The document summarizes potential benefits of global warming. It lists group members and then discusses topics like:
- Opening of new shipping routes as ice caps melt, saving time and money on voyages.
- Increased availability of arable land for agriculture and housing as ice retreats.
- Access to previously trapped natural resources like oil and gas in Arctic regions.
- Potential increased growing seasons and agricultural productivity in some areas from warmer temperatures and increased CO2 levels acting as fertilizer.
- Growth of the solar energy industry and its benefits like reduced pollution and maintenance costs.
- Potential increased tourism to places experiencing warmer weather.
- Economic growth from industries adapting to or mitigating climate
8. 1. Transportation
2. Employment
3. More available land
4. Exploration to Natural Resources
5. Environmental benefits
6. Economy
7. Agriculture
8. Solar energy benefits
9. Fewer deaths due to warm weather
10. Tourism
11. Industrial growth
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9. Northeast passage from South Korea to
the Netherlands
Melting ice caps are opening new sea routes.
Journey from South Korea to the Netherlands
Journey of 12,658 shaved up by 3,452
Saves $300,000 per vessel
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11. Global warming helps in creating employment in areas
such as:
1 Extending costal defenses
2 Renewable energies
3 Water management and harvesting
4 Wind & solar energy
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12. As the ice retreats to the poles, more arable land will become
available for both residential and agricultural purposes
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14. Arctic hides 25% of the worlds undiscovered oil
and gas deposits
The region may contain 9 billion barrels of oil
86 trillion cubic feet of gas
50% of the worlds undiscovered hydrocarbon
-BRITISH PETROLEUM
3.8 trillion cubic meters of natural gas
-GAZPROM
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15. Climatechange may include greener
rainforces.
Trees are growing faster.
Helps in increasing vegetation in northern
latitudes.
Increasesin plantation biomass in some parts
of the oceans.
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18. Colorado is quickly becoming a leader in the
New Energy Economy as the state pursues
one of the most ambitious clean energy
requirements in the country
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19. JOBS: 33,325 Total New Construction-Period Jobs
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $4.3 Billion in Lifetime
Economic Output
WATER SAVINGS 6.8 Billion Gallons of Water. Equal to the
Annual Consumption of 3,300 homes.
CLEANER AIR 30 Million Tons of CO2 Avoided. Equivalent to
Taking 669,730 Cars off the
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20. The district Barmer of country India will be the
Solar Power Generator for India in future. The
sun shines here for 340 days and yearly solar
insolation is 2400KWh.
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21. Energy is free of pollution.
Little maintenance charge after the setup.
Solar energy can overtake highest cost of
electricity.
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23. Average temperature increase can lengthen the
growing seasons
-John Pickrell
(National Geographic News,2002)
Co2 is essential for plant growth
Agriculture depends on steady water supplies.
Areas of higher latitude may become productive due
to global warming.
Increasing Co2 level can act as a fertilizer and
enhance the growth of crops such as rice, wheat,
soybeans.
-IPCC 2007
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26. 1 Warming is good for agriculture and tourism.
-Qin Dahe
(The former head of the China
Meteorological Administration)
2 United states to experience 13.7% increase in its
tourism
3 Canada experience a 220% increase in
international arrivals by 22nd century.
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28. Benefits to wine industry
Benefits to cosmetics industry
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29. Economic impact of Global warming or at least the modern
nightmare vision _ _ is a myth & I am sure of it and so are
a growing number of scientists. But what is really worrying
is that the world's politicians and policy makers are not.
DAVID BELLAMY,
Daily Mail, July 9, 2004
Global warming is talked about only to make
the business green and not the planet.
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