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IbogaProject

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3. The entire planet was 20 degrees warmer our last 420ppm
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 10:21 AM
Aug 15

Last edited Fri Aug 15, 2025, 12:00 PM - Edit history (1)

The catch is most of this trapped heat in going into the ocean and melting ice. Ice holds huge heat trapping capacity. Once that exhausts our worldwide average temperatures will go up drastically. The ice is also loosing its reflectiveness, meaning more heat is hitting during both summers. There is also a risk of runaway warming as Earth has a massive store of methane hydrates sits under the Arctic Ocean. The last time that released most of Earth's life ended. We might even have our oceans boil off. Jimmy Carter had a plan and laws in place to reduce oil imports to zero by 2000, using 1970's tech. Big oil, the GOP and the selfish wealthy have put us on a speedcar to doom.

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