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To: RetiredNow who wrote (10112)	6/27/2009 8:11:11 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

CO2 as ppm of the atmosphere is increasing. Calling it "runaway" implies there's a process of feedback and that moer CO2 itself causes more CO2. The most common use of the term is in thermal runaway, when an increase in temperature leads to changes that cause further increase of temperature. .... Many biological and artificial intelligence examples of feedback runaway occur when each generation or iteration produces more organisms or data, resulting in a geometric increase unless some are culled. Economic types of feedback runaway include a bear market, where the dropping price of shares causes more people to sell, lowering the price further. Another is when rising costs prompt consumers to purchase more in expectation of higher costs in the future - the increased demand causing prices to rise further. en.wikipedia.org