If we hit the point of no return then what difference does it make? I don't sell trees but I sell perennials and some shrubs. I need to market some as Global Warming Fighters. Might as well make some money off these whackos.

Sorry, no time to help.
It's urgent that I drive (my internal combustion sports car) to pick up some whole Ribeyes and lots of bottled water.

Unfortunately, Climate Change has reached the point of no return.

Of course, when I say "Climate Change", I am not referring to the claims of today's federal grant chasing Neo-Lysenkoists, but rather the globalists strategy to impose a de facto world government through the imposition of a worldwide carbon tax.

They will not stop until they are stopped.
And the will to stop them does yet not exist in the strength required.

So, yes, I agree: Climate Change has reached the "Point of No Return".

Melting sea ice is causing sea level rising?
Try this! Place a glass on a napkin and fill it up with ice cubes. Pour in water until it is full to the very top.
Wait until all the ice has melted. The napkin will be dry and the water level in the glass will be lower by 10%.
Ice occupies 10% more volume than it does when melted (That's why it floats!) Therefore, the melting of the sea ice will lower the ocean sea levels. Reality check!

Dale, Dale, Dale,

Logic and the left are aliens from different planets

Contradictions do not exist.

Anything supposedly about science that lacks verifiable numbers (or a method for the reader to produce his own reliable numbers) really is not scientific.

They mention the ocean acidification, but they (carefully?) avoid giving any measurements or methods for measuring. The big about melting ice raising the sea level is causing my stomach to turn.

Even when you see numbers you need to judge whether or not the numbers are real. For example, is an "average temperature" really a temperature? Or is it something else? I could go into a lot of suggestions about faulty averaging and about faulty collection of data. Sometimes data isn't even real, but is simply wishful thinking. According to a scientific study 73.2528% of all statistics are simply made up!

Yes, of course. If we're past the point of no return, nothing we do will make any difference.

Remember also: those same "climate scientists" have a legacy of falsification of data they have not adequately dealt with. Michael Mann, for one, has a nasty reputation among real scientists: that he will not accept criticism and that he will offer a thesis with flawed, if not outright false, data to back it. And that's what he did this time.

Remember "I've just completed Mike's Nature trick of adding in the real temps to the [proxy] series to hide the decline"? The "Mike" is Michael Mann. The author of that incriminating quote is Phil Jones, head of the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. Which is the British equivalent of NASA.

Very few "climate change" alarmists have any respect from me. James Hansen is probably the only one. Not that he convinced me he has any better data than Michael Mann and Phil Jones had. But because he proposed a solution that actually might be practical--expansion of nuclear energy--instead of the "decivilization" others consistently propose.

If we all just switch to eating tofu... the problem is solved... (because growing billions of acres of soybean is less of an impact than raising livestock?)

So, according to the stupid article, agribusiness is responsible for soaking up all of our fresh water and arable land.. but ... says we should eat more plant-based food.

So, the plants fall out of the sky like Jesus making manna apparently.

Where do these people come from? They need to be forced to wear signs on their forehead so you don't get stuck behind them in the TSA line or something as they walk through the magnetic detector with a body full of metal and they take it off one earring at a time or whatever and keep "hoping for the best".

I feel better already... I have about 60 trees on my property +/-, about 10 of them are Sequoias that are only about 25 years old and well over 100 feet tall & about 10 feet in girth. I guess I'm doing my part!

I also planted another sequoia a couple of years ago and while watering that thing last night, realized its about 30 feet tall already. I guess that makes up for my internal combustion engine... plus all my idiot neighbors that can't grow a boxwood hedge without it looking rather sad.

Its a religion.......in religion logical contradictions pose no problems.

Check out Mark Steyn's latest two compilations on climate change idiocy. The hockey stick guru, Michael Mann, is suing Steyn for expressing his opinion about the quackery involved.
Or, you could just jump aboard the bandwagon for the New World Order, and turn over all power to world government, which will soon have a new leader, Barack Obama. See, Big Brother really is smiling!

I read as far as the middle of paragraph 2 where these "phony" climatologists say the sea level will rise 10 feet. NONSENSE!
The climate is getting colder and that is as a direct result of a 206 year cycle of no activity on/from the sun. summers are some what cooler than in previous years and winters are significantly colder. The old farmers almanac is predicting the coming winter will be colder than the last and therefore longer. Their prediction last year was that it would be colder than the year before, and it was.
This cycle will last for the next 20 to 30 years and then we will see a return to a warmer climate if one is still alive. Me probably not unless I live beyond 100 and know about it.
The politicians have made this a political conversation and like all political conversations from politicians be weary wear waders and carry a shovel.

