tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post7750575483336208789..comments2023-09-28T08:13:11.489-07:00Comments on Only In It For The Gold: There's No Ultimate Tipping PointMichael Tobishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-29248154331248633222017-09-22T22:15:54.212-07:002017-09-22T22:15:54.212-07:00"No matter what the circumstance, unless we a..."No matter what the circumstance, unless we are finally extinct, there is always a best we can do. We should strive in our imperfect way to stay close to that."<br /><br />I have said this often, to myself, and on occasion to others. I like the sentiment. I think it is true. Others do too. Someone I follow on Twitter said as much just the other day. <br /><br />It's very pragmatic advice, logical, qualities I admire. And yet, as a communication tool, it doesn't seem as comforting to me in 2017 as it did ten years ago to me. I don't entirely know why. Maybe partly because I also think there's such a thing as too late, as well, for things I can't much stand to think about losing to climate change, the corals of the oceans, the Great Barrier Reef, monarch butterflies.<br /><br />You wrote this entry in 2007. I'm responding in 2017. <br /><br />Jeff Crunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07848807363549394536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-3831586724008457992007-12-26T11:04:00.000-08:002007-12-26T11:04:00.000-08:00Amazing. Following the link to "Candy Jordan's" Bl...Amazing. Following the link to "Candy Jordan's" Blogger Profile leads to a claim of a PhD in atmpospheric science. Odd that the comment read as if it came from a fourteen year old. <BR/><BR/>"Jordan" claims a doctorate from the "Department of Applied Physics at the University of Chicago" (no such department exists). The first Google hit linking a Candace Jordan to the University of Chicago shows that both names made small donations to a medical charity in 2006. The first google hit linking a Candace Jordan to "climate" yields a feng shui consultant.<BR/><BR/>Since this is just childish trolling, I have removed my previous response.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-89903795272791317502007-12-26T10:32:00.000-08:002007-12-26T10:32:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-76676317406281515942007-12-26T10:14:00.000-08:002007-12-26T10:14:00.000-08:00Dont'cha think - that some indication of a possibl...Dont'cha think - that some indication of a possible "catastrophe" would be evidenced in the history of the climate, when CO2 levels became high (following periods of warming)? <BR/><BR/>Isn't it remarkable - that in all history we see no dramatic changes resulting from this? <BR/><BR/>Nothing? Do the doomsdayers think this is like a bomb or something - it either explodes or it does nothing? <BR/><BR/>And why couldn't IPCC analysis correctly predict the (favorable) outcome of the historical climate? <BR/><BR/>Is it possible that IPCC analysis is biased about what will happen with CO2 in the atmosphere?Candy Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544989461566261413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-9090792722631389942007-12-24T10:03:00.000-08:002007-12-24T10:03:00.000-08:00You reached the tipping point on personal extincti...You reached the tipping point on personal extinction the day you were born, methinks, but I hope you are enjoying yourself in the meanwhile.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-64372740668492617942007-12-23T17:43:00.000-08:002007-12-23T17:43:00.000-08:00An issue that keeps getting lost is that it is ord...An issue that keeps getting lost is that it is orders of magnitude to get personally extinct than for the entire species to get wiped out. Eli worries about the former first.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.com