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AverageJoe90

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5. Truth is, we've really had that info for a few decades now.

Reply to limpyhobbler (Reply #4)

Thu Nov 1, 2012, 11:34 PM

Nov 2012

We really don't know how bad it will get(well, for the most part). We could hit 6*C by 2100 or we might only hit 2*C. Hell, for all we know, this latest run of extreme weather over this past decade globally could have been, in part, just a run of really shitty luck(in fact, that's a possibility that is really far more valid than some may think).

The odds really aren't all that high for a catastrophic scenario to occur, but partly because of the shitty luck we've had, that isn't a gamble that I'm willing to play at all, and I'm sure many will at least agree with me on that.

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There has been some muted discussion of Sandy with regard to GW. Nay-sayers not surprisingly cry [View all] Bill USA Oct 2012 OP

Well...... AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #1

of course we don't know all the facts yet. If we did we'd have to be in the future(already)(chuckle) Bill USA Oct 2012 #2

Very interesting indeed. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #3

I think we have enough info now to say human-made climate change is real. limpyhobbler Oct 2012 #4

Truth is, we've really had that info for a few decades now. AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #5