Newfie wrote:
I dislike blaming "OTHERS"
Just to point out, I put myself squarely in the top 20% who are using 80%+ of the world's resources. So that's not quite blaming 'others.' Just pointing out that some have more blame than do other people.
If you are totally allergic to ever placing any blame on anyone for anything, that's great.
I have a funny feeling that you do not apply this principle consistently, though.
Meanwhile, back on the theme of the thread:
http://www.vox.com/2015/5/15/8612113/tr ... ate-change
The awful truth about climate change no one wants to admit
There has always been an odd tenor to discussions among climate scientists, policy wonks, and politicians, a passive-aggressive quality, and I think it can be traced to the fact that everyone involved has to dance around the obvious truth, at risk of losing their status and influence.
The obvious truth about global warming is this:
barring miracles, humanity is in for some awful shit.
Here is a plotting of dozens of climate modeling scenarios out to 2100, from the IPCC: