Economics and China

[kandrathe]

Taking all this into consideration, I cannot however overlook the possibility that, as you pointed out, the world is in a warming trend not fully explained by our glutton waste or pollution.

This trend is most definitely exacerbated by the direct and indirect actions of human activity. It's not the one thing, it's the combination of carbon displacements (forests, fertilizers, fossils) all together changing the chemical balance of our oceans (lakes), land, and air. These natural cycles are normal, but our unique contribution will probably push weather into extremes not seen on our planet in millennia. Perhaps it's natures(systemic) way of restoring the equilibrium, but that has yet to be discovered. The "evil" though is not corporate, other than in the sense of the "body of mankind" and all our combined activities. The difference between now, and one thousand years ago is the energy used by each person, and the now 6+ billion people using this available energy. It's that the Eskimo's or African tribes can use snowmobiles, or ATV's to get around. We've learned how to make advanced technology very cheaply, and the consumption of it all is killing the planet. But, I don't think the answer is to kill off 90% of the humans, and return us to the stone age.

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Population growth does not alone explain CO2 emissions. We're all producing more CO2 as the "equality" of technology access becomes global.