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Global dimming and warming.
August 6, 2012 at 7:13 am
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August 6, 2012 at 7:27 am
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August 6, 2012 at 8:43 am
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The burning of fossil fuels only serves to mitigate CO2 what about Methane? Nitrous Oxide, Sulphates?
My point being is that CO2 is a weakling in the Greenhouse gases arsenal.
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August 6, 2012 at 9:16 am
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August 6, 2012 at 9:33 am
Yes I watched the whole video Ace...got all that. What makes sense to me it the incorporation of "Global Dimming" to account for the temperature discrepancies that the "Global Warming" camp have been putting forward.
As for what we (hominids) can do to stop it? Very little as far as I can see atm. We are between a rock and a hard place...but then again we haven't hominids been there?? I am still not a supporter of alarmism, so what CAN we do?? Making things more expensive only brings down economies that could effect change in industry practices and everyone knows how China, India and SE Asia don't give a fuck about global warming as their economies are expanding.
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August 6, 2012 at 9:44 am
(August 6, 2012 at 9:33 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: I am still not a supporter of alarmism, so what CAN we do?? Making things more expensive only brings down economies that could effect change in industry practices and everyone knows how China, India and SE Asia don't give a fuck about global warming as their economies are expanding.
Well we can do something about it, right now. We can avoid it, the problem is, we're not doing anything about it. Big corporations aren't about to change, nor are corrupt countries. China, India and the like are too corrupt to care. They fail to understand that they themselves will be affected by it, and heavily. Money won't matter anymore if we reach that point of no return. We're essentially hitting ourselves against a brick wall when it comes to talking to the corrupt. They're too blind.
Realistically, I don't think there's anything we can do about it. Once those countless billions of methane hydrate gasses start being released, we're finished.
Unless you can think of a solution to avoid reaching that point, we're done.
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August 6, 2012 at 10:23 am
I enjoyed that, Ace.
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August 6, 2012 at 10:37 am
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August 6, 2012 at 3:24 pm
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August 6, 2012 at 3:57 pm
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Um...no? The P-Tr extinction event was characterized by increased aridity (much like the KT) -not one of the proposed effects of our current bout of climate change alarmism. Get it together, are you calling for a global drought or a global flood? They're mutually exclusive...... The thing to remember here (I don;t know why I have to mention this) is that none of those species were H.S.S. We're a little better at this game than they were, by any metrics.
(Speaking of which, the Triassic...fucking fantastic. How anyone could imagine that the events of the P-Tr event led to a planet less friendly towards life is beyond me.....)
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