tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323600560922370.post6188430264206114582..comments2023-11-02T02:58:46.916-07:00Comments on "The Virus will be Televised." Climate change too!: My personal 4-minute video reaction to Roy Scranton's brilliant essay collection titled "We're Doomed. Now What?" (In the title: Note the Period. Note the Question Mark.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323600560922370.post-88281090202653217532018-07-21T20:18:12.011-07:002018-07-21T20:18:12.011-07:00Dear Dan -- ." thanks for this video, it is a...Dear Dan -- ." thanks for this video, it is a sage comment... and follows Roy Scranton well -- although I am still reading his new book ''WE'RE DOOMED. NOW WHAT?"- I just started with the last chapter. '' Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323600560922370.post-69826747638715930352018-07-21T19:13:54.585-07:002018-07-21T19:13:54.585-07:00How bad can it be? ...and when?
The chart below h...How bad can it be? ...and when?<br /><br />The chart below has linked hotspots. In the lower right corner of the chart notice the temperature line for the current year. There are seven future projections plotted. <br /><br />The graphic IPCC Chart uses data from special report emissions scenario for the IPCC. Links below in blue are summarized projections for each degree change taken from the book "Six Degrees, Our Future on a Hotter Planet" - Mark Lynas and videos segments from National Geographics.<br />For an excellent video introduction to the global warming problem see the National Geographic video of Global Warming 101<br /><br /> celcius to F <br />The composite chart shows past temperature changes and projected changes to the year 2100. The temperature scale counts upward from the year 2000 - which represents 0 degrees of change. The red line is the average temperature before the year 2000. Where the red line splits, these are the future projections, and each model scenario is a different color. The vertical color lines on the right represent the temperature range for each of these models. Note that all scientists agree that we will see increases of at least 1 degree Centigrade. The blue text on the left side describes some events for each temperature level.<br /><br /><br />Just what is the IPCC? All countries are members of the IPCC. The goal is to assess science of climate change, the Union of Concerned Scientist describes their reports. <br />The emission scenarios mentioned above are nicely discussed at http://www.manicore.com/anglais/documentation_a/greenhouse/emission_scenario.html <br />Another display of the same data - future predictions vs degrees of warming. <br />Current early warnings signs available at http://www.climatehotmap.org/ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323600560922370.post-77105272362445560332018-07-21T19:12:24.923-07:002018-07-21T19:12:24.923-07:00''Dear Dan,
Wonderful words about grace ...''Dear Dan, <br /><br />Wonderful words about grace and dignity in your 4 minute video. I do hope you can expand this and revise it a bit and consult your sources before you take such a rosy, optimistic stance. Check the model and scenarios of six degrees of warming. Heck, even check the IPCC - Or even check http://localsteps.org/howbad.html and select the 4 degree level for a quick National Geographic video. <br /><br />IMHO, The momentum of inaction is what dooms us. For 30 years, we have been tricked into denial, disavowal and delay. And yes it is possible to have a few more generations of humans, but ONLY if everyone, devotes every resource, "to do everything, all at once" (Bill Nye). And starting tomorrow morning. <br /><br />And we don't need to perfect a carbon tax - we need to have that in place already. .. that's like a cancer patient deciding what brand of nicotine gum to chew. Everything, all at once.<br /> <br />I share your aspirations to have many more generations filled with loving children. But I really can't find a climate scientist anywhere who agrees with that. Agriculture sciences predicts by the mid 2030s that only half the global agricultural food capacity will be possible because flowering plants can't germinate in high heat. Corn already has some problems already. <br /><br />Melting glaciers deliver river waters to much of Asia - much of that is drying up. Sea level rise is not going to stop short of 270 feet more. (other than triggering giant volcanoes or aiming an asteroid our way) ALL we can do is slow down the change<br /><br />Really Dan, this was a good first attempt at saying something meaningful, but you need to study the science of climate change also with grace and dignity.''Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com