Sea levels are rising because we are between ice ages. The sea level has risen over 130 meters since the last ice age and will continue to rise until the next one.

Global warming actually predicts more stable weather as there are less cool and warm currents to mix and cause extreme weather. The hysteria over increasing hurricanes has been abandoned by all but the most ardent alarmists at this point.

The risks you detail are assuming an enormous increase in temperature that the facts simply don't bear out. Even the IPCC has cut back on their predictions on this one. In the past, warming has been associated with prosperity, not strife.

I'm glad you mentioned the developing countries, because the costs of fighting climate change will hit them the hardest and the results will not help them appreciably. Instead of spending 180 trillion dollars on reducing CO2 levels, we should be putting those resources into the developing countries so they have the means to deal with whatever climate issues come their way. For example, instead of worrying about trying to control the climate (which no one is certain we can do), we can easily protect vulnerable areas from storms and floods by building the necessary levees and storm walls at a much reduced cost. We can help these people with poverty, hunger, and disease instead of throwing our money away on carbon credits.

The research done on this topic, up to this point, is at best inconclusive.  Some studies even indicate that black backgrounds on flat paneled screens use more energy than their white counterparts.

Read techlogg.com to learn about their testing results.

-The FLICK OFF team