Global Warming as Evolution: Rebuttal of Two Extreme Positions

Jan-Erik Lane

Institute of Public Policy in Belgrade, Geneva, Switzerland.

DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1102007                

Abstract

In the global meetings among governments, IGO and NGO, a hidden premise is that the process of climate change can be not only halted but reversed, if and only if there could finally be coordination of a global warming set of counter-measures. Somehow, global warming would be stabilised at 2C, and all countries would reduce their GHC emissions slowly but consistently over the coming decades. Given the costs of such measures in terms of economic development, it is said that a super fund put up by the rich countries would alleviate the burden on the poor or developing countries. This is a global myth, which entirely bypasses the fundamental fact that the history of mankind is evolving to a new stage, namely a society with an increasing average temperature and its attending consequences for all systems, biological and social. It involves travelling on a new road path that may end up in 4C, 6C or even more. It is a riskier one than before, because it is irreversible and probablities are not known.

Keywords

Arrhenius, Global Warming as Evolution, Irreversible Change, 2C, 4C and 6C, Coordination Failure, Risk and Uncertainty, GHC Emissions and GDP, Energy Projections, CPR Theory, Cornucopianism, Precautionism, Coordination Failure

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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