(May 28, 2014 at 4:26 am)Hoopington Wrote: Anthropic......you think the climate is changing because of us, or do you think we are accelerating change that was already occurring?
You really should read what was linked for you. Natural mechanisms can't explain the rate of change. Stating that we are only accelerating change, although technically correct when only considering the average temperature increase, is also a little disingenuous. Nobody was burning fossil fuels before us so already ocurring loses some of its luster. The other problem is that if we curtail GHG emissions, the environment will take some time to correct itself. The source of heat doesn't immediately dissipate as if turning off a stove burner.
The rate is no trivial matter. Those that say we are just accelerating what would have happened anyway are essentially saying that teenage suicide is the same as dying at 80 from natural causes.
