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Originally posted by Anonymous ATS
i remember the early '80s here in the uk when we were told that we were heading for a new ice age and that acid rain was a real danger! .
Originally posted by pause4thought
Your pejorative, patronizing tone only serves to deepen my conviction that those who back the interests of corporations over and above the environment - not an abstract 'cause', but the air we breathe and the climate that affects people's lives - have to rely on obfuscation and spin with regards to the facts in order to pull the wool over people's eyes, and on derogatory comments to bully and intimidate.
The 'billions' I'm interested in are not dollars. They are people.
The people who think that the climate can be 'kept stable' are misguided at best, and extremely dangerous at worst... man made climate change is a fraud... Throwing money, time and resources down the drain trying to 'prevent' climate change is not just a waste, its a immoral, almost criminal excuse to make a bunch of 'do gooders' feel useful.
To go back to a simpler life would necessitate the reduction in the overall human population. The genie is out of the bottle, we can't go back to the "way things were". At least not at 6 Billion and counting.The proposals some on the manmade global warming side have made would keep most of the developing world stuck in the development cycle.
Originally posted by pause4thought
Developed economies can bite the bullet too, and gain in the long-run. The greater the price of oil, the more what I am saying rings true. No matter what the reason: global warming or oil prices, the future lies with the 'Eco' camp which, for some reason (-corporate margins?-), some people feel the need to ridicule.
The polar cap in the Arctic may well disappear this summer due to the global warming, Dr. Olav Orheim, head of the Norwegian International Polar Year Secretariat, said on Friday.
Readings from U.S. submarines indicate a widespread reduction in sea ice thickness of 40 per cent since 1960...
I think the world will get along just fine during that brief blink of an eye on the geologic time scale.
A large chunk of an Arctic ice shelf has broken free of the northern Canadian coast, scientists say.
Nearly 20 sq km (eight sq miles) of ice from the Ward Hunt shelf has split away from Ellesmere Island, according to satellite pictures.
It is thought to be the biggest piece of ice shed in the region since 60 sq km of the nearby Ayles ice shelf broke away in 2005.
...analysis of past records suggests that since the early 20th Century, the ice that makes up the WHIS has retreated by about 90%.
Researchers believe the mechanism which has maintained its stability - fresh water coming out of Disraeli Fjord and freezing under the shelf - may have been disturbed. If that is the case, the rest of the WHIS may disappear quite rapidly, researchers say.
Loss of sea-ice in the Arctic has global implications. The "white parasol" at the top of the planet reflects energy from the Sun straight back out into space, helping to cool the Earth.
Further loss of Arctic ice will see radiation absorbed by darker seawater and snow-free land, potentially warming the Earth's climate at an even faster rate than current observational data indicates.
Originally posted by pause4thought
Time to sell your shares in Dutch real estate...