Study predicts harsh effects of climate change on California

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Source: San Jose Mercury News

Hundreds more people in the United States will die each year from air pollution as temperatures increase from carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas blamed for global warming, according to a new Stanford University study.

The study by Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, is considered the first to directly link increased carbon dioxide in the air to human deaths. It is expected to be published Thursday in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

... The research predicts that carbon dioxide may increase annual U.S. air pollution deaths by about 1,000, although it could range from 350 to 1,800, and cancers by 20 to 30 for every 1-degree Celsius increase in temperature caused by gas. Globally, deaths could increase by about 21,600 a year, ranging from 7,400 to 39,000, the study said.

... California is home to seven of the 10 worst metropolitan areas for ozone pollution in the United States - Los Angeles, Fresno, Bakersfield, Visalia, Merced, Sacramento and Hanford - according to the American Lung Association.

Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_7867305

[jaysunb]

1. Thanks, but I'm still not leaving.... ( So Cal.)

:rofl:

[Faux pas]

2. Glad I lived long enough to get out! Don't miss the heat, smog or

teeming masses at all.

[Anywho6]

3. Just curious...Oregon now? n/t

[Faux pas]

8. Yep, you're right. Was born here, figured retiring here would be

the better way to go. :)

[shanti]

4. third gen. californian

but the northwest is looking mighty good right about now!

[Faux pas]

9. LOL I bet! Don't miss Santa Ana winds, fires, floods or earthquakes

at all!

[mike_c]

5. public service warning to southern californians thinking about fleeing...

...to Baja Oregon, otherwise known as far northern california: you'd hate it here. Really. For your own sake, please stay where you are....

[sentelle]

6. Yeah,

The weather: it rains all the time, and the rain and the freeways that are smaller than the ones in SoCal...

Seriously, we in the Pacific northwest like to talk about lousy weather to keep Californians from moving up here. (This way we can keep it to ourselves)

[kineneb]

7. not leaving either - rural NorCal

Since air pollution here is not a problem now, it should be even less as oil prices go up. Ya' see, there are only 65,000 people in the entire county (Lake). There are no real freeways: every road in is 2-lane and Not straight. So fewer people will drive up for the tourist season. Oh, well. We can go back to being just an ag county. Want wine and pears with that bison or beef roast?

Other and Main reason I will not move: our house payment(f/equity loan), with property taxes runs around $300/month. Heating and cooling are not too costly, and the scenery is great.