Bob O'Connor

The Extinction Rebellion Bob O'Connor

THE HOT--SNOWBALL EFFECT¬More people in our overpopulated world use more fossil fuels and produce more greenhouse gases¬These gases warm the air and increase water vapor¬This heats the air even more since water vapor is a greenhouse gas-Less arable land-More famines-More forest fires-More violent storms as upper air cools-releasing the water vapor as rain and snow-Oceans warm and become more acidic-reducing shellfish-Permafrost thaws releasing more methane-Ground-level heat and air pollution sicken and kill millions¬Air and ocean warm more-glaciers and Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets melt-Sea levels rise-- less living area and less farmland for a growing population-Under-sea reservoirs of CO2 and methane are released-River transportation of goods severely reduced due to reduction of glacier volume-Less fresh water due to glacier melting (higher costs for desalinization)-Water wars-migration wars¬Severely reduced population survives in the far north and far south of the hemispheresBUT WHY WORRY? SOME HOMO SAPIENS MAY SURVIVE!