you know, my sense is that climate change and evolution are like gravity. they re a fact. drop a quarter, it falls. it s a fact. don t argue about it. it s not one of the many theories out there. it is a scientific reality. if somebody has some other standard besides science, i want to hear what it is, business practices, religion, tell me you have some other way of judging something besides the scientific method. as a scientist, is there any doubt that climate changing is a problem and it s caused by man? well, there are a few things in science that we re ascertain about as the fact that we are warming the planet by increasing greenhouse gas concentrations through fossil fuel burning and other human activities. maybe gravity, maybe there are a few other propositions in science that we have as high a level of certainty about as we have about this issue of human-caused climate change. so what from your perspective is the motive for questioning the science?
problem and it s caused by man? well, there are a few things in science that we re ascertain about as the fact that we are warming the planet by increasing greenhouse gas concentrations through fossil fuel burning and other human activities. maybe gravity, maybe there are a few other propositions in science that we have as high a level of certainty about as we have about this issue of human-caused climate change. so what from your perspective is the motive for questioning the science? well, unfortunately, the various talking points and we heard some of them in the clips that you played from climate change deniers often sound plausible, they sound reasonable to people who aren t familiar with science or the underlying science of climate change, but they have a very thin veneer of credibility when you dig just a little bit beneath they will, you find there s no merit at all to these various talking points. who are you going to listen to, politicians advocating for fossil fuel inter
i think we ve got it. okay. let me ask you about this. you know, my sense is that climate change and evolution are like gravity. they re a fact. drop a quarter, it falls. it s a fact. don t argue about it. it s not one of the many theories out there. it is a scientific reality. if somebody has some other standard besides science, i want to hear what it is, business practices, religion, tell me you have some other way of judging something besides the scientific method. as a scientist, is there any doubt that climate changing is a problem and it s caused by man? well, there are a few things in science that we re ascertain about as the fact that we are warming the planet by increasing greenhouse gas concentrations through fossil fuel burning and other human activities. maybe gravity, maybe there are a few other propositions in science that we have as high a level of certainty about as we have about this issue of human-caused climate change.
and you can see that over well, you can see that right here. it looks like we re having a little bit of trouble. here we go, hydropower supplies, 22% of china s electricity. less hydropower means more demand for other energy resources like coal. china gets about 70% of its power from coal. ubs estimates the country may import 1 million more tons of coal each week. that is to compensate for the loss of hydropower. coal is the dirtiest of all fossil fuels. s there an environmental impact from fossil fuel burning. we re seeing a huge financial domino effect from this chronic drought. china has tried cloud seeding but that hasn t produced more than a few sprunchs so far. it will be tough if the drought continues. ramy, thanks very much for that. nina? ramy and andrew, all this week we ve been talking about china s growing influence in africa. we started out by telling you about the situation in sim bzim.
in syria. these rikts are set to show demonstrations in dara last friday. although cnn cannot verify when the video was shot. an estimated 1,500 people are unaccounted for in joplin,h. nearly 100 volunteers are working to reunite family and determine who s really missing. the volcanic eruption in iceland that s disrupted air traffic in europe is finally ending. the ash cloud thrown up from the volcano is drifting east and dissipating and most of the airports closed are re-opening. those are the headlines. i m zain vergee, world business today starts now. good morning, from cnn london and welcome to world business today. i m nina dos santos. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong, rhyme andrew stephens. the top stories this thursday, may 2 th. sony s bad run continues. it s now forecasting a profitable year ahead. even that outlook fails to impress. dominique strauss-kahn is now under house arrest at this luxury new york townhouse. i m a leader by temper and att