From: Adam 

John Beckett wrote:
> "Geo"  wrote in message
news::
>> define "fast".
>
> This is an easy one, and at last there is a question in this thread for
> which there is a good answer.
>
> A "fast" change is one that occurs too rapidly for lifeforms
to adapt to.
>
> If the ocean "quickly" gets a bit warmer and slightly
deeper, then coral
> reefs will die.
>
> If human agriculture (or whatever) is disrupted by climate changes, then a
> lot of humans will suffer because our society has no way of saying "group
> X is having a hard time so we will take 50% of the wealth of group Y and
> use it to allow X to develop another lifestyle". In particular that is
> pretty well impossible if X and Y are in different countries.
>
> Well, at least you now have a qualitative answer - sorry that the
> quantitative is a bit more elusive.
>
> John
>

Fast = rate of starvation.

e.g. if all food shipments were to stop tomorrow & it was to take 1 day
to empty the shelves then.....

a month is fast.....


Ditto things like blocking out the sun etc.

Adam

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