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I don't even bother reading this kind of alarmist nonsense anymore. We are well-prepared for a few more degrees K, but they are not expected during the next cen

I don't even bother reading this kind of alarmist nonsense anymore. We are well-prepared for a few more degrees K, but they are not expected during the next century or so. We have much more pressing problems and this stuff is taking up a far too large part of our daily attention.

sascha_sl 7y ago
Spoken like someone well-off in a country with ubiquitous air conditioning. What other pressing issues are there you'd rather focus on? P.S.: If you're tryig to appear smart by using Kelvin, keep in mind that this is the one way to express temperature units without "degrees".
tempguy9999 7y ago
The ultimate in selfishness. To paraphrase Shakespeare, The future is another country, and they can die too. Thanks.
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antisthenes 7y ago
> We are well-prepared for a few more degrees K, but they are not expected during the next century or so. This is just flat out false, considering we have gone from 0 to 1 degree of warming in ~35 years; 40, if you're generous. We are well on track for at least another 2 degree warming by end the century.
- lazyjones 7y ago
  > we have gone from 0 to 1 degree of warming in ~35 years; 40, if you're generous. Because it got colder between 1950 and 1975. See: > The Earth is generally regarded as having warmed about about 1° C (1.8° F) since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, around 1750. In 2017, two professional papers generated much debate in both the popular press and professional literature about whether this figure is correct. Schurer, et al. argued the rise is 1.2° C (2.2° F) and Millar, et al. claimed the rise is 0.9° C (1.6° F). https://www.forbes.com/sites/uhenergy/2018/09/07/exactly-how-much-has-the-earth-warmed-and-does-it-matter/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/uhenergy/2018/09/07/exactly-how...

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I don't even bother reading this kind of alarmist nonsense anymore. We are well-prepared for a few more degrees K, but they are not expected during the next cen

by lazyjones 7y ago

sascha_sl 7y ago
Spoken like someone well-off in a country with ubiquitous air conditioning. What other pressing issues are there you'd rather focus on? P.S.: If you're tryig to appear smart by using Kelvin, keep in mind that this is the one way to express temperature units without "degrees".
tempguy9999 7y ago
The ultimate in selfishness. To paraphrase Shakespeare, The future is another country, and they can die too. Thanks.
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antisthenes 7y ago
> We are well-prepared for a few more degrees K, but they are not expected during the next century or so. This is just flat out false, considering we have gone from 0 to 1 degree of warming in ~35 years; 40, if you're generous. We are well on track for at least another 2 degree warming by end the century.
- lazyjones 7y ago
  > we have gone from 0 to 1 degree of warming in ~35 years; 40, if you're generous. Because it got colder between 1950 and 1975. See: > The Earth is generally regarded as having warmed about about 1° C (1.8° F) since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, around 1750. In 2017, two professional papers generated much debate in both the popular press and professional literature about whether this figure is correct. Schurer, et al. argued the rise is 1.2° C (2.2° F) and Millar, et al. claimed the rise is 0.9° C (1.6° F). https://www.forbes.com/sites/uhenergy/2018/09/07/exactly-how-much-has-the-earth-warmed-and-does-it-matter/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/uhenergy/2018/09/07/exactly-how...