How would global warming effect Japan Economically?

Question

I understand how it would effect the environment, wildlife, and people but not economically.

Answer 1

It will effect them just as it will us.  We will be taxed to death and forced to buy the bogus carbon credits.  Al Gore is buying a bunch of carbon credits, the problem is he OWNS the company he is buying them from.  This is not man made and is not as bad as these people make it out to be.  THey are scare mongers.  HE IS PLAYING ON OUR FEARS.    Please watch the Global Warming Special on May 2nd on Headline News (204 on Direct TV) at 7:00, 9:00 or Midnight Eastern Time.  YOu will get the truth in this one hour special.  This is way overhyped and just another reason to tax us to death and force us to buy the bogus carbon credits.  Global Warming is a trojan horse for Socialism, wake up Americans. Global warming is at the fore front because politicians found how to use a new platform to get re-elected. The world leaders use it because they found ways to make money at it. This is a made up problem just like Global Cooling in the 1970's. Wake up people. I agree we need to be more efficient with our resources, and we should fine and jail companies who are dumping into our rivers maliciously. I want to stop the raiforest destruction, but to say that global warming is a serious man made issue and we need to destroy the American economy and bow down to the rest of the world certainly does not float my boat. Follow the money on this one and you will see that it is all for political gain and grant money for those scientists who profit off of the government if global warming stays at the front of the issues. Look deep into the Keoto (sp?) Treaty, first of all they took jets to a non-central resort location. Not very environmentally concious. THen in the parameters of the treaty they have a clause that makes it so you can buy or sell polution credits. This is all about shifting wealth and breaking down the United States. This is painfully obvious, just look at peoples agenda. The earth's mean temperature has risen .6 degrees C in the past 125 years. Greenland's icecaps have gotten colder in the past 10 years. The Scientists who do not gain anything on their posisition will tell you that the earth has a natural progression and this is what we are seeing. The UN report is made up of POLITICIANS not a good spread of scientists. THere are as many or more scientists who believe that man in NOT the reason and it is over hyped, but their voice is not heard in the LIberal Mainstream Media. This issue is 99% political, and an attempt to make the USA a socialist nation, and eventually communisim. WAKE UP AMERICA, IT IS TIME TO BE AMERICANS. FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE. STOP THE LIES

Answer 2

Japan is full of short people. Thus if the sea rose, many of the "salary men" would drown.

Answer 3

They'll have to deal with coastal flooding.  Move a lot of people, rebuild stuff that is flooded.  And spend a lot of money modifying agriculture to fit new patterns of temperature and precipitation.

It will add up to a lot of money for most rich countries.  Possibly enough to cause a worldwide depression.

It's much cheaper to take action to reduce global warming and deal with the remaining effects of what we can't stop.

Poor countries have it worse.  They can't afford it, and many people will die of starvation.

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