Global Warming
After 32 years on this planet, I am still amazed at the level of ignorance that educated adults can exhibit. There is absolutely zero uncertainty within the scientific community that the average global temperature is on the rise. The polar ice cap is absolutely melting. Seasonal arctic sea ice is disappearing earlier and earlier each year. Animal habitats, breeding, and migratory patterns have been impacted. Swamps that turned to perma-frost a million years ago are thawing out and turning back into swamps. These things are facts. Yet, still, I actually heard a friend say this week "it snowed in Houston this year, how can there be global warming?"
Good point. I'll just tell all those climate scientists to find new careers. They've been studying trends over millions of years of course, using that silly "scientific method." How can all that research any analysis possibly stack up against your brilliant observation that it snowed, in one city, on one day. Got any insights on the US economy based on your own bank account? Any thoughts on the Chinese based on the guy who delivered your sesame chicken last week?
While it is true that there is still some room for debate on the causes of global warming, it just seems intuitive to me that human activity must be a contributor. Coal fired power plants, millions of vehicles burning hydrocarbons, massive agriculture and forestry production, a "hole" in the ozone layer, smog in every major city - how can this not be impacting our environment? The idea that the Earth is doing this to itself as part of some "natural" process that just happens to coincide with the industrial revolution is ridiculous. This isn't all being caused by volcanoes or some gradual warming because we're still emerging from the last ice age. Yes, Al Gore and a few scientists have misled people. The other 95% of the scientific community has not.
Here is a graph published just last week. If you don't see a trend here, I can't help you.
Good point. I'll just tell all those climate scientists to find new careers. They've been studying trends over millions of years of course, using that silly "scientific method." How can all that research any analysis possibly stack up against your brilliant observation that it snowed, in one city, on one day. Got any insights on the US economy based on your own bank account? Any thoughts on the Chinese based on the guy who delivered your sesame chicken last week?
While it is true that there is still some room for debate on the causes of global warming, it just seems intuitive to me that human activity must be a contributor. Coal fired power plants, millions of vehicles burning hydrocarbons, massive agriculture and forestry production, a "hole" in the ozone layer, smog in every major city - how can this not be impacting our environment? The idea that the Earth is doing this to itself as part of some "natural" process that just happens to coincide with the industrial revolution is ridiculous. This isn't all being caused by volcanoes or some gradual warming because we're still emerging from the last ice age. Yes, Al Gore and a few scientists have misled people. The other 95% of the scientific community has not.
Here is a graph published just last week. If you don't see a trend here, I can't help you.
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