Asia's greenhouse gas 'to treble'

[YankeyMCC]

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Asia's greenhouse gas emissions will treble over the next 25 years, according to a report commissioned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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It says that its estimate of future levels of greenhouse gas could even be an optimistic assessment.
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The report points out that China is already the world's fourth largest economy, and the number of cars and utility vehicles could increase by 15 times more than present levels to more than 190 million vehicles over the next 30 years.
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She made the call ahead of a report commissioned by the British government which said that rich nations must act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6178683.stm

[Altean Wanderer]

1. Bad news - I think there'll be no avoiding catastrophic global warming n/t

[Barrett808]

3. Rapid climate change isn't the only problem -- ocean chemistry is changing rapidly as well

We could kill the oceans before we wreck the planetary climate.

[gravity]

4. I agree

The only thing that is going to stop global warming is when we run out of fossil fuels.

[greenman3610]

2. careful.

trend is not destiny.

[redqueen]

5. trend schmend. it's a roll of the dice.

feedback loops make the whole situation a very dangerous crap shoot.

heck of a thing to gamble with.