people in colder climates won't die of hypothermia

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

from the author of "eco-freaks" johm berlau.

c-span2 book event from march at the cpac book fair. that was his answer when asked what are the advantages of global warming.

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c-span2 now live at LA Times Festival of Books.

topic is The Politics of Faith

[eleny]

1. But they'll die of diseases normally not known in northern climates

...When such viruses and bacteria move north quicker than the people and other animals can build resistance.

I don't know if I'm making sense. Right now I'd like to smack the shit out of that dopey cretin.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

3. he had an answer to that type of problem.

more pesticides, particularly ddt.

[eleny]

7. AAAAAAAAGH

[SoCalDem]

8. We already tried the "Better Living Through Chemistry" approach

Didn't turn out so well :eyes:

[Uncle Joe]

2. I believe it's the Methane Gas that will kill them,

either from the frozen deposits undersea or underground that will melt when Earth warms up enough or the methane gas spewing from the excrement coming from berlau's mouth.

[elocs]

4. CLIMATIC CHANGES THAT MAKE THE WORLD FLIP

http://www.unesco.org/courier/1999_11/uk/planete/txt1.htm

"Global warming’s impact on the environment is not necessarily a drawn-out affair. Recent evidence shows that dramatic changes or ‘climatic flips’ could happen virtually overnight.

The once-green land of Ireland turned into a frozen wilderness. Harp seals swimming among ice-floes off the coast of France. Polar bears prowling the streets of Amsterdam. These are the images conjured up by the latest research into global warming.
Yes, you read that correctly: global warming–the rise in the world’s average temperature caused by the trapping of the sun’s heat by pollution in the atmosphere.
If you are baffled by that, then prepare to be shocked. For the same research is now suggesting that such dramatic changes in the climate of northern Europe could take place in as few as 10 years.

Again, this figure is not a misprint: no zero has gone missing. Scientists have recently uncovered compelling evidence that global warming can have a devastating impact on timescales far shorter than anyone believed possible. Not centuries, not even decades, but years, in what are being called “climatic flips”. One leading expert has recently gone on record to warn that some north Atlantic countries could find themselves plunged into Arctic conditions over the space of just 10 years.

In geological terms, that is as fast as the blink of an eye. But even in human terms, such a rate of climatic change is incredibly–and quite probably intolerably–rapid. It is far from clear whether any economy or agricultural system could cope with such sudden upheaval.
Yet evidence is now mounting that such “climatic flips” not only can happen, but have happened in the past. It is evidence that adds new urgency to the global warming debate, which has lost much of its momentum in recent years. It also highlights the frightening complexity of the task facing scientists trying to predict the earth’s response to human activity."

[Uncle Joe]

5. I agree, the shifts could be rapid and parts of the globe

could be thrown in to an ice age when the jet stream is altered or shut down, I don't believe this precludes the chance of frozen methane deposits melting in some parts of the world causing much havoc and devastation.

Thanks for the link elocs

[uppityperson]

6. I really wish they'd used "radical climate change"vs"global warming"

People get confused easily about the issue.