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AverageJoe90

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11. I replied on another thread with a Skeptical Science link.
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 07:28 PM
Sep 2012

Hopefully it shows up. In any case, there's sadly nothing we can do about the numerous species that have been lost to eternity, at least not in the vast majority of cases(maybe some have left DNA behind, like the mammoths did so there may be a little hope for some!), and possibly not much we can do to salvage some of the coral reefs that have been damaged.....so we'll have to deal with that.

But there are things that we can do. For one example, A Geek Named Bob came up with a potentially very helpful & cheap system involving balloons......this guy really knows his stuff, too. If some well-off person with a love for this planet's environment could be convinced to fund an endeavor such as this, it might just be a bigger step in the right direction that even I would have realized......

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It's always something RobertEarl Sep 2012 #1
And then there are those of us who realize that this problem CAN be fixed...... AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #3
What's your plan? XemaSab Sep 2012 #4
Let's hear it. RobertEarl Sep 2012 #5
Skeptical Science had a really good article on this...... AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #9
Pacala and Socolow sound a little outdated today. GliderGuider Sep 2012 #13
The depression didn't help things either. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #16
The crash in 2008 did reduce CO2 emissions, but only for a year. GliderGuider Sep 2012 #17
I think it can be mitigated if we act now. Not reversed. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #6
Some reversal can definitely be done, too. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #8
Drastic measures? RobertEarl Sep 2012 #10
I replied on another thread with a Skeptical Science link. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #11
So, you got zilch? RobertEarl Sep 2012 #12
Pacala and Socolow's wedges - even with Bob's Balloons - don't add up to a solution. GliderGuider Sep 2012 #14
Bob's balloons are going to save us all XemaSab Sep 2012 #15
Do you know how hard it is to get wine off of a computer display? hatrack Sep 2012 #18
. XemaSab Sep 2012 #19
Damn ... Nihil Sep 2012 #20
You mean like this? GliderGuider Sep 2012 #21
Actually, I do. But I'm not extremely pessimistic like some may be. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #22
How do you define the word "solution"? GliderGuider Sep 2012 #23
Well, I can say this: AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #25
I may have given up hope, ... CRH Sep 2012 #26
This is the view from the top of the rollercoaster, GliderGuider Sep 2012 #2
You know, when NNadir said a few years ago here on E/E NickB79 Sep 2012 #7
And, there is more to come, ... every year, more intense, as the concentrations rise. n/t CRH Sep 2012 #24
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