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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I have not read about this tipping point, and I am not privy to Gore's beliefs. (I have seen his movie, read his book, or watched his testimony either.) Like you, I can use Google, though. A rudimentary search brought me to this, which talks about Gore's testimony last week (?) and both political and scientific tipping points. Poke around and I'll bet you'll find more.
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There is no tipping point. This isn't Venus.
The point was that the longer we wait to start cut backs, the higher the temperature will be before later cutbacks start to bring it down. I forget the exact timing, but it was something like if we start today, temperatures will rise 3 degrees over next 50 years, but then plateau and decline. If we wait 10 years, they will rise 5 degrees, but won't plateau for 100 years before they start to decline. That was at least the gist of it.
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