So tell me, what do you guys think?

ER — 7/25/2023 11:33:33 PM (archived)

Is this heat wave just a temporary blip in an otherwise gradual warm-up due to AGW?

Or did we just have a change-of-state event, hit a new equilibrium, crossed some sort of climatic "inflexion point", a phase change?

What's the word? A "tipping point" ?

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So tell me, what do you guys think? - ER - 7/25/2023 11:33:33 PM
- We are far past the tipping point... - RL - 8/7/2023 3:53:27 AM
  - What about carbon capture? - BuckGalaxy - 8/13/2023 2:51:44 AM
    - 400+ ppm? - ER - 8/13/2023 11:18:03 PM
      - Minimum energy to dissociate CO2 into carbon and O2 - RL - 8/14/2023 12:48:22 AM
    - I am all for it- but the scale of the problem makes it questionable - RL - 8/13/2023 10:35:55 PM
      - Thinking outside the box - BuckGalaxy - 8/14/2023 9:33:43 AM
        
        Outside the box? - ER - 8/14/2023 2:24:37 PM
        
        Energy to change the world - BuckGalaxy - 8/14/2023 4:22:49 PM
        
        There are two kinds of impossible3 things. - ER - 8/14/2023 7:04:53 PM
        
        And of course... - BuckGalaxy - 8/14/2023 10:13:21 PM
        
        Physics.org is not a tabloid - BuckGalaxy - 8/14/2023 10:01:33 PM
        
        Fusion is always a possibility. - ER - 8/14/2023 11:34:05 PM
        
        Short term vs long term investments - BuckGalaxy - 8/15/2023 1:31:20 AM
        
        fish or cut bait - ER - 8/15/2023 2:25:48 PM
        
        Natural Laws - BuckGalaxy - 8/15/2023 6:51:18 PM
        
        So what the hell are we arguing about? - ER - 8/15/2023 8:38:57 PM
        
        Misconceptions? - BuckGalaxy - 8/15/2023 9:13:45 PM
        
        Capitalism has its merits, but unfettered capitalism is evil- and that is largely what we have... - RL - 8/15/2023 11:37:00 PM
        
        I agree with most of what you wrote - BuckGalaxy - 8/16/2023 1:01:12 AM
        
        More on taxes - BuckGalaxy - 8/15/2023 1:46:45 AM
        
        "Easily repealed in political cycles" - ER - 8/15/2023 2:30:08 PM
        
        30 year problem - BuckGalaxy - 8/15/2023 6:57:11 PM
        
        The breeder program. - ER - 8/15/2023 12:01:10 AM
  - I can't say I believe entirely in your assessment - ER - 8/7/2023 7:25:55 PM
    - " that the causes of the problem, pollution and resource depletion leading to environmental degradation, will diminish and the biosphere will quickly recover" - RL - 8/12/2023 5:29:54 PM
      - The earth will recover from tis emergency. - ER - 8/13/2023 1:22:26 AM
        
        Venus - BuckGalaxy - 8/13/2023 2:40:31 AM
        
        The Golden Path and the Conqueror Worm - ER - 8/13/2023 3:12:55 PM
- Something else to worry about. - RobVG - 7/26/2023 9:52:30 PM
- I think we'll need to wait and see. n/t - RobVG - 7/26/2023 6:15:08 PM
  - Not that it matters. - ER - 7/26/2023 9:51:10 PM
    - It's looking that way isn't it. - RobVG - 7/26/2023 9:56:19 PM

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