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GliderGuider

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13. Considered individually, none of the problems we face look catastrophic
Tue Apr 24, 2012, 01:04 PM
Apr 2012

The problem is, they're not individual problems. They are elements of an interlocked, interacting, mutually amplifying system of problems, and trying to solve one makes others worse.

Here's my 50,000 foot view of the Planetary Predicament™: http://www.paulchefurka.ca/50000_Foot_View.html

We are in the beginning stages of a "multiple organ failure" scenario, and no matter whether we keep average temperature rise under 4 degrees C or not the crisis is going to intensify very rapidly from here on.

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