> On Aug 19, 2016, at 6:30 PM, Mirimir <miri...@riseup.net> wrote: >> >> About the time follow up studies measured and confirmed annual summer >> methane discharges from thawed out former Arctic permafrost (ancient >> peat bogs, tidal flats etc.), climatologists stopped talking about >> "stopping" much less reversing global warming. > > Right, that will likely be a major factor. I'm betting that we'll see > regional forest burn-offs, as precipitation shifts away from the > equator. Amazon will become grasslands and desert. Africa too. > > Migration will be a bitch. Maybe US and EU will nuke strategically to > prevent that. Maybe we'll finally see WWIII ;) > >> So far I am not aware of any positive public statements from competent >> actors to the effect that global warming is now self-driving >> regardless of human activity. I suspect there is a quiet consensus >> that telling this particular truth would do more harm that good: The >> human contribution to global warming does continue to accelerate the >> process and enlarge its "final" impact, so statements that could be >> taken as excuses to just give up on reducing greenhouse gas emissions >> would be counter-productive. > > Before too long, it won't matter ;) > >> With or without global warming, the exponential growth of human >> population and the industrial processes that drive this growth had to >> end sometime. That time is "real soon now." > > Interesting times are coming, for sure ;)
I appreciate and fully endorse your optimism :) ROFL John