Posted by Guy on June 23, 2007, at 15:29:25
In reply to What if?, posted by Guy on June 23, 2007, at 12:20:52
I've been following this issue closely, and it would appear that our only hope is to avoid the 2 degree threshold. That's when the really serious sh*t starts to happen, like the melting of the permafrost, the collapse of tropical rainforests and many other positive feedback loops. Unfortunately, the village idiot is in charge of the White House and the boneheads here in Canada aren't much better. Then there's China, now the world's largest producer of greenhouse gasses, followed closely by the USA. Emissions are soaring when they should be dropping dramatically. I'd say there's less than a 1% chance that we can avoid catastrophic climate change. I work in the school system and I feel so sorry for the kids.
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