Modeling of long-term fossil fuel consumption shows 14.5-degree hike in Earth's temperature
http://www.llnl.gov/pao/news/news_relea ... 11-01.html
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What if we burn it all
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What if we burn it all
by agmart » Wed 02 Nov 2005, 00:30:33
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Re: What if we burn it all
by Antimatter » Wed 02 Nov 2005, 00:52:26
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')hese are the stunning results of climate and carbon cycle model simulations conducted by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. By using a coupled climate and carbon cycle model to look at global climate and carbon cycle changes, the scientists found that the earth would warm by 8 degrees Celsius (14.5 degrees Fahrenheit) if humans use the entire planet’s available fossil fuels by the year 2300.
Love how they put the Fahrenheit number in the title.
Wonder what sort of URR's they are using for oil, gas and coal....
"Production of useful work is limited by the laws of thermodynamics, but the production of useless work seems to be unlimited."
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Re: What if we burn it all
by Omnitir » Wed 02 Nov 2005, 03:16:47
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')the earth would warm by 8 degrees Celsius (14.5 degrees Fahrenheit) if humans use the entire planet’s available fossil fuels by the year 2300.
')the earth would warm by 8 degrees Celsius (14.5 degrees Fahrenheit) if humans use the entire planet’s available fossil fuels by the year 2300.
Wow, 8 degrees in 300 years. That should get a lot of people concerned. (sarcasm).
The average person probably wouldn’t care is it was 8 degrees in a couple of decades. People tend to only care about the here and now.
In 300 years, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Earth was incapable of supporting complex life
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Re: What if we burn it all
by Doly » Wed 02 Nov 2005, 06:44:57
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')In 300 years, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Earth was incapable of supporting complex life
')In 300 years, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Earth was incapable of supporting complex life
Complex life has survived several mass extinctions. I wouldn't worry about that. However, humanity hasn't proved their ability to survive such events.
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Re: What if we burn it all
by Daculling » Wed 02 Nov 2005, 10:22:25
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')In 300 years, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Earth was incapable of supporting complex life
')In 300 years, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Earth was incapable of supporting complex life
Complex life has survived several mass extinctions. I wouldn't worry about that. However, humanity hasn't proved their ability to survive such events.
Hmm, looks pretty hot where these people are. Kinda dry too.
Not saying I would make it there but I think you under estimate us a bit.
{Edit} There I go again... stealing bandwidth... The photo is of Bushmen in a pretty inhospitable enviorment.
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