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To: POKERSAM who wrote (893208)

10/12/2015 12:47:39 PM

From: Wharf Rat

Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1576751

"This earth is extremely resilient. It will be just fine"

I have no doubt. Mankind, however, won't be.

"I would like some idea of when it will be too late."

It's already too late to avoid consequences. Now it's a matter of keeping the damage to a minimum.

As early as 1977, one of Exxon’s senior scientists warned a gathering of oilmen of a “general scientific agreement” that the burning of fossil fuels was influencing the climate. A year later, he had updated his assessment, warning that “present thinking holds that man has a time window of five to 10 years before the need for hard decisions regarding changes in energy strategies might become critical.”

nytimes.com

"in reality it may not be warming at all."
There is your reality, and there is the planet's reality.

Data Source: NASA GISS - GHCN-v3 1880-09/2015 + SST: ERSST v4 1880-09/2015

To: POKERSAM who wrote (893208)	10/12/2015 1:00:27 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576751

Today you can find science to support a coming great cooling of the earth. Like where? Some climate-denier web site?

To: POKERSAM who wrote (893208)	10/12/2015 1:07:54 PM
From: Land Shark	1 Recommendation Recommended By Don Hurst Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 1576751

Today you can find science to support a coming great cooling of the earth. Climate scientists (I mean legit ones, not ones employed by the Heartland Institute or ALEC etc.) say that this cooling would be caused by decreased solar sunspot activity. They also say that the degree of cooling will in no way sufficient to offset the warming caused by CO2 from manmade activities. There would not be any "great cooling" coming as you say it. I hope this is not too difficult for you to comprehend. I know you don't like the answer or view it as bullsh*t because it supports the "wrong answer".