On a planet 4C hotter, all we can prepare for is extinction

The Guardian ^ | Oliver Tickell

[Col. Bob]

On a planet 4C hotter, all we can prepare for is extinctionThere's no 'adaptation' to such steep warming. We must stop pandering to special interests, and try a new, post-Kyoto strategy We need to get prepared for four degrees of global warming, Bob Watson told the Guardian last week. At first sight this looks like wise counsel from the climate science adviser to Defra. But the idea that we could adapt to a 4C rise is absurd and dangerous. Global warming on this scale would be a catastrophe that would mean, in the immortal words that Chief Seattle probably never spoke, "the end of living and the beginning of survival" for humankind. Or perhaps the beginning of our extinction.

The collapse of the polar ice caps would become inevitable, bringing long-term sea level rises of 70-80 metres. All the world's coastal plains would be lost, complete with ports, cities, transport and industrial infrastructure, and much of the world's most productive farmland. The world's geography would be transformed much as it was at the end of the last ice age, when sea levels rose by about 120 metres to create the Channel, the North Sea and Cardigan Bay out of dry land. Weather would become extreme and unpredictable, with more frequent and severe droughts, floods and hurricanes. The Earth's carrying capacity would be hugely reduced. Billions would undoubtedly die.

[Col. Bob]

We'll all be killed !!

[Joe Brower]

[Red Badger]

All the world's coastal plains would be lost, complete with ports, cities, transport and industrial infrastructure, and much of the world's most productive farmland.

There would be new coast plains, new ports, new cities and new everything else. Why do these whackos assume people will just sit still and drown in their beach houses?..................

[dbacks]

horse hockey

[brytlea]

Because they themselves would?
susie

[Doc Savage]

Well that's the last straw. I'm just throwing my hands up and surrendering! Let's see, do I prefer to roast to death or drown in a catastrophic flood??????? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[Artemis Webb]

At least my habaneros will grow better.

[Always Right]

Scary stuff if it wasn’t so utterly full of crapola.

[ClearCase_guy]

WOW! That's really scary!

It makes me glad that so much evidence shows that we're entering a Global Cooling cycle.

[vladimir998]

Oh, the horrors!

Ain’t gonna happen.

[mainerforglobalwarming]

where is all this global warming I’ve been led to believe is destroying the planet? It’s in the 60’s today in the great state of Maine, our summer has been one rain and cold filled mess. I say a day to promote global warming is needed.

[CA Conservative]

Meanwhile, experts tell us that the global temperature hasn't risen for the past 11 years and isn't expected to rise for at least the next 7 years, despite a constant rate of increase of the amount of CO2 being produced throughout the world. Their explanation?

Global warming is on a "hiatus"...

[snowrip]

Exterminating all the libs will cut the carbon loading. Maybe they can be convinced to sacrifice themselves... after all, it’s for the children.

/s

[GreenAccord]

On a planet 4C hotter, all we can prepare for is extinction. There's no 'adaptation' to such steep warming. We must stop pandering to special interests, and try a new, post-Kyoto strategy. We need to get prepared for four degrees of global warming, Bob Watson told the Guardian last week.

Which one is it, Bob? Are you asking us to prepare for extinction? Seems like that's all you're asking us to do. I bet, when you say 'prepare', you mean send wheelbarrows full of money to your research institute.

[Liberal Bob]

Hide the women and children!

[kjam22]

Maybe the dems can pass legislation requireing all citizens of the world to crank up their air conditioners and open all the door and windows......

[Izzy Dunne]

So, all those who believe this just extinct yourselves, please!

[kjam22]

When I was a kid in school (a long time ago) the teaching was that the earth was headed for another “ice age”. We were all gonna freeze to death.

[Izzy Dunne]

Hide the women and children!

YOU hide the children, I'll hide the women.

[mainerforglobalwarming]

If I could come up with a scam that liberals would buy into like global warming ,I’d be a billionare today.