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Climate Change, Peak Oil and other Limits to Growth
Challenge our Models of Perpetual Growth, Business as Usual, and Economics
Compiled information by Steven Muschalik 
The History of Climate Change Science ............................................................................4 What Do Human Records and Proxy Data Tell us About Our Climate? .......................10What Does Ice Core Data Tell Us About Earth’s Climate History? ...............................12What Climate Existed in the Carboniferous Period? ......................................................15 Hows Does the Greenhouse Effect Work? .......................................................................18What Are Climate Forcings? ............................................................................................23 Is The Earth Out of Energy Balance With Space? .........................................................24  How do Milankovich cycles affect the sun-earth interaction? .......................................27  Do Sun Cycles And Its Flares Cause Global Warming? .................................................30What Are Positive or Negative Feedback Mechanisms? .................................................36  How Much Energy Is Required to Warm an Entire Planet? ..........................................38What is the Carbon Cycle? ...............................................................................................39 Is The Carbon Cycle Out of Balance? .............................................................................41Which Mode of Transport Produces Less C02? ..............................................................42What Are Carbon Sinks? ..................................................................................................43 How Much CO2 Equivalent Can Our Planet Absorb Naturally? ..................................44  Does Climate Change Affect Precipitation? ....................................................................46  Does Climate Change Affect Soil Moisture? ...................................................................47  How Do Climate Models Work And Are They Reliable? ................................................49Why Should We Be Worried About a Warming of Just 1-5°C? ......................................51What Caused The Cooling Phase Between 1940-1980 Whilst CO2 Was Rising? .........52 How Long Does C02 Last in the Atmosphere? ................................................................54  Is There Scientific Consensus on Climate Change? .......................................................58 Is The IPCC Report Unbiased Or Is It Political? ............................................................59 Is There Evidence In the Past of Abrupt Climate Change? ............................................64 What Is The Younger Dryas? ...........................................................................................65When Did Humans Begin to Change the Climate? ........................................................67 What Is The Probable Resulting Climate For Given Emissions? .................................69What Are The Chances of Exceeding a Range of Temperatures at a Particular Level of CO2 Equivalent? ..............................................................................................................70What Can Cause Sea Level Change? ..............................................................................75 How Does Recent Sea Level Rise Look Like Over Time? ...............................................76  How Does Sea Level Rise Relate to Temperature? ..........................................................79
 
That's about four times faster than sea levels were rising most of the time during this period, and at least 20 times faster than the sea level is currently rising. .....................80What Kind of Sea Level Rise Can We Expect in The Future? .......................................81 How Long Will It Take For The Climate to Respond to Forcings ..................................83 How Long Will It Take to Stabilise The Climate, and Sea Levels? ................................84 What Constitutes Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference With Nature? .....................85What Are Tipping Points? ................................................................................................86 What Are The Uncertainties About Climate Change? ....................................................88What Is Happening To Our Species In Relation to Climate Change? ...........................91Can Climate Change Cause Conflict and Civil Unrest Or Even War? ..........................95What Can We Do To Save The Climate From Going Haywire? .....................................97 What Are The Limitations of Coal and Geosquestration? ..............................................99What Is Happening In The Arctic, and In the Oceans? ...............................................101 Do We Need To Reconsider GDP Or Even Capitalism? ................................................103 Is The Current Fossil Fuel Based Economy On a Crash Course With Nature? .........105Will Environmental Policies Stifle The Economy? ......................................................107 What Is Sustainable Development? ...............................................................................113What Are The Costs of Inaction? ...................................................................................114 What Opportunities Do Businesses See In Taking Action on Climate Change? .........116 What Surprises Can We Expect? ....................................................................................119What is Humanities Ecological Footprint? ...................................................................121 How Do Entropy, Economy and Environment Relate? ................................................123What Are the Equity Issues of Energy? .........................................................................130Can Population Growth Be Mathematically Modeled? ................................................131 Are There Limits To Growth? ........................................................................................135 How Do We Know We Have Reached Overshoot? ........................................................149What Does Human History Tell Us About Civilisation and Equilibrium? ..................150Can The (R/P) Ratio Predict The Lifetime of Fuels? ...................................................151What is Peak Oil? ...........................................................................................................152 How Long Does It Take To Prepare For Peak Oil? ......................................................159What Is The Creaming Curve? ......................................................................................160 Does a Hydrogen Economy Make Sense? .....................................................................161 Is It Possible to Replace Declining Oil Production With Alterative Fuels? .................162 How Vulnerable Is Australia To Petrol Prices? .............................................................165Can Taxes Help Improve Signals to Businesses to Save Energy? ................................168 Does The Suburban Way of Life Have A Future? ........................................................171Can New Technology Make Civilisation Sustainable? .................................................173 Net Energy Analysis with EROI .....................................................................................176 Will We Have To Rethink Our Current Economic System In a Low-Energy World? . 177 
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