Seventy percent of the population lives in the world’s tropics and major climate changes would directly impact most of them.
Flatly untrue. The true number is hard to come by, but is certainly less than 1/3 and is probably below 1/4. After all, China, India, Europe and the US are all entirely or almost entirely outside the tropics.
18 posted on 12/18/2004 2:17:58 AM PST by Restorer
(Europe is heavily armed, but only with envy.)
27 posted on 12/18/2004 8:52:09 AM PST by SierraWasp
(Ronald Reagan was an exceptional "celebrity!" Jesse Ventura & Arnold Schwarzenrenegger are NOT!!!)