Global warming

[MAKAVELI]

no need I have a kind and forgiving god who understands my sinful ways.

That's convenient.

 

[JL 0513]

Stick to your day job.

Where am I wrong?

 

[realbrown1]

I always thought the climate has been changing since the beginning of time?

It has.

 

[MAKAVELI]

It has.

And how do you know this?

 

[teamer]

probably the same science you use to prove the climate changes?

 

[MAKAVELI]

probably the same science you use to prove the climate changes?

So that science is valid for 5 billion years but not the past 165?

 

[teamer]

So that science is valid for 5 billion years but not the past 165?

its valid in proving that the climate has always been changing

 

[BrownArmy]

Back to my point, the climate is currently undergoing change...

We can argue about whether or not it's man-made, to no avail.

In either case, it's changing, and the prudent case points toward adopting proper mitigation behaviors so that we're not caught at the last minute with our pants down 'round our ankles, wondering where we went wrong.

 

[MAKAVELI]

its valid in proving that the climate has always been changing

Which then validates the unprecedented change in the last 100 years. You can't accept only one part of the science because it fits your political view.

 

[teamer]

Back to my point, the climate is currently undergoing change...

We can argue about whether or not it's man-made, to no avail.

In either case, it's changing, and the prudent case points toward adopting proper mitigation behaviors so that we're not caught at the last minute with our pants down 'round our ankles, wondering where we went wrong.

the climate has always been changing. Its been doing so for 5 or six billion years and yet our pants are still up around our waist.

 

[teamer]

Which then validates the unprecedented change in the last 100 years. You can't accept only one part of the science because it fits your political view.

yea they used to call it global warming until the warming stopped. Had to do a name change.

 

[MAKAVELI]

yea they used to call it global warming until the warming stopped. Had to do a name change.

The warming hasn't stopped, but only in the minds of the ignorant.

 

[Sportello]

Of course it's changing. When in the history of the earth has climate remained stable for even just hundreds of years at a time? What is the normal climate of the earth? What are the defined normal temps? No one can answer this question because there is no normalcy.

The earth has what, 3 known ice ages? The earth miraculously came out of those ice ages with extensive global warming without any SUV's around. Weird.

Where am I wrong?

Well, you are wrong right there. There have been 5 major Ice Ages. We are still in one, though the last glacial period ended 12000 years ago.

Stay in the kiddie pool.

 

[Sportello]

yea they used to call it global warming until the warming stopped. Had to do a name change.

Like the Democrats and Republicans?

If the warming stopped, how come it keeps getting warmer?

You are aware that a Republican came up with term 'climate change', right?

 

[BrownArmy]

the climate has always been changing. Its been doing so for 5 or six billion years and yet our pants are still up around our waist.

Correct.

Yet, it's changing at an unprecedented rate, at a scale and velocity unseen before in our historical record.

It's foolish, at best, to ignore the data about our current situation.

Even if you deny the cause, the data remains the same.

Hence my question, what should we do about it?

If it's just a 'quirk' in the climate, as some of you are proposing, well, the results are the same:

Water and food shortages, increased proliferation of pests (Zika?), rising sea levels, increased risk of drought and fire, threats to wildlife...

(Oh wait, that's already happening...)

Alrighty then, just don't worry about it, and everything will be fine!

 

[Sportello]

Correct.

Yet, it's changing at an unprecedented rate, at a scale and velocity unseen before in our historical record.

It's foolish, at best, to ignore the data about our current situation.

Even if you deny the cause, the data remains the same.

Hence my question, what should we do about it?

If it's just a 'quirk' in the climate, as some of you are proposing, well, the results are the same:

Water and food shortages, increased proliferation of pests (Zika?), rising sea levels, increased risk of drought and fire, threats to wildlife...

(Oh wait, that's already happening...)

Alrighty then, just don't worry about it, and everything will be fine!

But, but....
If I die with all the stuff I still win, right?

There ain't no heaven or hell, just now. Grab it while you can, life is short.

 

[JL 0513]

Well, you are wrong right there. There have been 5 major Ice Ages. We are still in one, though the last glacial period ended 12000 years ago.

Stay in the kiddie pool.

You didn't notice I phrased it as a question?

 

[newfie]

Well, you are wrong right there. There have been 5 major Ice Ages. We are still in one, though the last glacial period ended 12000 years ago.

Stay in the kiddie pool.

so tieguy you're then confirming there is no global warming?

 

[Sportello]

so tieguy you're then confirming there is no global warming?

Deflection is a last resort. Why don't you just man up?

Please wear your water wings.

 

[Babagounj]

Last night it was freezing and today it's really warm .
How can my tax dollars be used to regulate a constant temperature ?