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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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