Impossible to say since: 1.) climatology is nascent - we don't know what interacts with what. E.g., we know ice is melting at record levels and the rate is increasing beyond any forecasted levels. That releases a lot of methane which is a GHG and accelerates GW.
2.) since we can't predict how fast the earth will warm, when it will stop, or what it will cause it's impossible to say what the risks are. What we do know for a fact is that it's going to get a lot tougher for humans to live on the planet. 3.) we know Venus is about 850 degrees and suffered runaway GW, which we think was caused from volcanos but we don't know. If we as humans had a bias for action we might be able to do something but instead we have the proverbial "prisoners dilemma". On Jan 24, 2012, at 7:18 AM, "Erika L. Rich" <elr...@ruwebby.com> wrote: > > So what's the bottom line. Is the earth exploding into a fiery ball of > flames in the next, say, 40 years? Or is it something that will happen 100 > years from now? > > And can we even stop it? Seriously? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345700 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
