Yes, that was me. I don’t typically read threads about anthropogenic climate change anymore because the posts were generally nonsensical. They generally fell into 2 camps; talking smack about scientists they don’t know and are working on science they don’t understand or saying the world is going to end and you must immediately buy an electric golf cart to save the planet. The evidence points to some anthropogenic warming (about 1C for the mean global surface temperature anomaly) and there will probably be more. Estimates vary but warming of 2-3C by the end of the century appears to be possible. That is actually a lot. We will probably need to remediate coastal regions and there will probably be some geopolitical implications as the warming varies geographically. Unfortunately, due to that fact that we derive about 80% of the world’s energy from hydrocarbons, bending the curve downward will be a slow process. There is not much we can do in the US since we only account for about 15% of world’s total CO2 release each year. If you look at just transportation in the US, our cars only account for about 2% of the world’s total CO2 release each year. China and India are the long poles in the tent.
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Originally Posted by mntlblok
I remember reading a great post on ToTV a while back on climate change and feedback loops and it was written by an actual scientist in the field. Was that you? Been kicking myself for not keeping it for reference. TIA
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