Have we reached a tipping point and if so, does it matter?

Originally posted by Phranny
Have we reached a tipping point and if so, does it matter?

Originally posted by Ponderable
This one was discussed in "Debates" and "Science" already.

The sum is: no one know for sure.

Originally posted by Phranny
Have we reached a tipping point and if so, does it matter?

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Yes and yes.

I don't know how it is possible for intelligent people to not know we are killing this planet. Garbage washes up on the ice caps.

Originally posted by apathist
I don't know how it is possible for intelligent people to not know we are killing this planet. Garbage washes up on the ice caps.

Originally posted by apathist
I don't know how it is possible for intelligent people to not know we are killing this planet. Garbage washes up on the ice caps.

Hindsight. If you want a number.

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Ya. Why don't we just continue on as we are and maybe in a decade or two we'll be able to say conclusively yes or no.

Originally posted by apathist
I don't know how it is possible for intelligent people to not know we are killing this planet. Garbage washes up on the ice caps.

Originally posted by Suzianne
That's the problem with tipping points.

By the time we can say conclusively, it's already too late.

It's like boiling a frog. Turn the heat too high and the frog jumps out. Turn up the heat slowly and the frog is boiled before he realizes it.

Originally posted by Suzianne
...It's like boiling a frog. ...

Originally posted by Zamboner
Have you performed this frog experiment yourself to know this is truly the case?

Originally posted by Suzianne
That's the problem with tipping points.

By the time we can say conclusively, it's already too late.

It's like boiling a frog. Turn the heat too high and the frog jumps out. Turn up the heat slowly and the frog is boiled before he realizes it.