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Quote by: tman The only thing that I think is supposed to be "bad" from this higher temperature is the theory that ice will melt which will cause oceans to rise.

Do yourself a favor, tman, and actually read the article. Once again you have no idea what you're talking about. The 'Bad things' - that are already happening - are considerably more than just rising water levels.

Quote by: tman Are they rising? Nope. Ocean levels have fallen, in fact

Do you have a source for that or do you just say any damn thing that pops into your head?

OCEANS RISING FAST, NEW STUDIES FIND

Quote by: tman Read the book "State of Fear".

What, you mean Michael Chrichton's fictional novel? I read 'Jurassic Park' too... do you believe that's real as well?

Thanks but I'll stick with NASA, The American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorilogical Association, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Weather Association, the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the National Climate Data Center.

Quote by: Whoracle in response to your Time magazine statistics....

That was actually very interesting and, as beefaholic, thought provoking. My understanding, however, is that the contribution of methane, which is indeed a far more efficient greenhouse gas than CO2, by beef cattle makes up a surprisingly significant contribution but not the overwhelming amount of methane gas that you suggest. Surprisingly - or maybe not surprisingly - one of the biggest contributors of methane is global warming itself, which is releasing methane trapped by cooler temperatures, such as once frozen tundra.

Additionally, there's ways to continue raising cattle while reducing the amounts of methane they produce. Just like we can dramatically reduce carbon emissions without having to give up our cars or live in caves.


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