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Trump Administration Sees a 7-Degree Rise in Global Temperatures By 2100 (washingtonpost.com)

Posted by msmash on from the oh-wow dept.

Last month, deep in a 500-page environmental impact statement, the Trump administration made a startling assumption: On its current course, the planet will warm a disastrous 7 degrees by the end of this century. From a report: A rise of 7 degrees Fahrenheit, or about 4 degrees Celsius, compared with preindustrial levels would be catastrophic, according to scientists. Many coral reefs would dissolve in increasingly acidic oceans. Parts of Manhattan and Miami would be underwater without costly coastal defenses. Extreme heat waves would routinely smother large parts of the globe. But the administration did not offer this dire forecast as part of an argument to combat climate change. Just the opposite: The analysis assumes the planet's fate is already sealed. The draft statement, issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), was written to justify President Trump's decision to freeze federal fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks built after 2020. While the proposal would increase greenhouse gas emissions, the impact statement says, that policy would add just a very small drop to a very big, hot bucket.

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  1. Sure but... by mujadaddy · · Score: 3, Funny

    It looks smaller in Celsius!

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  2. Solved, and then some by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Space Force will fix it by orbiting thousands of sun umbrellas, and all the rockets will be made in the former rustbelt in bustling rocket factories. We thought he was a babbling lunatic, but it all makes sense now! Sorry I doubted. MAGA!

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  3. Uh oh! by Locke2005 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I sure hope Trump manages to sell Mar-a-lago before it's completely underwater!

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  4. Re:The Planet wll be fine. it's our fate being sea by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

    Old joke

    Two planets meet.
    "Dude, you look terrible, what's bugging you?"
    "Man, it's horrible, I got a bad case of homo sapiens."
    "Ah. I had that too. Don't worry. It will pass."

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  5. Re:science not emotion by sjames · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, does that mean that if I personally emit only 9 million Kt of CO2, it's cool because it's less than China?