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to rapid transportation to drought-affected areas to modern irrigation that makes farmers less dependent on
rainfall.
Shouldn't fossil fuel energy get some credit here?
What about dangerous storms?
Figure 5.3: More Fossil Fuel Use, Fewer Storm-Related Deaths
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Sources: Boden, Marland, Andres (2010); EM-DAT International Disaster Database; World Bank, World Development
Indicators (WDI) Online Data, April 2014
There are fewer storm-related deaths than ever. CO
2
emissions are not having a detectable effect on
storm danger, but the fossil fuel energy that helps us build sturdy buildings and move people away from
disaster areas, is.
What about floods?
