Social vs Environmental Tipping Points

[via Social Synergy Weblog]
Over at TerraBlog, there is a story about a race between two "Tipping points" in regards to the issue of global warming:

On the one hand we have the argument that awareness of the issue will soon reach a critical mass that pushes us past the current political stalemate. On the other hand, we have handwringing over a coming environmental catastrophe from which there will be no return.

So, one of these two "tipping points" will come first. Either it will be that lots of people will start to realize that there is a real problem with the global climate and do something about it, or it will be that lots of people cause the environment to reach a tipping point due to our human activity actions causing global climate reactions.

[via Social Synergy Weblog]
Over at TerraBlog, there is a story about a race between two "Tipping points" in regards to the issue of global warming:

On the one hand we have the argument that awareness of the issue will soon reach a critical mass that pushes us past the current political stalemate. On the other hand, we have handwringing over a coming environmental catastrophe from which there will be no return.

So, one of these two "tipping points" will come first. Either it will be that lots of people will start to realize that there is a real problem with the global climate and do something about it, or it will be that lots of people cause the environment to reach a tipping point due to our human activity actions causing global climate reactions.