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Just think about how many homes it will heat in South Florida. Seriously, though, in 25 years, heating our homes probably won't be much of a problem even without oil. It's cooling that is the problem.
The, "if only we could get the government to unleash us" crowd always conveniently ignores the global warming consequences of a world dependent upon oil sands, oil tar, and the like. It's still fossl fuels, stupid, and it will take a lot more energy and emissions per final delivered gallon to fuel all those cars and homes.
I live in Michigan. How many degrees warmer do you think it will be in 25 years? Keep in mind that we commonly go down to zero at night.
Rick
http://www.energybulletin.net/13136.html
That article does not even have the word "degrees" in it. It doesn't answer my question of how many degrees warmer will it be in 25 years?
I understand it will certainly be less than 5.
Rick
well i believe 2-3 degrees average warming is the 'we might have some problems' (sea level rises displacing hundreds of millions) threashold and 6-8 degrees is the 'run for the hills' temperature (at which most of the ecosystems of the world breakdown unless the change happens _very_ slowly)
so if it is warm enough to not worry about the cold at Michigan, i think there may be other problems that need worrying about.
The other thing to note is that global warming is an average but the extremes get more extreme - ie, you could end up with the occasional night at -10.