re: #19 Charles

Sorry, I can’t agree with this approach. Somehow I’ve ended up with a megaphone, and I’m going to continue screaming through it.

The human race is in big trouble, and I’m not going down without a fight.

I’m not asking you to. In fact I greatly admire you for your tenacity.

All I’m saying is that if things get started upon which any modifications we humans undertake in the future will have absolutely no short-, medium-, or long-term effect (as in the feedback loop described in this post), then all bets are off.

Which has been my guess about the outcome since the whole debate started. I mean, we can’t even get an agreement to agree on someday agreeing about what to do some sunny day about anthropogenic CO2. How can we hope to do anything about methane from the bottom of the goddamn ocean?

Anyway, it’s no fun, this bone-deep pessimism of mine. But I have to call ‘em like I sees ‘em.