What would the world population have to be to fix global warming?

Question

A 10 year old asked me' "Why can't the world share it's resources and work together to 'fix' Global warming?" I figure Greed and mistrust are very probable reasons, but wondered what would the world population have to be to be able to make this happen?"

Answer 1

Global climate change is very real and humans are to blame. Anyone who says differently is ignoring a boatload of facts including the latest multi-country, mega number of scientists report. You can see it in the news. Since 1980, Arctic ice mass has dropped from 7.8 million sq Km to 4.2 M sq km. That's 45% in something like 27 years time. There's talk of opening the NW Passage. As final proof, a Coast Guard buddy of mine returned from the Artic last month. He's been there a lot and tells me the results are obvious the second you step off the boat up there.

What do we have to do?

Step 1 - Acknowledge the problem, from the first two posts you can see that is a difficult job in itself. I can understand post #1 - its a natural phenonenum but post # 2 - its a conspiracy from atheist scientist - Wow, not even Georgew Bush is dumb enough to take that line, I hope.

Step 2 - get off of coal and use nuclear fuel

Step 3 - get vehicles to use electricty generated by nuclear fuel or solar or wind or whatever

Step 4 - share the wealth and then shut down carbon producing industries, especially in China

Step 5 - start shutting down oil refineries

Step 6 - plant more trees to capture CO2 and return it to the soil

Step 7 - develop some counteracting technologies

Step 8 - Realize that we are too competitive a race, too screwed up to ever get steps 1 - 7 to work so explore space like mad cause we've probably got to get out of here by 2200.

Answer 2

From the 1000s to around the early 1700s the world population grew from about 300 million to about 700 million. Historical data has shown that during this time, the average global temperature was fairly constant as well. When the Industrial Revolution kicked in during the 1800s the world population suddenly rose exponentially due to a jump in technological advances. And with this came an increase in global temperatures. So I'll say that 300-700 million is a safe bet.

Answer 3

Two problems:

1. No one has proven (or can prove) that global warming is going to become a problem.
2. If some one could prove #1, the question assumes that humans caused it, which with our current modeling capability, is also impossible to prove.

Why do people assume that because scientists can make a computer model of something, that the model is actually correct? Climate is way more complex than we currently have the ability to handle. We cannot predict exactly where hurricanes will go with scads of PAST experience built into our models, so how can we then be confident in a computer model of the entire planet's climate into the distant future?

Answer 4

The population would have to find a way to altar solar activity, that would also remedy the warming of the planet mars. I assure you, destroying every SUV in America would have little (okay no) impact on Mars's global warming.

Answer 5

There is nothing to fix- would you have fixed the ice age? mini ice age? the warming periods between them? the year without a summer?
Like it or not, nature is the most powerful force on earth and you can do all sorts of touchy feely things to make yourself feel good but it wont change that fact.

Answer 6

I think global warming will "fix" the world's population. Really. It's all about synergy and all things being interdependent. I think most species are wired to compete rather than work together -- even if it leads to extinction.

Answer 7

large theory. how can you do this? Enforced sterilisation? the only thank you to rather administration the inhabitants is to make all and sundry wealthy. The populations of the progressed countries is rather lowering. The ravenous hundreds have loads of infants interior the wish that they are going to be supported of their previous age. in the event that they did no longer would desire to difficulty approximately that then they does no longer have as many.

Answer 8

under a theoretical worldwide benevolent dictatorship (not that one could exist), we could probably get away with 10 billion who live very simple existences, o2 maybe 2 billion living fairly well. (that's a complete guess on my part)

I favor 100 million, spread out in small communities, with a balance of liberty/responsibility through decentralized, community-based consensus governance.

But either way, it would take a lot of kicking and screaming even just to plug the hole in the ship, let alone steer her to a safe port.

Answer 9

This is a normal climate change. Mankind is neither powerful enough to create it or stop it. Our pollution may have sped up the change, but it didn't create it.

There is nothing we can do... Nature will do its thing whether we like it or not.

Answer 10

GLOBAL WARMING is a hoax--it's NOT THERE.

It is just scientists who do NOT believe in God and that HE controls EVERYTHING.

It's already been proven a hoax.( a LIE)