Global Warming Myths

:crazy:

 

I agree completely. This is why I gave up on him earlier.

 

You do realize that anybody can post anything on the 'net for any reason, don't you?

I'm sure that I could find something on the 'net to support any position that I want to prove or disprove if I were to spend enough time searching. That is why you must also apply critical thinking skills to what you read and evaluate it in the context of other reputable sources.

 

You can also google for Global Warming Truths.

 

Or go crazy and review the peer-reviewed scientific literature. The consensus of scientists working in the field is that global warming is real and is due in part to anthropogenic greenhouse gases.

No need to google.

 

Here in the Houston area we are actually experiencing record breaking cool temperatures! Here it is the start of May and we haven't even come close to 100 degrees yet. There is a lot more to climate change than global warming; in fact, even the doom-and-gloomers point to studies that show less than 1 degree F of warming over the past 100 years. But of course Google has its place in research, only remember to verify whatever you find!

Consensus? Not as unanimous as you might think.

 

Agreed.

 

You see... that's your problem right there.

You identify yourself w/ a group of people that have no regard for science, yet believe that some magic man came to earth a few thousand years ago & walked on water.

The same group of people, mind you, that considered the use of a telescope & other tools of science 'blasphemy'.

My advice - get rid of all your conditioning for a while & pay attention to the here & now.


p.s. it's "google" not "goggle"

 

Yes, I googled it and the internet said (they wouldn't print it if it wasn't true, right??) that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Exxon, and stupid rich people (only Americans) who drive SUV's (that's why they're rich) are responsible. The article also stated that if either Obama or Hillary win the election, then Global Warming will go away and the weather will be what it's "supposed" to be (it will never get too hot or cold again)... It also said if the Democrats lose, then the oceans will rise really, really high and everyone (and Polar Bears too) will drown...;-))

Rick
#4 2006

 

Everyone in Florida will drown. My house is ~250 ft above (current) sea level. I will have beach front property.

 

I can swim.

 

Global warming may OR may not be man-made.

However it might be a good mechanism for our western political system to Wean the developed world away from an Over dependence on OIL.
Peak oil is happening(it won't run out but will get scarcer and dearer).
Instead of pannicking the masses into realising this Peak oil scenario, Global warming(whether true or not) is a suitable distraction for polititions to get the masses to buy into change of energy use. This is a much better way to avoid tumultous econonomic disaster,otherwise pannic would spread, over suddenly realising that oil(at some near future point) has become precious.
Obscure scientific detractors against the warming scenario were latched onto by big oil companies, and obscure reports were catapulted to prominence by oil money and marketing departments. This countered the sound arguments put forward by un sponsored scientists.
This seems to have now become less of an issue now these same oil companies realise, that the easy oil is tapped and gone.

Change is much easier to accept when it occurs over a longer period....

Personally, for my motoring I can see myself filling the tank of my next generation Prius every 3 or 6 months(no matter what the cost) with wind topping up the bigger battery overnight for short runs. My home will be better insulated and draught proofed ,any sun captured for heat, My electricity will come from wind and wave, with potential energy Stored in turlough hill type Hydro stations for peaks and troughs.

If these type of changes have a double whammy effect of extending the onset of peak oil, and reducing Global warming, is'nt that fantastic !

 

Da charks will git ju!

Biggus, your opinion is solidly founded in the precautionary principle. In historical terms people like you would be more likely to survive and pass on their genes.

 

Don't forget what it(the internet) also said about the price of gas: If Clinton or Obama get elected the price of gas will drop to $2/gallon but if McCain gets elected, gas will immediately go to $5+/gallon.

 

Hmmmmm, CO2 still rising and yet worldwide temps have dropped in the last ten years.

"Run run the shy is falling!" - Chicken Little

Wildkow

 

It's like a child just ran into the room interupting a grownup's conversation.

This game immediately came to mind...

 

You could have said the same thing about monthly gas prices after katrina and rita too.

 

Have you googled about how to enlarge your penis? After all, if there are google hits, it must be true.

 

Not only that, I keep getting emails about this too. Not only is it true, there are hundreds, if not thousands of web sites that are devoted to enlarging one's pen!s. Not that I feel I need to.