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GliderGuider

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6. How much do you and your personal consumption matter to the fate of the world?

Reply to wtmusic (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 28, 2012, 04:20 PM

Dec 2012

The human population as a whole is at least 60% over the line.

Take all the onus you want, but accept that that is only one seven billionth of the problem.

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200 year long drought might be "normal", even without global warming. [View all] Speck Tater Dec 2012 OP

800-1300 AD. that sounds like the Medieval Warm Period happyslug Dec 2012 #1

Those 9th century SUV's sure did a number on the global climate. Indydem Dec 2012 #2

Recent reports, show our SUVs are doing a much better job at raising the temperatures. happyslug Dec 2012 #3

Hey it snowed here yesterday, so much for global warming, right? Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #4

These fatalistic messages rock. wtmusic Dec 2012 #5

How much do you and your personal consumption matter to the fate of the world? GliderGuider Dec 2012 #6

About as much as my vote matters. wtmusic Dec 2012 #7

My point is that what turns realism into "fatalism" GliderGuider Dec 2012 #8

Ah, so your assessment of "planetary decimation" represents "realism". wtmusic Dec 2012 #9

When I mention planetary decimation I'm not talking about predictions. GliderGuider Dec 2012 #10

You are applying one-way functions to the arrow of time wtmusic Dec 2012 #11

I use the reference to 1850 to indicate an island of climate stability GliderGuider Dec 2012 #12