How hot will Earth get?
It depends entirely on how abusive humans are of it's biota, each other and the will to survive over the concept of economic viability.
We are on this satellite of Sol together. We either adapt to it's limitations and our own or we won't survive.
Somewhere in the background of all this is the concept that as Climate Change unveils itself enough people will die that will allow Earth's tropospheric carbon dioxide to decrease resulting in a return of Earth's benevolent balance.
I don't find any morality in that. None. And IF the First World is seeing themselves as the survivors due to their technology? Think again.
Violent storms cause deaths and chaos in Europe (click on)
Hurricane-force winds that struck Germany have killed at least three people and further deaths have been reported in the Netherlands and France.
Falling trees killed two men in Great Britain. Richard Heard, 54, one of the two, died on his way to work as the managing director of Birmingham Airport when a tree branch crashed into his windscreen on the B4373 near Bridgnorth, Shropshire.
Hurricane-force winds blamed for 47 deaths across Europe (click on)
By Melissa Eddy
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BERLIN - Workers across Europe hauled away fallen trees and repaired power lines yesterday after the deadliest storm to strike the continent in eight years killed at least 47 people and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.
Trains started rolling again after a near-total shutdown during Thursday night's hurricane-force winds. Airports from London to Frankfurt reported some delays and cancellations, but were returning to normal.
The disruption hit countries from Britain to Ukraine, where the flow of Russian oil through a key pipeline to Europe was temporarily halted after power to a pumping station was knocked out.
The storm knocked out electricity to more than 1 million homes in the Czech Republic, which was hit by winds of up to 112 mph. Ladislav Kriz, spokesman for the main Czech CEZ utility, said last night that power was restored to most of the homes affected by the storm, although about 170,000 customers were still without electricity.
A million households in Germany and tens of thousands of homes in Poland and Austria also lost power.
EDF Energy in Britain said yesterday it had restored power to more than 90 percent of the 350,000 customers cut off the night before, while Scottish Power said about 30,000 of its customers remained without electricity.
Stormy weather had been predicted this year for parts of Europe, with researchers saying unusually high temperatures in the North Atlantic would allow winds to accumulate more moisture and create a surge in energy.
The storm killed 14 people in Britain, 12 in Germany, six each in the Netherlands and Poland, four in the Czech Republic, three in France and two in Belgium.
It was the highest death toll from a European storm since 1999, when gales downed trees and driving snow brought on avalanches, killing more than 120 people.
Germany's GDV insurance association put insured losses at $1.3 billion in that country alone, and the Union of Insurers in the Netherlands estimated damage there at $207 million.
New ice storm moves across central southern USA (click on)
...The latest winter blast has led to reports of at least 74 deaths in nine states in the past week, including 25 in Oklahoma, 14 in Missouri and 12 in Texas. Many of the deaths were caused by car wrecks or carbon monoxide poisoning from portable generators, the AP reports....
