"CO2 close to lowest levels ever for our planet"

John Newman jnn at synfin.org
Tue Oct 17 21:21:17 PDT 2017



> On Oct 17, 2017, at 11:46 PM, Steve Kinney <admin at pilobilus.net> wrote:
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>> On 10/17/2017 09:25 PM, juan wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:39:59 -0400
>> John Newman <jnn at synfin.org> wrote:
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>>> https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/24/
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>>    sooo, Your 'source' is your government. Cute! 
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>>    Now let's assume all the pentagon-greencorp enviro propaganda ia
>>    true. What are the green saviors of the earth doing then? Apart
>>    from subsidizing corrupt 'green' corporations, are they doing
>>    anything else? 
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>>    And if they are not doing anything else, does that mean the
>>    world is going to end...when? 5 years? 10? 20? Or what. 
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> The world "as we know it" has in effect already ended; the process
> passed a tipping point about 20 years ago and is now self driving,
> without any human input needed - largely due to Arctic methane
> discharges and ocean acidification.  As the process continues,
> desertification will also become a direct contributing factor.
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> We can make this situation worse - that is, hitting harder, faster, and
> taking longer to stabilize at a "new normal."  We can make it better -
> delay the onset of radical weather changes, reduce the severity of peak
> global temperatures, etc.  But we can not stop global warming or prevent
> the attendant human population crash, and to date our governments and
> the industries that own them are fully committed to the worst case
> scenario.  The "Paris Accords" and other mitigation programs sanctioned
> by our rulers are laughable cosmetic measures, even with strict
> worldwide adherence - which ain't gonna happen.
> 
> How do I know this crap?  Because I have been watching developments in
> relevant fields for nearly 40 years, and over the last decade my own
> projections have consistently beaten those of professionals who "dare
> not risk" being called alarmist or radical.  Recently a few have come
> out of the lab closet, so to speak, and more will follow:  20+ years too
> late to make a damn bit of difference, even IF our captains of industry
> would have listened to them.
> 
> The good news:  Anarchists, rejoice!  The survivors will have nothing to
> lose but their chains!  The mega-State and massively concentrated wealth
> and power making anything like self rule or an even break impossible are
> on the way out.  The last generation that will remember our present way
> of life as "normal" has already been born.  If the humans manage to
> catch a few lucky breaks, a "better" world than our own fictional Good
> Old Days could arrive as early as 2200, and is likely to last FAR longer
> than the Industrial Age:  The means of repeating the same mistakes will
> not exist.
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> :o)
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I like the optimism in the face of disaster :)

cheers!
John


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