tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post56833681225708567..comments2024-01-13T01:17:55.325-06:00Comments on Tom Nelson: Wael Hmaidan, director of the Climate Action Network, a worldwide network of 850 NGOs: "by the end of this century we might exceed four degrees temperature increase, which means the collapse of human civilization"Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08119241500221931600noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-74872276048638631742013-06-14T05:41:08.990-05:002013-06-14T05:41:08.990-05:00Surely the existence of Climate Action Network and...Surely the existence of Climate Action Network and the IPCC shows that human civilization has already collapsed!<br />eco-geeknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-17335600386751869392013-06-13T23:13:20.597-05:002013-06-13T23:13:20.597-05:00It is already clearly evident that the world has p...It is already clearly evident that the world has passed critical tipping points. The oft-made claim that we have "time" yet to "stop climate change" is quite absurd and fails to take into account the totality of evidence we now have.<br /><br />You cannot replace all the missing glaciers, or the sea ice and put the water "back" now. Or stop the albedo effect. Nor restore the jet stream to normal patterns. Or remove the heat in the oceans. Or lower sea level rise. Or remove the methane and carbon dioxide. Or prevent the methane hydrate release. Or extract the black soot / carbon from the atmosphere.<br /><br />All the energy now released by melt and the amplified hydrological cycle is unleashed, it is simply "not stoppable" and will accelerate.<br /><br />We only experiencing the emissions from the 1980's - we've yet to even comprehend what it will mean when we experience the increased emissions we're still emitting through 2013.<br /><br />The Arctic is exhibiting anomaly's of 50 degrees higher then normal throughout the year now. This is not "fixable" either.<br /><br />It all means more and more heat, faster and faster, accelerating year by year. Unstoppable. Immutable. Indifferent to our pandering and politicking and nitpicking stupidity.<br /><br />2 degrees was ALWAYS a political "pick" with zero basis in science. Now, to say we "might" experience 4 degrees, is yet another political "compromise" which seeks to hide the horrible truth.<br /><br />We are irrevocably committed to 8C warming and the extinction of all life on Earth (except for some very low life forms which will manage this temperature increase).<br /><br />This is a provable FACT now. Humanity has less than 100 years of survival left. In that time, billions will die. The effects of climate change are already clearly evident, taking the lives of thousands and it is accelerating. By 2050, the annual death toll will be in the millions per year. <br /><br />There is very little time left. ~J.R.~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-57686048073880907982013-06-13T23:12:15.163-05:002013-06-13T23:12:15.163-05:00Wael took Bill McKibben's creep factor and amp...Wael took Bill McKibben's creep factor and amplified it 850 times. <br /><br />It's a good thing we don't have an organization to represent serial killers. If there was, I think Wael might be a good candidate to direct the outfit. It appears that Wael would take the job if the compensation was adequate. Brian G Valentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01523059818774910427noreply@blogger.com