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44. The only reason we have 8 billion people

Wed Sep 13, 2023, 10:06 AM

Sep 2023

is because of cheap, high energy density from oil. No oil and the "extra 6 billion" are going to have a hard time - and we have to cut oil consumption.

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Eight catastrophic floods in 11 days: What's behind intense rainfall around the world? [View all] OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 OP

It's scarily becoming like those disaster movies where the world is coming to the end. kimbutgar Sep 2023 #1

all predicted by climate models for, what, 25 years lapfog_1 Sep 2023 #2

More than 40 OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #11

Warmer air holds more moisture, so more big rain events in places with humidity. Attilatheblond Sep 2023 #52

And warmer air holds more moisture, so it can carry more over hot dry areas without dropping it OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #54

Yep. Am in AZ and this year's monsoon was a non-soon Attilatheblond Sep 2023 #55

Since the early 70's at least. Ford_Prefect Sep 2023 #17

I worked with all of the climate scientists in the 1990s lapfog_1 Sep 2023 #19

It goes back even further than that OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #22

Don't remember Lovelock lapfog_1 Sep 2023 #24

Ah! Yes! I remember EOSDIS! OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #27

well, I generated the first instance of it. I hope the user community found it useful. lapfog_1 Sep 2023 #30

Wang et al. (1976): Greenhouse effects due to man-made perturbation of trace gases. OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #23

Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring in the 70's and WhiteTara Sep 2023 #28

Well, that was part of the impetus for Earth Day (there were several.) OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #31

Silent Spring is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson. Published on September 27, 1962. Ford_Prefect Sep 2023 #32

The only reason we have 8 billion people BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #44

yup... lapfog_1 Sep 2023 #46

Ha!.... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #3

How? Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #51

The statement minimizes so much in so few words... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #56

Mother nature is PO'ed. republianmushroom Sep 2023 #4

All I'll say is that if... COL Mustard Sep 2023 #5

Welcome to the new normal Rural_Progressive Sep 2023 #6

Warmer air holds more moisture bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #7

Read The Heat Will Kill You First (Life and death on a scorched planet) PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2023 #8

Both Delphinus Sep 2023 #15

Yes, absolutely. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2023 #37

Oh my ... Delphinus Sep 2023 #39

It could also have something to do with greater human population on the planet, royable Sep 2023 #9

We've always settled by bodies of water OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #13

Clearly there are a whole lot more humans on this planet PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2023 #38

The Pentagon (US Pentagon) declared "global warming"/ re-branded"climate change" to be the biggest Evolve Dammit Sep 2023 #10

Would you believe twenty? OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #14

Damn the time flies. Thank you for that. We are in a global crisis. Will we get our collective Evolve Dammit Sep 2023 #18

I'm aftraid the answer is "No." OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #20

It seems a tipping point has been crossed already. "Unprecedented" events almost daily Evolve Dammit Sep 2023 #47

My point exactly OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #53

great info. Thanks Evolve Dammit Sep 2023 #61

higher temps - more evaporation, also more capacity to hold onto the water Blues Heron Sep 2023 #12

And when it decides to let go of it, there's a lot more to drop OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #16

Physics hatrack Sep 2023 #21

There you go, blaming physics again! OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #26

Damn those pesky laws of physics... lapfog_1 Sep 2023 #29

For most practical purposes, 3.14 is sufficient OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #41

It's been holding me down my WHOLE LIFE!!!! hatrack Sep 2023 #42

Ha! Evolve Dammit Sep 2023 #48

Going out with a gurgle or a bang Marthe48 Sep 2023 #25

or a nuke from a RNK sub??? Evolve Dammit Sep 2023 #49

That too Marthe48 Sep 2023 #50

Agreed. It's just incredibly sad that we don't have the international will to stop it. Either way. Evolve Dammit Sep 2023 #63

It's DPRK and they don't have enough nukes to do it. Voltaire2 Sep 2023 #58

It doesn't take many to create massive casualties and complete havoc, with WW implications. Evolve Dammit Sep 2023 #62

Mid-nineteenth century scientific experiments predicted the effects of increased Co2... Ford_Prefect Sep 2023 #33

Nope. I heard Mark Levin say it's a hoax. progressoid Sep 2023 #34

Well, there's your answer SCantiGOP Sep 2023 #35

According to the internet he has 2 homes.... IcyPeas Sep 2023 #60

Flooding in Japan WestMichRad Sep 2023 #36

Close to 20 years ago we had a flood OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #40

Climate Catastrophe, politicians can't and won't respond adequately. 4 billion Gretas might work. Magoo48 Sep 2023 #43

Totally agree with you BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #45

Abnormal is now normal. Voltaire2 Sep 2023 #57

FAFO Kennah Sep 2023 #59