Posted on 07/25/2013 5:05:49 PM PDT by rickmichaels
LONDON — A release of methane in the Arctic could speed the melting of sea ice and climate change with a cost to the global economy of up to US$60-trillion over coming decades, according to a paper published in the journal Nature.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Erasmus University in the Netherlands used economic modelling to calculate the consequences of a release of a 50-gigatonne reservoir of methane from thawing permafrost under the East Siberian Sea.
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so if the “rich nations” (us) just give the UN $60 trillion, the problem will be solved...... right?
Yep, the only one that didn’t hit the buzzer while watching another guy’s ass in the air...
and 2 + 1 = 8
You noticed....
It could. Then again, it could not.
60 trillion over decades? Obama and democrat policies put us at 60 trillion in deficits in 10 years using real accounting practices.
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