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Thursday, June 30

PSA

I apologize, but this is necessary. It's a short PSA.

Will it take something as drastic as the Day After Tomorrow scenario for Americans to admit that there has been damage done? The biosphere is a living entity. Small changes to imbalance the homeostasis, the balance, of that entity result in drastic shifts. For example: A person's body temperature is 37 degrees celsius (98.6 degrees fahrenheit). A small change in temperature, 0.7 degrees celsius or 1.4 degrees fahrenheit, results in a fever. A slightly larger change in temperature, 5.2 degrees celsius or 9.4 degrees fahrenheit, results in death. It stands to reason that a larger system with more variables is less resistant to drastic changes. A system the size of the planet, may only be able to withstand an average temperature change of 2 to 3 degrees celsius before we see great changes. By the way, we're already half way there.

End PSA

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