for a while - then it'll ameliorate the second in the worst way > > possible). > > > > Charlie. > >OK, I can almost see how Global Warming could cause a war. The Greens vs >the Industrial Nations or something like that,
Or more likely the "have nots" who don't see any other way of improving their lot attacking the "haves," or simply fighting each other over scarce resources, as is common in "less-developed" nations and the inner cities of "more-developed" ones. > but I can't see how it can >exacerbate overpopulation, unless you think people are more likely to have >sex in warm weather. Perhaps what he is suggesting is not so much that it would lead to greater increases in total population but that it could lead to more crowding if people are forced to leave areas where they and generations of their ancestors have lived and move to areas where other people are already living. >How do you expect that Global Warming will eventually reduce population? >Tidal surges into low lying areas or via famine resulting from a reduction >in arable land? Or disease, or war have been suggested. (With the existence of biological agents which can be cooked up at home, the two may not be that different . . . ) . . . ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
