Temperature chart for the last 11,000 years

Re:Temperature chart for the last 11,000 years by hrkristian on Saturday September 21, 2013 @04:11PM (#6424286)

Fair points in general on short-term solutions, but citation seriously needed on where you get 12 meters higher sea levels and 100 degrees C from.

In fact those two would essentially climax hilariously, because at 100 degrees the sea will be in the atmosphere, thousands of metres high.

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Re:Temperature chart for the last 11,000 years by seszett on Saturday September 21, 2013 @04:13PM (#6424294)

I got them in the same place the GP got their 50°C from, I presume - my ass.

The point is: there is no predictable upper limit, period.

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Re:Temperature chart for the last 11,000 years by Dylan16807 on Saturday September 21, 2013 @04:32PM (#6424388)

I wasn't trying to give a real number, I was saying that 'too hot, planetwide' is rather unrealistic. The initial ass-number was '6', why does your argument rely on numbers an order of magnitude larger?

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Re:Temperature chart for the last 11,000 years by seszett on Saturday September 21, 2013 @04:40PM (#6424428)

Because there is no predictable upper limit, and any quick fix is at immediate risk of not being enough shortly later.

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Re:Temperature chart for the last 11,000 years by Dylan16807 on Saturday September 21, 2013 @04:45PM (#6424442)

I think it's perfectly reasonable to postpone worrying about 50+ degrees until it's already shifted at least 5. If it turns out 5 is terrible, we'll have hundreds of years to implement plans to stop 50.

If you think 5 degrees is catastrophic, then sure worry about that in 2013. But it won't make the planet uninhabitable.

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