re: #166 Decatur Deb

A gradual descent into ‘irretrievable’ territory is not going to reverse the world-wide failure of the political process. Perhaps a few acres in the face will.

Methane is potent enough a GHG to be felt relatively rapidly. Also, if the clathrates on the continental shelves begin popping, they will have knock-on effects such as massive (and I mean massive) explosions out at sea and tsunamis caused by underwater landslides caused by clathrate deposits popping.

John Q. Public: What’s that?
Scientist: Climate change.
JQP: But our honorable TPGOPer told us it was all a scam.
S: It wasn’t. By the way if you see that politician, tell him us scientists said “told ya so”.
JQP: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!

That will be the political scenario. Beyond that is anyone’s guess. But I suspect it will be very messy.