Global warming?

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Global sea level rose about 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) in the last century.
The rate in the last decade, however, is nearly double that of the last century.

That one struck me as odd. The same climate scientists that are, uh, consensing, say that there hasn't been warming during the last decade.

Both the extent and thickness of Arctic sea ice has declined rapidly over the last several decades.

The extent and thickness of Antarctic sea ice increased in the same time frame, although over the last decade it decreased. This stuff is hard.

Glaciers are retreating almost everywhere around the world — including in the Alps, Himalayas, Andes, Rockies, Alaska and Africa

25000 years ago the glaciers reached 100 miles north of where I sit (near Philadelphia); they have been retreating a long time, creating the geography of NY state and eastern Canada.

(co2 image)

Here is why that's bad news. To reduce co2 production to 1950 levels would mean cutting to about a third of 2010's global energy usage. But it's worse than that. The energy usage of 1950 supported 2.5 Billion people; the 2010 level supports 7 Billion people. So to return to 1950 quickly will mean tremendous amounts of poverty and death, as well as global warfare over disappearing resources.