Comments on: The Rise and Decline of Great Powers http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/06/23/the-rise-and-decline-of-great-powers.html High-minded, fanatically malthusian perspectives Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:18:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cyberhillbilly http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/06/23/the-rise-and-decline-of-great-powers.html/comment-page-1#comment-94083 Cyberhillbilly Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:24:46 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/?p=5675#comment-94083 Since land is so important, how might global warming affect the three big powers you discuss? It seems that the U.S., and the EU (as well as Russia) are poised to do better if the worst case scenarios come true, whereas China's coastal cities would seem most at risk. Also, Russia and the EU have large tracts of land in the north that are mostly uninhabitable b/c of the artic. (And of course to does Canada.) Might global warming make these areas habitable while hitting Asia and Africa quite harshly? Since land is so important, how might global warming affect the three big powers you discuss? It seems that the U.S., and the EU (as well as Russia) are poised to do better if the worst case scenarios come true, whereas China’s coastal cities would seem most at risk.

Also, Russia and the EU have large tracts of land in the north that are mostly uninhabitable b/c of the artic. (And of course to does Canada.) Might global warming make these areas habitable while hitting Asia and Africa quite harshly?

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