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Old 03-23-2012, 08:58 AM   #1
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Should you believe in climate change?

"This is very hard for scientists to understand. The scientific evidence that humanity is having an effect on the climate is overwhelming and increasing every year. Yet public perception of this is confused."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...-believe-in-it
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Old 03-23-2012, 09:29 AM   #2
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Old 03-23-2012, 09:38 AM   #3
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I believe for every drop of rain that falls...

what foot said.
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Old 03-23-2012, 12:15 PM   #4
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I believe for every drop of rain that falls...
An extremist talk show host recently interviewed an MBA who counts raindrops. By reporting those counts on his spread sheets, he proved global cooling is now happening.

You too can count rain drops to prove scientists are wrong. As Costello said, "What do they know."
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Old 03-23-2012, 12:46 PM   #5
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Or as Kim Basinger once infamously said: Neil Simon? What does he know about comedy?"
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Old 03-23-2012, 12:47 PM   #6
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Or you can just walk between the raindrops.

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Old 03-23-2012, 01:35 PM   #7
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a number of possible contributory factors: the move from being a science issue to a political issue may have introduced more distrust
This is one of the things I find most shocking.
I expect that in 50-100 years plus, those deriding the facts of climate change will look at ridiculous as the opponents of Darwin.

Oh, wait.
There are nutjobs out there who don't accept evolution to the extent they will not allow it to be taught to children. Still, at least they never qualify medically, due to their inability to grasp facts.

Oh, wait.

Sigh.
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Old 03-23-2012, 08:03 PM   #8
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I'm sorry, I've devoted my time to believing in Unicorns, Dragons, and Fairies. Don't have room for Climate Change.
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Old 03-23-2012, 08:23 PM   #9
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Really? I think the dragons are mostly to blame.
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Old 03-23-2012, 08:31 PM   #10
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It is amazing that the evidence for climate change and mans impact on the climate is overwhelming, yet there seems to be people who can argue the fact. I work with lots of guys who are staunch republicans and will argue that climate change is on a natural curve and mans impact is minimal.

I have a new project for myself though, I want to find out how many tons of waste products are put into the atmosphere by man made stuff, autos, planes, factories, homes etc...and put that into terms of how many volcanoes would have to erupt per week to match that output per week.
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Old 03-23-2012, 08:38 PM   #11
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I have a new project for myself though, I want to find out how many tons of waste products are put into the atmosphere by man made stuff, autos, planes, factories, homes etc...and put that into terms of how many volcanoes would have to erupt per week to match that output per week.
For electrical generation in the US, you can start with EPA's eGrid.

Of course, that's a limited sub-set of all the man-made emissions from all sources, and from around the world.
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Old 03-24-2012, 01:53 AM   #12
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A good article on the combined effect of climate change and peak oil.
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Old 03-24-2012, 05:46 AM   #13
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I have a new project for myself though, I want to find out how many tons of waste products are put into the atmosphere by man made stuff, autos, planes, factories, homes etc...and put that into terms of how many volcanoes would have to erupt per week to match that output per week.
I tried doing this myself a few years ago and posted the results here in the Cellar.

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volcanoes produce approximately 200 million tonnes of CO2 per year, while mankind produces about 26.8 billion tonnes (in 2003.) Even the largest eruption in recent times, Pinatubo in the Philippines, produced between 42 and 234 million tons of CO2. (1, 2) so even that year, volcanoes didn't come anywhere near producing the CO2 that mankind did.
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Old 03-24-2012, 07:36 AM   #14
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"This is very hard for scientists to understand. The scientific evidence that humanity is having an effect on the climate is overwhelming and increasing every year. Yet public perception of this is confused."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...-believe-in-it
I believe it now, but the political argument was being forcefully made well before the evidence was in by folks with a preference for command economies. That is what caused the perception that it wasn't good science and what needs to be overcome now.
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Old 03-24-2012, 08:52 AM   #15
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I think part of the problem is that they initially used the term global warming, instead of climate change.
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