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Old 01-10-2016, 10:46 AM
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As we move away from dependence on those resources.
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I am referring to your statement...when everything else is poisoned....

We always make reasonable adjustments before any such totality is reached.
I have read that we are already past the point of no return.
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Old 01-10-2016, 03:13 PM
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I have read that we are already past the point of no return.
That's the emerging consensus, not that we're all going to die but that a tipping point has been reached whereby many of the effects of our CO2 emissions on climate will continue to worsen even if we ceased all emissions today. How bad it will get is still unknown and may nit be predictable.
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