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Environment & Energy

GliderGuider

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10. Pretty much.

Reply to XemaSab (Reply #9)

Thu Sep 20, 2012, 04:03 PM

Sep 2012

We will act when the (immediate) cost of not acting outweighs the cost of acting.

People not only don't understand exponential functions (h/t to Al Bartlett), they also don't understand the concept of hysteresis. That's a fatal shortcoming in this case.

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I was scared about global warming before I read this.... CherokeeDem Sep 2012 #1

The future is history. Gregorian Sep 2012 #2

and it continues..the us military uses more fuel than anyone..more than many countries..for what?nt xiamiam Sep 2012 #3

+1 stuntcat Sep 2012 #4

After graduating as a mechanical engineer, I got a subscription to Design News. Gregorian Sep 2012 #5

I like most of what you've said here. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #6

Can you point to his statement GliderGuider Sep 2012 #7

Here's the quote from him. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #11

I have no ability to affect the outcome either (he did say "I", not "we") GliderGuider Sep 2012 #12

I could have misread him, perhaps. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #13

You'd be surprised. GliderGuider Sep 2012 #16

I'm also a witness. FedUpWithIt All Sep 2012 #17

We can't all be politicians. Ghost Dog Sep 2012 #19

I am trying to find where the best place would be Mojorabbit Sep 2012 #18

"unless we take swift and urgent action" GliderGuider Sep 2012 #8

Ahem: XemaSab Sep 2012 #9

Pretty much. GliderGuider Sep 2012 #10

Aw, shucks, I'm speechless! hatrack Sep 2012 #14

It strikes me in the same way that the final extraordinary NHC warning before Katrina did hatrack Sep 2012 #15