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AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)

9. I don't think so.

Reply to tclambert (Reply #7)

Fri Aug 10, 2012, 06:26 AM

Aug 2012

Yeah, I know things are pretty bad now and almost certainly going to get notably worse over this next century, but the oceans aren't going to boil away, and neither will humanity go extinct, barring some combination of a couple of truly cataclysmic disasters.

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Nuh-nuh-nuh-no. By A.D 100,000,000 the runaway greenhouse effect will boil off the oceans. tclambert Aug 2012 #7

U R right glinda Aug 2012 #8

I don't think so. AverageJoe90 Aug 2012 #9

Thought boil-off wouldn't happen until 3+ billion years jsr Aug 2012 #10