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FarCenter

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5. Handwringing over CO2 without proposed solutions is useless

Reply to sudopod (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 30, 2012, 06:14 PM

Mar 2012

And the solutions are pretty constrained. It is unlikely that anything other than a dramatic drop in population would curb CO2 significantly. The only non-carbon energy source which could substitute for carbon fuels at current levels of energy consumption would be nuclear -- and that's not happening.

So the choice is to decrease GDP/person or to decrease population.

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Climate change: world is reaching tipping point [View all] G_j Mar 2012 OP

Which parameters do you propose to change, by how much, and by what means? FarCenter Mar 2012 #1

Implying the OP has to do your research for you. sudopod Mar 2012 #4

Handwringing over CO2 without proposed solutions is useless FarCenter Mar 2012 #5

LOL sudopod Mar 2012 #6

IMHO it has already passed the tipping point... truebrit71 Mar 2012 #2

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