'I’m not a scientist, but 10 years ago, I spent almost a year interviewing almost all the world’s leading climate scientists for a book I was writing. I learnt that all our calculations for dealing with climate change could suddenly be swept aside..'
iol.co.za/capetimes/opin…
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I think it would help if climate scientist-journalists of a ecomodernist/green capitalist persuasion spent time discussing the increasingly likely projection of ~2C by 2035 (and the implications) instead of framing discussion with the idea that we can stay below 1.5C (or 2C)!
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Here I am explaining to everyone that 'runaway' is not popular with some scientists. Not sure if @wang_seaver saw that.
How many scientists reject the idea that 2C leads inevitably to 3C sooner or later? I genuinely wouldn't know.
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one more point👇
How many scientists reject the idea that 2C leads inevitably to 3C sooner or later? I genuinely wouldn't know.
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'a 1.5°C world might trigger irreversible processes leading to a self-reinforcing cycle of warming that could ultimately culminate in an uninhabitable planet'
Might.
There's genuine debate amongst scientists.
I'd say Dyer is allowed his opinion.
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Might.
There's genuine debate amongst scientists.
I'd say Dyer is allowed his opinion.
3b/3 vice.com/en_us/article/…
See here for YaleCC on Dyer's Climate Wars. yaleclimateconnections.org/2017/11/climat…
