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RickD on March 9, 2007 - 1:01pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

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

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Cid Yama on March 9, 2007 - 11:55pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

http://www.energybulletin.net/13136.html

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RickD on March 10, 2007 - 8:18am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

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

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andrew on March 10, 2007 - 12:10am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

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.

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