Sugar to prevent climate change.

In a 1991 paper, To Slow or Not to Slow, William Nordhaus "projected that a 3 degree C rise in global temperature would shave barely 0.25% off US income." "His later work went further, predicting gains for cold developed regions - lower heating bills, longer growing seasons, better farming in US, Canada, Russia and Europe - while poor tropical countries bore the losses." He was awarded a Nobel Prize in Economics in 2018, wrote Chandra Bhushan. The result is that wildfires are increasing in Europe in the last 20 years, with a record 1 million hectares burned across the European Union (EU) in 2025. "Almost half a million hectares have burned so far this year in the EU," more than in 2025. "More than half the EU countries have recorded more fires in 2026 than they do in a typical year." CNN. "By mid-August Europeans were sweating through their fifth heat wave of the season," with temperatures well above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). A severe drought for months contributed to "record-low river water levels and disrupting water and power supplies, transportation routes and agriculture." nasa.gov.in. "Someone will have to pick up the tab for the damage wrought by Europe's increasingly volatile weather, and with the bulk of those economic losses uninsured, that will be the public purse unless immediate action is taken." "Only a quarter of climate-linked catastrophe losses are insured in the EU, with coverage in some countries below 5%." Reuters. In India, "A single day of extreme heat causes about 3,400 excess deaths across India, while a five-day heat wave causes nearly 30,000, a study has estimated." The five states with the highest burden of deaths were "Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat which together accounted for 66% of the country's excess deaths while contributing only 25% of the country's GDP." NDTV. One reason heat feels so intolerable in Europe compared to India is that summer days are much longer in northern latitudes, recent heatwaves have not been accompanied by any wind and "The sun feels sharper in Europe due to the clear skies, while pollution in India scatters and dissipates heat differently," said Siddharth Singh. "Pollutants not only severely impact public health, but also the earth's climate and ecosystems globally." "Reducing ambient and household air pollution can also reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and short-lived climate pollutants, such as black carbon particles and methane, therefore contributing to the near- and long-term mitigation of climate change." And, "the use of fossil fuels for power generation, industry and polluting transport are all major sources of both particulate matter and CO2." WHO. "India has long been portrayed as one of the world's great coal growth markets," as "Coal still accounts for roughly 70% of electricity generation and remains the backbone of the grid." Now, "clean energy sources now account for 331.7 Gigawatts (GW) of installed capacity, compared with 302.0 GW for fossil fuels." However, "generation statistics describe today's electricity system, while capacity figures provide a window into tomorrow's." Reuters. "Artificial intelligence (AI) models are becoming cheaper to run," but "The Ministry of power projects an additional 26.3 GW electricity demand from data centers by2031-32." ET. Electricity generation is vital so the government blames automobiles for pollution. The solution is petrol adulterated with 20% ethanol, which is produced from maize, rice and sugarcane. And so, "Govt yesterday allowed the import of 100,000 tonnes of raw sugar, the first such move in a decade, as it stared at a possible decline of at least 20% in the opening stock of the sweetener." TOI. That is naturally raising the retail price of sugar. With the festival season about to start people will not be pleased with high prices of sweets. Import 244 million tons of coal in 2024-25 (coalcotroller.gov.in), try to mitigate by producing ethanol and end up importing sugar. Ethanol, or ethyl alcohol, makes people drunk. And that leads to confusion. Cheers.