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"the system will deteriorate with increasing acceleration" Ghost Dog Oct 2012 #1
Having studied the mathematics of chaos theory, Speck Tater Oct 2012 #2
Sorry, but not at all plausible. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #4
Science often goes counter to common sense. Speck Tater Oct 2012 #11
The science says I'm largely correct. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #12
Whatever. Speck Tater Oct 2012 #13
NOAA begs to differ... GliderGuider Oct 2012 #21
The main problem is with scenarios like..... AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #29
A very simple dynamic system can flip. reusrename Oct 2012 #34
That's not quite what I'm reading. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #41
There is a small, but very common, misconception contained in what you say here. reusrename Oct 2012 #54
Glad you cleared that up. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #57
You're no less correct than the article in the OP. reusrename Oct 2012 #32
But what evidence is there...... AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #43
Not to beat your dead horse, but RobertEarl Oct 2012 #45
Some good points, but....... AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #46
I'm not clear on something GliderGuider Oct 2012 #53
Yup! reusrename Oct 2012 #55
GWP of methane is much higher, and then it oxidizes into CO2 anyway. GliderGuider Oct 2012 #56
What I'm saying is, no plausible argument exists..... AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #58
Calthrate gun hype? RobertEarl Oct 2012 #59
It's a theoretical scenario. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #60
Theoretical? RobertEarl Oct 2012 #61
Yes, I get that. n/t AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #62
Just in case. I will repeat RobertEarl Oct 2012 #63
Exactly! reusrename Oct 2012 #64
Not the best article I've come across. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #3
Not the most honest reply that I've come across. Nihil Oct 2012 #6
Notice, though, that I never once claimed that this article talked about Venus or extinction.... AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #7
So that makes much of your post a red herring. GliderGuider Oct 2012 #9
Birds and the bees, flowers and the trees RobertEarl Oct 2012 #5
I'm not at all convinced that climate change is anywhere near the only culprit........ AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #8
Of course it's not. GliderGuider Oct 2012 #10
Amazing how closely the Chaos Theory, ... CRH Oct 2012 #14
Not really true. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #15
You need to expand your horizons, I think. GliderGuider Oct 2012 #16
I do very well realize there are problems, but..... AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author GliderGuider Oct 2012 #20
If the patterns of the climate shift so rapidly, ... CRH Oct 2012 #17
I'm not exactly optimistic, CRH. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #18
You consistently have posts that are optimistic, ... CRH Oct 2012 #22
In your opinion, perhaps so. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #25
Addendum to post 22, ... CRH Oct 2012 #23
+1 GliderGuider Oct 2012 #24
Cheerleading much? AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #27
For fuck's sake. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #26
There is nothing we can do RobertEarl Oct 2012 #28
See #30 nt tama Oct 2012 #31
Robert, scientific research says we CAN. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #36
I'll tell you how RobertEarl Oct 2012 #37
Now we're cooking. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #39
Heh, not me man RobertEarl Oct 2012 #44
Re: "if you point fingers at your culprits, make sure you are without sin." AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #47
Transition tama Oct 2012 #50
Terra preta and forest gardening tama Oct 2012 #30
Terra preta is the only thing I've found so far that I think might help overall. GliderGuider Oct 2012 #33
Hugelkultur tama Oct 2012 #35
Permaculture is a remarkable philosophy. GliderGuider Oct 2012 #38
I definitely agree. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #40
Remember "End of Suburbia"? tama Oct 2012 #49
Absolutely! At the end of March I heard American activist Charles Simmons speak about this. GliderGuider Oct 2012 #51
From what I've seen tama Oct 2012 #52
Frickin' awesome stuff, tama, thank you for posting that. =) AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #42
And it's picking up tama Oct 2012 #48
Here's something that's that's suggestive of a chaotic flip: GliderGuider Oct 2012 #65
Chaotic Flip: pscot Oct 2012 #66
I've never understood the value of chaos theory as a predictor wtmusic Oct 2012 #67
No prediction, just an illustrative analogy. GliderGuider Oct 2012 #68
Thanks wtmusic Oct 2012 #70
TBH, you're probably mostly correct. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #69
I got about 80 pages into James Gleick's book wtmusic Oct 2012 #71
No problem, I think we're on the same page. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #72
Not a theory, but a paradigm, Iterate Oct 2012 #73
That was a very illuminating contribution. GliderGuider Oct 2012 #74
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