Rich, I am officially tired of you. Your arrogance knows no bounds. Nobody knows anything substantial, you have a monopoly of knowledge of the future, all discussion is futile. The forum is a cult, and whatever other people post is uninformed garbage. I have made the mistake of engaging with you too many times when you bring up new subjects, innocently thinking a true discussion is to be had. So I will now stop. As Depeche Mode once said: Enjoy the silence.
Another one succumbs to the kryptonite. I'm making no representations of omniscience, just someone trying to understand the inflection points in human civilization.
I came to ASIF seeking an answer to that question and the BOE story isn't holding up as relevant in the fight against AGW.
CO2 and CO2e are accelerating.
Global temps are hitting records and accelerating.
SLR is hitting records and accelerating (and on a collusion course w/ huge population centers)
Sea ice is a bad deal. But the Arctic is 7 years removed from a record and there's no evidence that it will set a new record or undermine human civilization anytime soon.
Sea ice is an important story. But it's a side story. If you spend your time immersed in a side story, that's cultish
Sea level rise had doubled this decade and that fact has gotten almost no play here at ASIF. I'm here with my megaphone to make that point.
In order to stop AGW, we need global mobilization NOW. In order to motivate people to demand that mobilization, we need to make the most credible case possible that disaster is coming.
The most credible case is supported by hard data like accelerating SLR.
What I am doing is completely logical in the context of trying to make a case for fighting AGW. Call it arrogant if you want, but I'm not going to back off because of name calling.