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Are we ready for 2015?
I’m not sorry for sounding somewhat melodramatic, here: what we face is nothing less than the archetypical existential threat. You may well dismiss me as ‘alarmist’: but if you were in a crowded theatre and you were to hear me … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Communication, Drama, Education, Energy, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, News and politics, People, Phlyarology, Science, Strategy
Tagged 2 degrees, AGW, climate change, GCD, Mark Lynas, The Age of Stupid
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CO2 – present and past
Can you spare just four minutes to watch this (silent) video, please? Good words thieved from the YouTube comment thread (reinventing the wheel is futile): David Furphy: “Watch this excellent 3 minute animation and you’ll immediately get how much Industrial … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Communication, Education, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, History, Science, Strategy
Tagged 350, 350.org, ACD, AGW, carbon dioxide, CO2, CO2now, GCD, hockey stick, NOAA
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IPCC* — straight talking
With thanks to Echoes from a Pale Blue Dot, whose post ‘Too important to ignore!’ explains more: It’s good to see a message that makes it clear that mitigation and adaptation are complementary; though, personally, I would like to see … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Communication, Core thought, Economics, Education, Energy, Environment, Food, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, History, memetics, News and politics, Phlyarology, Science, Strategy, Water
Tagged ACD, adaptation, AGW, climate change, Climate Change 2014: Impacts Adaptation and Vulnerability, climate disruption, GCD, IPCC, mitigation
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What’s the alternative?
The graph above is the rough shape of humanity’s usage of fossil fuels, on a scale that puts human civilization into perspective. We are currently halfway through the fossil fuel reserves, more or less; but although we’ve been burning the black … Continue reading
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