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Environment & Energy

denem

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2. Bonkers.

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2020, 06:58 AM

May 2020

1. What the climate record suggests is that higher average global temperatures do not result in an uninhabitable planet, but a wet one.

2. Apocalyptic worse case scenarios, which assume no mitigation at all, are counter factual and counter productive.

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Study Worst Case: 1/3 Of Humans Will Face Heat Matching/Exceeding The Sahara w/i 50 Years [View all] hatrack May 2020 OP

I couldn't find 2050 in the article anywhere ... progree May 2020 #1

NYT On Same Story - A Bit More Clearly Laid Out To Your Points hatrack May 2020 #3

Don't see anything here supporting your OP's title here either. You might want to get rid of the progree May 2020 #4

Gah - more coffee! hatrack May 2020 #5

It happens 😂 Thanks much for fixing 😂😂😂 n/t progree May 2020 #6

Bonkers. denem May 2020 #2

The excerpt specifically talks about the climate niche for humans muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #7

It assumes desertification denem May 2020 #8

No, it does *NOT* assume desertification muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #9

Yes it assumes desertification. denem May 2020 #10

Show me where it assumes desertification (nt) muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #11

It is implicit. denem May 2020 #12

Bwahahah. Your "ignore what the climate science says, *I* know we'll be all right" muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #13

Ad hominem denem May 2020 #14

No. That wasn't an "ad hominem". An "ad hominem" is an argument saying that the person muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #15

Really? Because plenty of areas have started to hit those temps today NickB79 May 2020 #16

climate vs weather denem May 2020 #17