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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:45 PM Original message |
"we’re going to experience far more global warming than our current models predict" |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. I believe it. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. "Convection" Horsey, unless you're talkin' cupcakes. |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 04:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Texas is a giant cotton candy maker??? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. LOL. See that is what I get for posting late at night when I should be in bed. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. Surely we will. Question is why Countries leaders are not going at this in panic mode. |
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Mr Deltoid (694 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 12:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The modern world doesn't have an off switch |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. constant expansion=another phrase for explosion, after which only fragments |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
62. Exactly...plenty of modes of operation at lower levels of population, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 03:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Answer is that capitalism is suicidal -- elites are suicidal -- adds up to SUICIDE ... !!! |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Those PTB elites at the top behind the denial movement aren't suicidal, they're sociopaths. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I believe you are on to something. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Correct. TPTB see a massive die-off |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. Yeah, didn't you see the movie "2012" - the elites had their arks |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. OIL and COAL industry certainly don't believe their own BS... that's why they bought govrernment-!! |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #44 |
66. I agree that global warming has already begun but I don't believe |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Global warming doesn't exist, you know. So say Republicans and the Chamber of Commerce Crowd |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. We should just change |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
61. You don't have to go that far. We have DUers who claim it's all a big hoax |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. Because human beings don't have the degree of social organization to stop it. |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Climate change and disruption of ecological processes |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #48 |
68. Yeasts limit their own population |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:54 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. They don't limit their own population. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
53. Leaders? We have leaders' |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. Interesting. Nt |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
7. I'm sure this is correct but NOBODY with power seems to care enough to do anything. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
8. We are only now feeling our impact on the environment from 1960 onward .... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. It is just getting started, really. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. Agree --- |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
13. Yea, yea. Must be running low on grant money. TERRA! |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. A turd in the kool-aid bowl |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Right-wing talking point you got there. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. Hold your applause, folks, he's got a million of 'em. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. It's science, not religion. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Take your right wing talking points |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. :/ |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Um, calling it a religion is wrong. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
51. I suppose you think we hallucinated the 119F that we experienced just |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
58. Do you think that the climate has been stable in recent years? |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
60. I can't believe we have to put up with climate change deniers on DU |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
72. WTF? |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. Sad K&R. Pity the milder possibilities were used when first warning people about global warming. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. Well it's a good thing we're getting that new pipeline then. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. Dr. John Harte makes some good points. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. Thanks for the additional excerpts. nt |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. If the Summer we just experienced is the "New Normal", |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. We are ALL fucked. |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Mother nature will thin the herd it seems |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. +1 |
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Pooka Fey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. + 1 |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. If this pattern holds, we will see a mass exodus of people from the Southwest |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. This should really have higher recommendations. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Thanks for the reminder! |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
34. No doubt in my mind. n/t |
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CrawlingChaos (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
38. Note his proposed course of action |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. While unpopular, I've always felt we should remove the child tax credit |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. I say NO child tax credits whatsoever. And yes, tax penalties for more than 2. |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
40. I Read on Wikipedia |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
43. I forget where I read it, but there's a theory abou the Little Ice Age of the late middle ages |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
46. I've pretty much believed it all along, but the Feb 1 blizzard removed any trace of doubt. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
47. +6 degrees is basically the end of higher lifeforms on earth. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. We are going to take things down to blue-green algae soup and nothing |
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Jim_Shorts (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #47 |
63. I wish these scientists could could get together and give us some decent models |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
49. Game, set, match. And proof that greed is NOT good. |
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Puget Progressive (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
50. Dr. Harte is an environmental scientist who can be trusted |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. I was in his Environmental Physics class there too, also late 70's! |
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Puget Progressive (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #57 |
67. No, I have not seen his book |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
56. Insane weather |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
59. I was just home in Dallas |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
64. Yo Hissy, |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
65. I'm going to need a bigger air conditioner. |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
69. I survived the global cooling |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
71. kicky |
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