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Environment & Energy

NoOneMan

(4,795 posts)

1. Don't hold your breath

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun Nov 25, 2012, 04:11 PM

Nov 2012

Whatever conditions that are required to incite global cooperation are likely conditions that will seal our fate.

Would not energy & time be better spent now (in serious regions) at helping their people survive in a much harsher +3-4C world? IOW, transitioning their agriculture and economy for a projected temperature rise in an unstable geo-political world (suggesting more emphasis on local, independent production)

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