Poll
Question:
What will happen to Earth's temperature over the coming decades?
Option 1: It will stop rising within the 1.5 degree limit.
votes: 0
Option 2: It will stop rising within 2 degrees.
votes: 1
Option 3: It will stop rising within 3 degrees.
votes: 9
Option 4: It will stop rising within 5 degrees.
votes: 1
Option 5: Venus mark 2, here we come, burn baby burn
votes: 1
Option 6: Global warming is all a hoax and we are in a natural hot sun-magic cycle and it will go away naturally and then the rapture will come something something
votes: 0
Just a little poll outgrowth of current environmental discussions.
I don't know enough to have a meaningful opinion.
Quote from: The Brain on November 16, 2022, 07:36:00 AMI don't know enough to have a meaningful opinion.
Neither do I, but I understand emissions in 2021 were an all time high. Other than a natural process containing temperature increases vs. the total amount of greenhouse gases emitted, I don't see much indication we are going to stop anything in the near to medium term.
Quote from: The Brain on November 16, 2022, 07:36:00 AMI don't know enough to have a meaningful opinion.
Yeah and obviously it's very uncertain and depends on timescale. But this is from the Climate Action Tracker which I find a little helpful:
(https://climateactiontracker.org/media/images/CAT_2022-11_Graph_Thermometer_4Bars_Annotatio.width-1110.png)
A write-in vote for me, which would be:
'the large majority of people in the developed world don't care at all or do, but don't want to think about it; folowing on from which they don't want to do anything meaningful to curtail it or see their government exact genuine sustainable policies it that noticeable affects their lifestyles.'
As my signature states: If we want to prevent catastrophic economic and societal change we will have to radically change our climate system.
Quote from: Sheilbh on November 16, 2022, 09:16:38 AMYeah and obviously it's very uncertain and depends on timescale. But this is from the Climate Action Tracker which I find a little helpful:
Nice to know we at least aren't on pace for the red zone....well mostly anyway. There is that upper limit :ph34r: