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  • Global Warming

    I think by now it is clear that global warming is having a huge impact on our world. The superstorm raging across the eastern seaboard now is one of the many unprecedentet weather events which have never before been recorded nor witnessed previosly. I have felt the effects of global warming perhaps more then most people because i am a avid icefisherman and i have witnesses the disappearence of safe ice in michigan. We used to have about three months of safe ice here and that has not happened in over a decade with only 2 weeks of safe ice last year(also unprecedented). What pisses me off is that global warming was never even mentioned in any of the presidential debates by either candidate nor the media people, instead what we heard over and over again was more oil, gas, and coal.. There seems to be no limits as to the dept ones head can reach inside ones a-hole. This isuue has been swept under the rug at our own peril and i just wanted to bring it back out for discussion so that the subject can be revived.
    Hayastan or Bust.

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    Re: Global Warming

    That's because anything that could potentially hurt "big business" is a socialist conspiracy in the US
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    • #3
      Re: Global Warming

      Originally posted by Federate View Post
      That's because anything that could potentially hurt "big business" is a socialist conspiracy in the US
      The offspring of forefathers who killed Indians in the name of progress surely aren't going to stop progress because of some bad weather. Whatever happened to that whole ozone layer thing? What happened to acid rain? In a few years, nobody will remember climate change either.
      "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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        Re: Global Warming

        The term global warming was abandoned for "climate change." Obama hasn't mentioned it? I don't recall them discussing it in the debates, but there's been no other discussion? They are talking about clean energy, wind power, electric cars, etc. though which are related.


        Originally posted by KanadaHye View Post
        The offspring of forefathers who killed Indians in the name of progress surely aren't going to stop progress because of some bad weather. Whatever happened to that whole ozone layer thing? What happened to acid rain? In a few years, nobody will remember climate change either.
        In just a few years there won't be any ice at the poles. I guarantee we'll be talking a whole lot MORE about climate change then than we are now. Especially in LA when we have to don our scuba gear to swim to work.

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        You can go to the NCSE website and educate yourselves about climate change. It's an excellent resource with scholarly sources.

        The National Center for Science Education is the only national organization devoted to defending the teaching of climate change in public schools. Human-caused climate change is not scientifically controversial. Although most U.S.


        Genie Scott on Climate Change and NCSE

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          Re: Global Warming

          Originally posted by Siggie View Post
          In just a few years there won't be any ice at the poles. I guarantee we'll be talking a whole lot MORE about climate change then than we are now. Especially in LA when we have to don our scuba gear to swim to work.
          This will allow easier access to the arctic oil. Ice breakers will no longer be needed (breaking up large pieces of arctic ice into smaller ones speeds up the process of eliminating the ice).

          People will migrate from the areas affected by climate change to safer areas of the planet to survive. You won't be talking about it, you'll be living it and will be in the past.
          "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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          • #6
            Re: Global Warming

            What is happening is scary as it is but there could be much worst things coming our way. We can expect more unprecedented severe storms, drought, cities swollowed up by the oceans..but the ice melting into the oceans is going to ulter the weather in unpredictable ways. We may be on our way to another ice age or mass desertification but nobody seems to care. I remember when Bush junior doomed the Keyoto climate talks-i was like wtf is going on like how can you pass up an opportunity to do something when the whole world was ready to take action. If i was an alien looking upon humanity i think i would be glad that such a reckless lifeform is doomed to extinction. A last minute effort is not going to fix this problem and it may already be too late. What pisses me off is that we recognized the problem-saw the solution-but failed to act because of xxxxin greed.
            Hayastan or Bust.

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            • #7
              Re: Global Warming

              Its okay, water will become a scarcity and Armenia will come to rule the world with our unlimited water supply.

              In all seriousness, its unbelievable how dumb the American public is that basic scientific facts like this can't even be mentioned in a public debate.

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                Re: Global Warming

                Originally posted by Haykakan View Post
                What is happening is scary as it is but there could be much worst things coming our way. We can expect more unprecedented severe storms, drought, cities swollowed up by the oceans..but the ice melting into the oceans is going to ulter the weather in unpredictable ways. We may be on our way to another ice age or mass desertification but nobody seems to care. I remember when Bush junior doomed the Keyoto climate talks-i was like wtf is going on like how can you pass up an opportunity to do something when the whole world was ready to take action. If i was an alien looking upon humanity i think i would be glad that such a reckless lifeform is doomed to extinction. A last minute effort is not going to fix this problem and it may already be too late. What pisses me off is that we recognized the problem-saw the solution-but failed to act because of xxxxin greed.
                I think it is actually too late for the ice caps. It's melting way faster than the estimates. It won't kill all life and maybe not forever, but either ice age or desertification probably would result in the extinction of our species among nearly all others. It's gotten to the point that it's no longer fun for scientists (geologists, (astro)physicists, climatologists, etc.) to talk about the end of the world and such because it's gotten too real. When they're asked about the most likely threat to our survival its always climate change now. It gets tense and uncomfortable and everyone just wishes they could go back to talking about the zombie apocalypse instead.


                Originally posted by Mher View Post
                Its okay, water will become a scarcity and Armenia will come to rule the world with our unlimited water supply.

                In all seriousness, its unbelievable how dumb the American public is that basic scientific facts like this can't even be mentioned in a public debate.
                Yes, it's incredibly sad. The anti-intellectualism will kill the human race.
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                • #9
                  Re: Global Warming

                  I do not think this will kill the human race but it will kill many other life forms and will surely kill many of us but it won't lead to our extinction. Humans are very adaptable animals and will survive this climate change but it will alter our thinking and the way we do things and look at the world. I guess i am interested to see how humanity evolves to adept to this challenge but this is not going to be pretty. I was watching Romney ducking questions about what he said earlier about how the government should not get involved in disaster relief and that coorporations will step up and take care of it instead.. I have not seen exxon mobile rescuing anyone yet. This Hurricane along with this climate change is an example of an economic term called negative externality which i will be discussing in my class this week. While i try to educate people about important things-i feel at times like i am climbing the tallest mountain in the world an inch at a time because there is so much bs and misinformation already rooted in peoples minds.
                  Hayastan or Bust.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Global Warming

                    Haykakan are you suggesting that mankind is bringing about an ice age that has happened several times in earths history without humans even in existence?

                    I think the Western world is trying its best to switch to clean energy.....I don't think there is another choice in the long run and how reserves run out, it is something that will happen we like it or not, but I personally don't think events such as the super storm "Sandy" that we see now is the cause of human influence on earths atmosphere.

                    What you are witnessing now in eastern US is what is called a perfect storm. You have a very large CAT 1 (lowest lever btw but big) hurricane that mixed with a super cooled low coming down from north and they collided over populated area. In Aviation weather that is the worst recipe for FTSU.
                    B0zkurt Hunter

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