While all of the problems associated with global warming can initially be countered to some extent in some, most, or all places given enough capital outlay for technology, etc., the basic problem this article[1. Samuel S. Myers and Aaron Bernstein, “The Coming Health Crisis,” The Scientist, 25:32-37, January 2011.] points out is that, at some point in time, if global temperatures continue to rise, there will eventually not be enough resources everywhere to handle things.
For example, the increasing incidence of malaria will eventually outcompete all of the public health management that society will be able to throw at it. Also, because humans, as well as all land animals, have limited behavioral and homeostatic mechanisms to handle higher and higher temperatures, there just won’t be ...
