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32. I think you're way too sanguine

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 11:31 PM

Nov 2012

about our ability to keep on keeping on in the face of very bad weather. You can't get a crop without water. There are water shortages all over the World. Water will be in critically short supply long before 2100. I admire your effort to find a silver lining, but I keep thinking about those population curves Caton used in Dieback.

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Global warming of +10C is ====>!!NOT!!<==== a reasonable expectation (erratum et apologia) [View all] GliderGuider Nov 2012 OP

Still waiting for someone to debunk Lynas wtmusic Nov 2012 #1

Woh - Impressive Work Bigmack Nov 2012 #2

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A +10C shift would be a planetwide catastrophe struggle4progress Nov 2012 #4

There is absolutely no question about that. GliderGuider Nov 2012 #5

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Is that a joke? NoOneMan Nov 2012 #9

Now that's an interesting observation. GliderGuider Nov 2012 #11

That's the main point I'm trying to make. joshcryer Nov 2012 #14

That'll happen too. We'll also probably move underground. joshcryer Nov 2012 #13

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Like you pointed out, we have fossil fuels until 2090. joshcryer Nov 2012 #17

Finding, drilling, transporting, refining and distributing GliderGuider Nov 2012 #19

I can't really disagree, I just can't predict how bad the die off will be. joshcryer Nov 2012 #20

Yes, there are a lot of unknowns. GliderGuider Nov 2012 #22

What can I say? Why aren't those in power getting the message? Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #6

I suspect that some of them ignore it because they already get it. GliderGuider Nov 2012 #12

I'm not so sure they get it. Not to the point of solution. Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #23

For the vast majority, I'm sure you're right. GliderGuider Nov 2012 #24

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Thanks, those are good additions. GliderGuider Nov 2012 #10

So are you "prepping" for your predictions? NoOneMan Nov 2012 #16

Nope. I've made the choice to stay in my community and go through whatever they do. GliderGuider Nov 2012 #18

Good luck with that! NoOneMan Nov 2012 #21

Easter Island AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #25

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Really? AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #36

Carl Lipo and Terry Hunt have some wrong ideas about what happened. joshcryer Nov 2012 #30

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You sir, are on my awesome list AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #37

joshcryer and I may not agree on everything, but GliderGuider Nov 2012 #43

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The biggest unknown in all this is GliderGuider Nov 2012 #38

I agree pscot Nov 2012 #40

Acceleration - that's the kick in the nuts, isn't it? GliderGuider Nov 2012 #42

The kick in the nadgers pscot Nov 2012 #44

+10C is PETM temperatures. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #33

Yeah, not by 2100, anyhow. AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #35

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Phew. Please pass the gasoline? wtmusic Nov 2012 #46