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bvar22

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7. This time, no lifeboats... even for the RICH.

Reply to GliderGuider (Original post)

Wed May 23, 2012, 07:22 PM

May 2012

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'Faster Than We Thought': An Epitaph for Planet Earth [View all] GliderGuider May 2012 OP

I wish the Earth well, she'll do better without us. Lionessa May 2012 #1

I've said it many times on DU, the human race is too dumb to survive. nt ladjf May 2012 #4

. XemaSab May 2012 #2

"Look your children in the eye, while you still can" --NNadir phantom power May 2012 #3

For all the crazy stuff that guy wrote, that one line rings true. NT NickB79 May 2012 #8

XXX is happening faster than expected. kristopher May 2012 #5

Table 6.1 really hammers home what a lot of us have felt for a long time here on E/E NickB79 May 2012 #9

And as always it ignores the transportation issue... GliderGuider May 2012 #11

More sour grapes GG? kristopher May 2012 #14

No, just pointing out that as usual GliderGuider May 2012 #16

No one has overlooked anything kristopher May 2012 #17

Look again NickyB, and tell us truly what you see. kristopher May 2012 #13

Funny that you choose to use GW values instead of TWH values in your reply to my point about TWH's NickB79 May 2012 #35

Thank you. That seems a good source. kristopher May 2012 #36

Let's look at the electrical generation from Table 6.1 GliderGuider May 2012 #12

Here's another version using the actual 2009 data instead of their projection GliderGuider May 2012 #15

You're just tossing out nonsense and wrapping it in a graph... kristopher May 2012 #19

Amusing that you were fine with the graph that was based on 1998 WEO. joshcryer May 2012 #20

Are you all right? There is no graph for the 1998 WEO forecast. kristopher May 2012 #23

Are you all right? GG posted the graph he made in #12. joshcryer May 2012 #24

Given that you seem awfully concerned about what sources other people are using... XemaSab May 2012 #25

??? GliderGuider May 2012 #27

I was waiting for your unruly 'children' to go to bed kristopher May 2012 #29

TL; DNR GliderGuider May 2012 #30

Did you flatten the curve deliberately or is it too complicated for you. kristopher May 2012 #31

The renewables curve was an exponential trend line. GliderGuider May 2012 #32

You understated a key data point by 600% to grossly understate the renewable trendline kristopher May 2012 #33

Please try to understand GliderGuider May 2012 #34

Thank you for charting the data, GG. It shows quite nicely that while... joshcryer May 2012 #22

All you've done is illustrate my point kristopher May 2012 #18

Wait, I thought that was nonsense wrapped up into a graph? joshcryer May 2012 #21

At least somebody gets the point... GliderGuider May 2012 #28

These graphs from New Scientist always drove the point home for me. GliderGuider May 2012 #6

Nah ... Nihil May 2012 #26

This time, no lifeboats... even for the RICH. bvar22 May 2012 #7

I'm not that pessimistic, but the old Chinese curse still applies. Odin2005 May 2012 #10