Physics doesnt care who was elected…?

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November 10, 2016 at 8:46 am #57460

wv
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Are we dead either way?

link:http://www.climatecentral.org/news/physics-climate-election-2016-20862

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“It is hard to fight an enemy that has outposts in your head.”
Sally Kempton

November 10, 2016 at 9:48 am #57472

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November 10, 2016 at 9:56 am #57473

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nittany ram wrote:

Courtesy of the Princess Bride.

“I want my planet back, you son of a bitch.”

November 10, 2016 at 10:10 am #57476

Billy_T
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nittany ram wrote:

Man, I love that quote! Have never seen it before. But it’s so . . . . cosmically aware. With a little bit of comically aware to boot.

November 10, 2016 at 10:13 am #57478

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link:https://jpratt27.wordpress.com/2016/11/10/climate-change-may-be-escalating-so-fast-it-could-be-game-over-scientists-warn-auspol/

Climate change may be escalating so fast it could be ‘game over’, scientists warn #auspol

By Ian Johnston

New research suggests the Earth’s climate could be more sensitive to greenhouse gases than thought, raising the spectre of an ‘apocalyptic side of bad’ temperature rise of more than 7C within a lifetime….

November 10, 2016 at 10:13 am #57479

Billy_T
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wv wrote:

Are we dead either way?

link:http://www.climatecentral.org/news/physics-climate-election-2016-20862

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“It is hard to fight an enemy that has outposts in your head.”
Sally Kempton

As long as we keep the capitalist system in place, yes. Naomi Klein finally reached that conclusion in her last book, This Changes Everything.

November 10, 2016 at 10:23 am #57480

Billy_T
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Another thing about this that is often overlooked: The (secular) Pascal’s Wager aspect.

If the Climate skeptics are correct, and we go ahead and make huge changes to radically improve our environment, what’s the worst thing that could happen? A much cleaner, safer, healthier, more sustainable and livable world for all life.

If the Climate skeptics are wrong, and we do nothing, we’re fucked. And we’ve already lost half of all wildlife to pollution since 1970. That’s already happened. Estimates say we’ll lose 2/3rds by 2020, and . . . by 2030, we’ll need two entire earths to handle natural resource needs for the planet. If everyone in the world behaved like average Americans in their consumption and environmental footprint, we’d need four entire earths.
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