[LINK] Global Warming Is Irreversible, Study Says

[David Boxall]

At Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:13:44 +1100 Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> <brd>
> If global warming is irreversible, maybe we should stop tinkering with 
> irreverent/irrelevant suggestions and start looking at survival strategies.
> </brd>
...
I guess it depends how much damage we're prepared to do and what we 
think we can survive.  Several years ago, I read a worst-case scenario 
that had  earth's surface temperature around 400C.  That was after all 
surface water had evaporated, of course, adding to the greenhouse 
effect.  There was something about crushing atmospheric pressure too.

What we've done may be irreversible, but that doesn't mean we should 
keep doing it.
 
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David Boxall                    |  When a distinguished but elderly
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                                |  possible, he is almost certainly
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