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Equilibrium global warming for TODAY'S co2 concentration is 10°.
Here is one reference, this number is right in the paper's abstract: https://academic.oup.com/oocc/article/3/1/kgad008/7335889?login=false
Long story short, ECS was underestimated for political purposes. If ECS was as high as the paleoclimatology data showed, it would have removed all hope, so scientists completely ignored that scenario going back to the 1990s...
As this paper points out, carbon capture cannot work...the discussion is under the heading "Greenhouse gas emissions situation".
Ah, OK! Problem solved. Lol.
This is what everyone is saying. The paper I just linked also said that. But what are the solutions? What does everyone think we can do? How do we avoid the bad situation? I'm genuinely asking.
I have not seen any solution that is fully scoped that gives a specific way of changing anything. They just say we "have time" to do something but they don't say what to do.
As I stated: we seem to not know what to do.
Hint: this is why you're nitpicking about the degrees of rise. It's a typical psychological defense mechanism. If it was 3 or 9 or 17 it would not have any relevance in the face of our utter inability to deal with ANY scenarios regardless of the number.
Thanks for sharing - I feel a little dissapointed that you think I'm "nitpicking". From my point of view I'm asking you for further details, and you've explained really fully.
I'm not some internet troll, just a normal person concerned about climate change, and to this point:
Go back and read my first comment, in no way did I claim climate change was solvable.
Thanks for the paper though, will definitely take it away and read it.