so let me get this straight, you do think that spewing tons of pollutants into the atmosphere is a GOOD thing to do? Is that right?
Are you sure your IQ isn't 80 or lower?
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so let me get this straight, you do think that spewing tons of pollutants into the atmosphere is a GOOD thing to do? Is that right?
Are you sure your IQ isn't 80 or lower?
yeah, I am sure. wanna bet $1000 that mine is higher than yours? I will.
so let me get this straight, you do think that spewing tons of pollutants into the atmosphere is a GOOD thing to do? Is that right?
so let me get this straight, you do think that spewing tons of pollutants into the atmosphere is a GOOD thing to do? Is that right?
So because he believes man isn't causing global warming means he thinks pollution is good? yeah, that's a perfectly reaonable, rationale, logical conculusion.
Wouldn't you agree that the people who are denying global warming the loudest are those that object to the measures being suggested to curb it?
Wouldn't you agree that, even if you weren't sure whether global warming COULD in fact be reversed, adopting those measures would be good for the planet?
Wouldn't you agree that someone who was vehemently opposed to taking steps to clean up the planet must not think that spewing tons of pollutants into the finite space of earth's atmosphere is a bad thing?
Although, I suppose they could be mean spirited assholes without children who don't really give a fuck about what sort of world they leave to the next generation.
None of your statements apply, and they ignore the fact that we are IN FACT reducing emissions ever year and were doing so before the latest scare tactics.
So if I only shit in your front yard five times a week instead of every day, you're fine with that and see no reason to get me to reduce my output even further?
That's a terrible analogy.
Crap in your front yard almost certainly does cause harm. Increased CO2 in the atmosphere will not certainly lead to runaway temperature increases.
Increased CO2 in the atmosphere does retain and reflect infrared energy back to Earth, but it has a diminishing return. That much is known.
What is unknown (and at the center of the debate) is whether increased CO2 is going to lead to a positive feedback loop: where higher temperatures lead to increased atmospheric water vapor, which in turn lead to higher temperatures, which leads to even greater atmospheric water vapor, etc. That part of the science is ALL THEORY with ZERO empirical evidence.
That's the issue I have - that AGW theory relies on positive feedback loops, when the physical world is actually dominated by negative feedback loops.
That doesn't mean I like pollution - it means I don't think we need to stagnate progress based on a theory that doesn't have emperical proof.
why can we not encourage progress by promoting green alternatives that create jobs and economic activity?
and are you suggesting that all that smoke rising from coal fired power plants in the midwest is just CO2? Is it just CO2 that is causing the pine forests in Maine to turn yellow?
why can we not encourage progress by promoting green alternatives that create jobs and economic activity?
and are you suggesting that all that smoke rising from coal fired power plants in the midwest is just CO2? Is it just CO2 that is causing the pine forests in Maine to turn yellow?
There's plenty of demand for green alternatives - the problem is most of them are too expensive, especially when compared with fossil fuels. There's plenty of incentive for private industry to research and develop renewable energy sources. This will be especially true as fossil fuels become increasingly scarce.
People seem pretty fed up with gas prices closing in on $4/gallon. I think most people around the country would welcome a new energy source that can provide more bang for their buck. Green alternatives don't need to be promoted, they need to be identified and produced more efficiently. There's a market just waiting for it.
There's a market waiting for it as far as consumers go, but the big producers whose entire livelihood as based on fossil fuels, are what is holding things back.
The oil and coal lobbies have enough influence that they can get what they want. Until Americans boycott what's being offered to us, they know they will always have us by the balls.
So if I only shit in your front yard five times a week instead of every day, you're fine with that and see no reason to get me to reduce my output even further?
"Green" alternatives...such as biofuels?
No one denies the planet is in a warming trend. Only fools claim it is proven to be caused and fixed by man.
Would a huge piece of the ice shelf the size of Connecticut breaking off cause a problem?
I'm admittedly not very knowledgable in this area. This sounds like the beginning of that movie Day After Tomorrow. I don't base my knowledge on movies, but in the movie that event was part of some pretty bad things to come.
What do we make of this event?