Climate Change - Tipping Point, Skeptics, & Adaptation (The Point) - YouTube
Patzert at the 6:35 mark: "[Methane and CO2] have a high heat capacity--they tend to grab heat, they capture it. And they capture it for a long time".
Patzert at the 9:12 mark: "At this point the evidence is unequivocal, if you want to take it to court".
Tammy Bang Luu at the 14:55 mark: "Actually, what hundreds of countries are saying, 1.5 degrees Celsius. At 2 degrees Celsius, Africa is going to be boiling."
At the 23:55 mark, Luu (who just flew in from Asia) suggests that we should have a "moratorium on highways and roads" in the U.S.
At the 31:45 mark, Andrea Robinson says "It's a major bummer-outer, right? Everything we're saying right now is like you want to slash your wrists".
At the 33:20 mark, Cara Santa Maria on Romney's alleged denial: "Because your family is going to be so well off when they're under water".
At the 33:30 mark, Robinson says the fossil fuel companies are "there to sort of harm". "You come home and you look at your kid in the face and say 'Hey, how was your day today?' Good luck having a planet in a couple of years".
At the 33:45 mark, Luu says that changing the American lifestyle is "exactly what needs to happen".
Patzert at the 37:00 mark: "Money talks and science walks", then he starts raving about Big Oil.
Patzert at the 38:15 mark: "The future of civilization is really in the balance here...how do we take back the planet, take back the political system in this country?...Somehow, we have to take back this planet and save it from these large special interests like the Koch brothers or Big Oil".
At the 43:30 mark, Santa Maria says that we should "talk about how your children are going to die unless you make this change and that change".
At the 43:30 mark, Santa Maria says "none of us want to boil".
At the 45:09 mark, Santa Maria says "it's insane--27 trillion dollars weighing down your pockets means nothing when you're a corpse".
At the 47:10 mark, Patzert says that "alternative energy can be very very very profitable". At the 50:50 mark, Patzert reveals that one of his favorite books is Tom Friedman's [warmist manifesto] "Hot, Flat, and Crowded".
[54-minute video] Is there really carbon tipping point after which there wiull be devastating climate change consequences? Can we adapt to aspects of climate change that can't be avoided, and even improve the economy at the same time? What are the biggest obstacles to tackling the issue of global warming? Cara Santa Maria (Senior Science Correspondent, Huffingtonpost.com) leads this week's panel on 'The Point' to discuss these issues and more with Andrea Robinson (founder, director - Arc Sustainability), Bill Patzert (Climatologist - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), and Tammy Bang Luu (Associate Director at Labor/Community Strategy Center). Special thanks to Bill McKibben (Author, & Founder of 350.org), Christopher Field (Director - Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology), and Naomi Oreskes (Professor - History and Science Studies at UCSD) for sending in their points.NASA's Patzert, at the 4:20 mark: "Over the past 200 years, we've done an extreme makeover not only on the planet, but on the planet's atmosphere. In the 19th century, we had the great agricultural revolution, where we started clearing the forests, and of course that immediately put the entire carbon on the planet out of balance...global sea level has risen eight inches in the last century and a half--that's an awful lot!".
Patzert at the 6:35 mark: "[Methane and CO2] have a high heat capacity--they tend to grab heat, they capture it. And they capture it for a long time".
Patzert at the 9:12 mark: "At this point the evidence is unequivocal, if you want to take it to court".
Tammy Bang Luu at the 14:55 mark: "Actually, what hundreds of countries are saying, 1.5 degrees Celsius. At 2 degrees Celsius, Africa is going to be boiling."
At the 23:55 mark, Luu (who just flew in from Asia) suggests that we should have a "moratorium on highways and roads" in the U.S.
At the 31:45 mark, Andrea Robinson says "It's a major bummer-outer, right? Everything we're saying right now is like you want to slash your wrists".
At the 33:20 mark, Cara Santa Maria on Romney's alleged denial: "Because your family is going to be so well off when they're under water".
At the 33:30 mark, Robinson says the fossil fuel companies are "there to sort of harm". "You come home and you look at your kid in the face and say 'Hey, how was your day today?' Good luck having a planet in a couple of years".
At the 33:45 mark, Luu says that changing the American lifestyle is "exactly what needs to happen".
Patzert at the 37:00 mark: "Money talks and science walks", then he starts raving about Big Oil.
Patzert at the 38:15 mark: "The future of civilization is really in the balance here...how do we take back the planet, take back the political system in this country?...Somehow, we have to take back this planet and save it from these large special interests like the Koch brothers or Big Oil".
At the 43:30 mark, Santa Maria says that we should "talk about how your children are going to die unless you make this change and that change".
At the 43:30 mark, Santa Maria says "none of us want to boil".
At the 45:09 mark, Santa Maria says "it's insane--27 trillion dollars weighing down your pockets means nothing when you're a corpse".
At the 47:10 mark, Patzert says that "alternative energy can be very very very profitable". At the 50:50 mark, Patzert reveals that one of his favorite books is Tom Friedman's [warmist manifesto] "Hot, Flat, and Crowded".
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