Hello dbhalling,
It would be funny if it wasn't so serious... In both the ignorance of the contradiction and the implications of their dubious policies which have the force of much government behind them.
Respectfully,
O.A.

They said that about "Rock & Roll" in the '50s, the "Hippies and War" in the 60s, "Global Cooling and the coming Ice Age" in the 70s, "Ozone Depletion" in the 80's, "Global Warming" in the 90s, and now "Climate Change" until the next phase comes along.

To quote a old radio announcer "Whats this world coming to."

1) Not using [so called] fossil fuel, might help the environment in developing countries but will do nothing for c(lie)mate. Co2 is a coolant for our ionosphere and it doesn't come from Co2 release at ground level anyway. Co2 is also an electrical dispersent, which is a good thing seeing our magnetic shielding is weakening. Not to mention, life on earth depends upon carbon and carbon dioxide.

2) Planting a tree will likewise do nothing for c(lie)mate. Ox-day/Co2-night is a wash.

3) Organic food is a good thing for our health and our environment; but will not do anything for the c(lie)mate.

4) Yes, we could do a lot better with our waste for a more healthy environment but STILL, it will not change our c(lie)mate.

5) 60% of our population depends upon clean red meat for good health...and cows do not effect our c(lie)mate.
The most abundant of all so called warming gasses is water vapor...but low and behold! it doesn't come from ground level, [the lower troposphere] It comes upon the cosmic winds, creates clouds and rain.
Species will still go extinct, happens all the time and will happen again with or without our help...it's nature.

The environment is just that, where we live.
Weather happens every day and night.
C(lie)mate is consistent weather patterns over a long period of time and is not the same everywhere.
During the major ice ages, Co2 was 3000ppb and our warmest period in c(lie)mate history was a whole lot warmer than it is now;
and guess what?...Again!...there were a whole lot less ''Footprinting" and we had no SUV's burning [so called] fossil fuels...

I rest my case.

Everything we are experiencing c(lie)mate wise is a natural cycle, sometimes it's not pleasant, but guess what? We're all still here to talk about it.

Check out: http://suspicious0bservers.org. [edited for extra content]

If there is a point of no return, it is for those scientists grants. We're almost at 20 years without warming, ice cover is increasing again, sea levels are not rising significantly, every single doom and gloom prediction by these alarmists has failed.

I love you people! I've been reading all of the comments and l'ing mao! The thing I loved was when all the gov't paid scientists came to a "consensus" that global warming exists. They purposely did not call it a "fact". They said what they were told to say or there would be no grants. Hello Dr. Stadler!

I have news for them. Climate Change has been happening since the world began. We have little impact on it. To think man can change the climate is like saying keeping ants from walking around will eliminate earthquakes. Even though man has a great mind, we still cannot overcome the sun. These people that think we can change the earth's climate are so full of themselves. In a bad way.

I've always thought planting a tree is like a placebo. It has no effect but it makes the person feel better, and feel like they are making a difference. There are many good reasons to plant a tree, but CO2 just is not one of them.

I could only read just so much of that article and had to stop. I just need one question answered from the don't-eat-meat-because-it causes-global-warming advocates:

If all those millions of buffaloes that used to crap and fart all over North America couldn't bring on global warming in their day, then how come a bunch of cattle ranchers and steak houses have to take the hit for it today?

It´s not like ´Rolling Stone´ ever got it wrong before.
Just say´n

I don't think they know what "point of no return" means... perhaps they meant "no point of know return"

Stop using so much gas! Stop using so much electricity! Stop using so much water! Stop using so much! Start being modest! Drive a Prius! Turn the AC to 80F! Water your lawn twice a week!

Yes, do all of these things, and you will be the chosen of the new revolution. The less you use, the more sustainable you become. That is, until you stop driving to work. That is, until your productivity is at 60% in your green office. That is, until you stop showering or your dirt yard destroys your homes resale value.

What is the funniest thing about all this? That each of the commodities listed above are government controlled besides the price of gas (at least directly). So no, until US nationalizes oil, we have not reached the point of no return.

Five things you can do today: (1) Purchase stock in American oil and gas companies, (2) purchase or continue to drive a vehicle and demand the government not meddle in regulations affecting the price of gas, (3) understand that real science is not equal to empiricism, (4) understand that climate change is meant to induce guilt more than it is meant to help the environment, and (5) if you want to drive a sports car to pick up whole ribeye and bottled water, then do it, and PAY.

What can you do, if it's too late?