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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 12:04 PM Original message |
Scientists claim planet is heading for 'irreversible' climate change by 2040 |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Cap n Trade will fix that. |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. ya...I thought we were already there... |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I agree with you. We are there now. Have been for some years now. It will be a matter |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Climate scientists predicted the US East Coast would get wetter |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. You know… it's not that the amount of precipitation is higher than average… |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'll be honest: I believe it is a lost cause |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
7. by 2040? . . . what the hell do they think is happening now??? . . . n/t |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Like it or not, it can get much worse than what is happening now |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. Last week we only had 4 years. Now we have 31 years. That's progress! |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. You're not a skeptic. Skeptics actually seek out relevant info. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. The problem for your position is that there are no studies claiming things will get better |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Get better then what? |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Long-term Arctic sea ice trend |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 07:20 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The Antarctic has a positive trend of 0.8% per decade. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I'll see your miniscule positive trend, and raise you 7 strongly negative trends: |
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