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Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 22-08-2019, 12:11
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Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 22-08-2019, 11:07
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Re: Ocean acidifcation .

I hear you and respect where you're coming from. I'd just offer the observation that there will always, always be a % of people (typically in the singe-digit percentage) who are, from any...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 22-08-2019, 05:19
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Re: Ocean acidifcation .

At least in the US, in the short-run, the CC "we needs" with respect to business opportunities (e.g. building retrofits) will be, are being addressed, at dreadful carbon footprint costs. Addressed...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 21-08-2019, 21:01
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Re: Ocean acidifcation .

I'll tell you what they don't do: they don't re-arrange the deck chairs.

For sure they do, to the best of their ability. Their response is to change behavior and/or move. If the behavioral...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 21-08-2019, 17:26
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Re: Ocean acidifcation .

An allegory of two frogs in a pan of water over a small flame.

Frog 1 says "gee, the thermometer says that the temp has gone up 2 degrees."
Frog 2 says "no, you're suffereing from parallax, in...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 20-08-2019, 19:42
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Re: Ocean acidifcation .

True. At the same time, it stands to reason that all of us do what we do because we're ultimately trying to help others (well, at least 90%+ of people are). On the subject of CC, I reckon 97%+ of...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 20-08-2019, 18:25
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Re: Ocean acidifcation .

Consider an idea that is easy to understand, but perhaps not easy to accept as possible reality (or easy to accept, but hard to hold on to). The idea is that some people simply cannot process the...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 19-08-2019, 17:51
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Re: Ocean acidifcation .

Most people have heard of beta-blocker medications for blood pressure and for heart problems. One of the mechanisms by which they work is to reduce the heart muscle's ability to squeeze as tightly...
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