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CRH

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8. Thank you GG, ...
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:00 PM
Nov 2012

I rode the bus into Grecia proper and visited a internet cafe and viewed the presentation.

Actually, for me, it is was liberating, in that it is very obvious there is nothing we are going to do to stop the heating at this point. David Wasdell tries to leave the viewer with hope, but fails miserably, the earth is currently experiencing several tipping points that are accelerating and were described as run away warming. He comes off as well researched and very credible. I researched his bio before viewing, which adds significant foundation.

He did answer one of the climate sensitivity questions I've been researching, I.E., does the climate sensitivity factor increase lineal to GHG concentrations, or is it variable and possibly exponential as heat, feeds back on heat. Sadly the indications was the later, when enough feed backs begin to combine, the GHG concentrations can be static and the heating continues independent of normal hysteresis. It is not directly lineal. It is the gorilla in the living room, no climate scientist wants to talk about.

As I said earlier, it is liberating in that, barring a yet to be invented geo engineering solution, now total focus can be on adaption strategies, which is basically where I was at before, but now I know why.

Thanks for your time and response. hrh

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