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Quote by: Praxius Their original predictions were that all this was gonna smack us in the mid-late 90's but that current time's predictions. They also claim things are indeed much worse when it comes to pollution now then 20 years ago..... so wouldn't that have logically increased the speed of this massive world's end to say the early 90's?
Now it's another 30-50 years.... how the hell does that work? |
Really? You care to show us those "original predictions". Because for the last 5 years scientists have been repeatedly and vehemently telling us that it's happen FASTER than originally predicted.
US science body warns on climate --
"One of the most influential US science organisations dedicated to studying the Earth and its environment says human influence on the climate is increasing. The American Geophysical Union has just adopted a new policy position on global warming in which it states its concern over rising greenhouse gas emissions." -- Dec. 2003
Global Warming Effects Faster Than Feared - Experts -- Oct. 2004
Global Warming Heats Up -- Mar. 2006
Global warming 'is three times faster than worst predictions' -- Jun. 2007
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Quote by: Praxius You have the majority of our scientists claiming it's "Global Warming"
You also have a considerable amount of scientists claiming it's "Climate Change" |
It's the exact same thing, Praxius. Climate Change = Global Warming. The former is simply a less threatening terminology that conservatives prefer when discussing the issue.
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Quote by: Praxius We shape and modify materials and chemicals to make other things for our needs on this planet... technically we are not putting anything new into the world that which wasn't already here. How the planet reacts to the different ways it returns remains to be seen..... |
Spoken like a true libertarian. Take plain ol CO2, mix it with H2O - water in the atmosphere, and you get carbonic acid, a weak acid rain.
Mix Sulfur Dioxide, a common pollutant from burning coal, with atmospheric H2O, and you get sulfuric acid, a much stronger acid rain.
Mix Nitrogen Dioxide in the atmosphere, you get Nitric Acid. Even stronger.
So yes, we are, in fact, putting something NEW into the world, and right now, we're putting in more CO2 and methane into the atmosphere than the earth's chemical equilibrium, and therefore the evolution of life on earth, was designed for over the milleniums.
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