Plan B 4.0 - A discussion on Chapter 3

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(1) - "If we continue with business as usual, the projected rise in the earth's average temperature of 1.1-6.4 degrees Celsius during this century seems all too possible" 

I understand that rising temperatures are a problem. The one thing I don't understand is how such little increases within a century could cause such catastrophic effects to occur.  I guess those rises every century could lead the whole earth to be covered entirely by water and most of the world population dead. I think scientists will find a way for us all to survive under those conditions. The only problem I see with that is that we will need these advances to survive and with everything necessary there are people who will climb prices in order to make a profit. The creation of money was very smart but unfortunately not every idea is perfect.

(2) - "What we can anticipate with a warmer climate is more extreme weather events. The insurance industry is painfully aware of the relationship between higher temperatures and storm intensity" 

I was not aware that changes in climate could affect insurance companies. Although I'm sure that changes in insurance prices are the least of our concern it could be used as an incentive to take care of our environment. If the reason we are destroying the environment relates to our greed then we must use money as a reason for taking care of our environment. For some reason, the mass destruction of the human race and an earth covered entirely by water wasn't a good enough reason. The people that run this earth must not see these threats as a problem. Maybe because all of these threats are not real and the obvious destruction of earth's environments aren't good enough proof to induce action amongst earths leaders.

(3) - "..Greenland icecap is melting so fast that it is triggering minor earthquakes as pieces of ice weighing millions of tons break off and slide into the sea"

That's crazy. Ice caps causing earthquakes. I didn't even know that could happen. I've never seen such a story on the news. That makes me wonder if this actually happens or not because I'm sure everyone would have heard about it. Why are we not making this world news so that we can wake up and find a compromise. Doesn't mean we have to give up all the advances we have. We just have to use them more sparingly and keep the environment in mind when producing new technologies. I wonder why we never thought of this approach before? Probably because enough profits can't be made if production is slowed.