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Jim__

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3. The author of that article certainly seems to take climate change very calmly.

Fri Mar 31, 2023, 08:01 PM

Mar 2023

I'm not sure people in India are as calm and relaxed. This article, Rising temperatures are pushing India towards the deadly "wet bulb" threshold, was referenced in another post on DU today. A brief excerpt from the article:

India is moving towards fatal climatic conditions. This year saw the country’s hottest February in 122 years, and it is only likely to get worse.

The central and western regions of the hot tropical country are expected to experience heat waves in March-May, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Summer temperatures in northern India regularly soar beyond 40°C in May and June, the hottest months of the year. Topping 50°C is unusual, but that is happening, too.

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When I read that article, I don't feel as confident that there is no real problem as Cloete seems to think I should.

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An intelligent friend found this argument about the climate crisis plausible [View all] JudyM Mar 2023 OP

Sorry to say: sophistry. I live in a higher risk area which Tetrachloride Mar 2023 #1

Using rational logic relayerbob Mar 2023 #2

Global society needs to work together on this better than we ever have before. The motivation JudyM Mar 2023 #5

The author of that article certainly seems to take climate change very calmly. Jim__ Mar 2023 #3

Thanks for posting this. That heat wave in India last year was horrific. JudyM Mar 2023 #6

Thanks for the wet bulb reference orthoclad Apr 2023 #10

The key phrase in the quote is orthoclad Mar 2023 #4

When I read it it felt like a tic/tell to me, too, but there's a fairly continuous focus in the JudyM Mar 2023 #8

Sophistry, as noted above orthoclad Mar 2023 #9

That Delphinus Apr 2023 #14

Plot the rise in CO2 concentration orthoclad Apr 2023 #16

This assumption here is flat-out bullshit, rendering the entire argument moot NickB79 Mar 2023 #7

Methane blowholes in Siberia orthoclad Apr 2023 #11

This increase in CO2 is rising faster than ever IbogaProject Apr 2023 #12

From your ScienceDaily link: orthoclad Apr 2023 #13

Intelligent people who nonetheless engage in tortured bourgeois soothsaying in order to... NNadir Apr 2023 #15