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Personally, I suspect it's happening now. I mean, I'm noticing it. There's plenty of evidence to support that it could happen (and be noticeable) within a year if not a few months. I've already listed a couple of solid articles. At least, you must admit there is still plenty of scientific debate. That means it's quite early to say anything is absolute.
Here's an interesting article that goes over evidence that the trigger for the last ice age was a mega flood in North America that channelled fresh ice-melt water in to the Gulf of Mexico. I can't help but notice that there is a huge flood transpiring in the U.S. right now that could do just that.
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Excessive C02 emissions are bad for our biosphere, whether they are responsible for "global warming" or not. Clean renewable energy would also be easier on the economy and our society. I don't know what the supposed benefit is to lie about this. I've heard that it could be to sell nuclear energy as being better for the environment, which is obviously a load of crap. Whatever it is, there is far more money and political clout on the side of oil and gas. Lies come from all sides. Whatever the case may be, nuclear energy and oil, gas, and burning coal are bad for us for so many other obvious reasons. Maybe the "global warming" debate is there to distract from that.
Global warming has indeed commenced, whatever the cause. I'm assuming that you are saying that the idea that it was man-made is fraudulent, and not the fact that it has happened. The warming has led to the melting if the ice caps. This has led to glacial isostatic adjustment. All of that water weight is causing some serious redistribution over the Earth's crust. It is also interfering with the currents. All of this interference can lead to a sudden ice age. Glacial Isostatic Adjustment is the best explanation I've seen for all of the major Earth changes we are now seeing. No, you don't have to believe in man-made "global warming" to believe it it.
I'm a "Electric Universe" proponent. I believe that electrical currents flow between planetary bodies. I believe that planetary bodies exchange signals. If the sun knows the Earth is in distress, it will respond accordingly. It's response would be felt throughout the solar system. There are plenty of sources available to give credence to such a hypothesis, but I have no time and assume you would not be interested anyhow.
I don't really like to "argue" science. I like to discuss and learn. I lament that science is so political. If you come it to the discussion politically charged, you come in biased.
Originally posted by SavedOne
Tim Magazine cover, April 1977:
HOW TO SURVIVE THE COMING ICE AGE
This is one rare instance in which I side with the conspiracy theorists, global warming/ climate change is a fabrication. Air pollution was horrendous during the Industrial Revolution, yet as of '77 scientists thought we were heading into another ice age. Now suddenly scientists claim we're raising the earth's average temperatures. It's bogus. That's not to say that we should just pollute with abandon, I'm completely behind cleaning up the environment and limiting pollutants as much as possible. Our pollution has severe local consequences (dirty water, unsightly garbage on the side of the road, nasty brown air hanging over our cities, etc.) But trying to say pollution is altering the global climate is just silly.edit on 10-5-2011 by SavedOne because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by filosophia
The question for al Gore is are you smarter than a 5th grader because that's the age when you learn plants take in carbon dioxide and breath out oxygen.
Originally posted by XRaDiiX
hahahah Nice I love this Jokes!!!!!
I guess Al Gore Forgot to mention this in his speech and little Global Warming movie; as well.
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At 380 parts per million CO2 is a minor constituent of earth's atmosphere-- less than 4/100ths of 1% of all gases present.
Also I want to mention climate gate. There was one idiot scientist that was found to fudge some facts. He was not the only scientist working on the project and was called out immediately by his peers. The other scientist involved in the study are NOT to be rediculed. Most reports that say global warming is a farce can be summed up as paid-by-oil company scientists and to be honest no one here should be trusting them.
Get your facts and sources straight. FFS use your own intuition and common sense.
Of the 186 billion tons of carbon from CO2 that enter earth's atmosphere each year from all sources, only 6 billion tons are from human activity. Approximately 90 billion tons come from biologic activity in earth's oceans and another 90 billion tons from such sources as volcanoes and decaying land plants.
CO2 is odorless, colorless, and tasteless. Plants absorb CO2 and emit oxygen as a waste product. Humans and animals breathe oxygen and emit CO2 as a waste product. Carbon dioxide is a nutrient, not a pollutant, and all life-- plants and animals alike-- benefit from more of it. All life on earth is carbon-based and CO2 is an essential ingredient. When plant-growers want to stimulate plant growth, they introduce more carbon dioxide.
O2 that goes into the atmosphere does not stay there but is continually recycled by terrestrial plant life and earth's oceans-- the great retirement home for most terrestrial carbon dioxide.
Of the 186 billion tons of carbon from CO2 that enter earth's atmosphere each year from all sources, only 6 billion tons are from human activity. Approximately 90 billion tons come from biologic activity in earth's oceans and another 90 billion tons from such sources as volcanoes and decaying land plants.
Originally posted by madnessinmysoul
reply to post by Tephra
If you can provide some data to counter the scientific consensus, I'd be glad to see it. I've combed over the data to the best of my ability (I'm not a climatologist after all) and have determined that the current consensus is more than valid.
Where's the data to show that things aren't changing beyond the range of previously noted natural variation?
"Man made climate change is a hoax" = unrestricted pollution from industry as emissions standards disappear overnight (SUV anyone?)
"Man made climate change is real, and it's all mans fault" = taxed to death, taxed to breath, taxed to drink, taxed to urinate, yet the pollution continues.
We need to meet half way, say WE'RE the cause of all these problems is stupid, we don't even fully understand the earths inter connectivity. Saying we have no impact is equally as stupid.
Of the 186 billion tons of carbon from CO2 that enter earth's atmosphere each year from all sources, only 6 billion tons are from human activity. Approximately 90 billion tons come from biologic activity in earth's oceans and another 90 billion tons from such sources as volcanoes and decaying land plants.
We need to control the 1 variable in our grasp, US.
Originally posted by OptimusSubprime
reply to post by XRaDiiX
Global warming is real, and so is global cooling, and it occurs in natural cycles. Man made global warming is complete BS, but it sure makes for some great fear mongering. It also makes for a great way to convince ignorant people to give up their liberty.
Originally posted by Tephra
I'm afraid the temperature variation of the Earth has never been altered by man. Global warming is a gigantic joke, and it is just one example of the corruption of science due to public funding and agendas. It's not that all scientists are bad, and the vast majority of them were always against the global warming/climate change bandwagon, but the media twisted the reality to make it seem like they were.
They even created a whole panel called the IPCC, the international panel of corrupt clowns.
The Earth is going to continue on it's climate cycle, caring not for the fleas bouncing on it's back. Once again the world will return to it's glacial state(Ice Age.)
I'll just put it simply, there has never been a global warming crisis.edit on 10-5-2011 by Tephra because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by wcitizen
Can somebody please tell me why they are pedalling this story of manmade global warming, spreading fear about it, yet at the same time are vontinually heating the ionosphere with haarp and releasing intense heat into the earth with their underground nuclear tests?
Just another aspect of the insanity and deceit which is the leadership of our countries.
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