Re. the changes not "necessarily being disastrous for either human beings or the planet"... there's already people in Bangladesh, Darfur, Europe, many Pacific islands, and New Orleans who might not agree with that assessment. I know most of them are/were poor and dark, and I know many of them were probably fated to die early and painfully of floods and water shortages and heat waves and severe weather events anyway. But most indicators point to the fact that more of them are dying of these things than ever before - and not just because there are more people on the planet - and that they will continue to suffer and die, in greater numbers, as the planet's climate changes in unexpected ways.
I think the argument can be made that those people in Bangladesh, Darfur and certainly in New Orleans were the victims of political mismanagment and/or government corruption not global warming.
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Date: 2007-12-20 04:54 am (UTC)I think the argument can be made that those people in Bangladesh, Darfur and certainly in New Orleans were the victims of political mismanagment and/or government corruption not global warming.