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Environment & Energy

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)

1. It is pretty much over

Reply to GliderGuider (Original post)

Mon Nov 25, 2013, 06:25 PM

Nov 2013

Scientists knew they would not be believed if they used real number, so they fudged the numbers to the conservative side, making it look bad, but not catastrophic. Problem is, reality is turning out to be catastrophic. The methane melt is going to accelerate and it is pretty much all over but the dying by 2020.

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The Methane Disaster Bubbling in the Arctic [View all] GliderGuider Nov 2013 OP

It is pretty much over Kelvin Mace Nov 2013 #1

Pretty hyperbolic assertion lordsummerisle Nov 2013 #5

Which assertion is hyperbolic? GliderGuider Nov 2013 #6

It has been discussed for several years now - Updated Kelvin Mace Nov 2013 #8

OK so what should we do? n/t lordsummerisle Nov 2013 #9

Do whatever you think might help GliderGuider Nov 2013 #10

Beautifully put. Ghost Dog Nov 2013 #12

Glider, this is one of your 'gold' posts, ... CRH Nov 2013 #13

Thanks, both of you. GliderGuider Nov 2013 #14

Ok so lordsummerisle Nov 2013 #20

Yeah. It's a tough place to be. GliderGuider Nov 2013 #22

Not much can be done Kelvin Mace Nov 2013 #11

Nothing short of deliberately slamming and asteroid into the Earth or ... Ganja Ninja Nov 2013 #15

Geoengineering feels to me like a miniature version of such things. GliderGuider Nov 2013 #16

Setting aside the ongoing geoengineering experiment we're all following with such interest . . . hatrack Nov 2013 #17

Well, probably not Kelvin Mace Nov 2013 #18

we need a larger commitment to ways of reducing GHG emissions in a shorter timeframe than 20 years Bill USA Nov 2013 #21

Irreversible in human time frames, so think like Aunt Marie, ... CRH Nov 2013 #2

As much as I don't like fracking Politicalboi Nov 2013 #3

It's not possible, unfortunately GliderGuider Nov 2013 #4

Better article from Robin Westenra here GliderGuider Nov 2013 #7

yep. Bill USA Nov 2013 #19