Who says it is going to stop at 2 C? Apart from James, of course :-)
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Subject: [Global Change: 1670] Re: NASA Administrator Griffin "not sure"
global warming is a problem
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>> If I said that Cape Kennedy should not be under 60 meters of ocean,
>> the NASA Administrator would accuse me of arrogantly setting myself up
>> as the arbiter of what the Earth's sea level should be.
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>> He does not acknowledge the practical problems that arise from rapid
>> climate change.
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> Well, I suppose we can all agree that 850C extra or the Earth getting
> pulverised by an asteroid 3 months from now would in most sane
> people's value systems be a "problem".
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> That's not quite the case with 2C above pre-industrial, or present day
> climate change.
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