Re: Global Warming
Originally Posted by
Shadowman
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The main difference between natural swings in climate and anthropomorphic or human caused is the rate of change. Nothing in the geological records, ice core records, fossil records, historical records, etc. indicates that climate change ever occurred with the current rapidity. Since the industrial revolution the greenhouse gases such as CO2, methane, etc. have been increasing dramatically beyond what previous human populations, fires, volcanoes, etc. ever produced. At bottom line, it is cause and effect.
Back in the seventies it was assumed that CO2 and other greenhouse gasses would bring on an impending Ice Age. Now some scientists believe that it will be 'Global Warming' that will be the result, when in reality they are just best guess scenarios using incomplete and limited geological records that can be interpreted to suit a theory, that is by no means accepted by every climatologist.
Consider this Shadowman:
Carbon Dioxide and Methane are heavier than air and would not rise into the atmosphere.
Assuming they did rise into the atmosphere and cause the 'Greenhouse Effect' and the resulting global warming, surely the higher temperatures would precipitate more water vapour being picked up from the oceans and the resulting cloud cover would negate the greenhouse effect. When you consider that 70% of the Earths surface is covered by water this would indeed be the logical outcome.
We in the UK are been taken for fools. Based on the theory that nobody wants to deliberately harm the planet, and throw into the mix that it will be our children who will suffer. Proven or not who will argue against Global Warming? Add to that the fact that energy companies can charge what they like and play the green card to justify it. Whole businesses have sprung up on the back of Global Warming. Solar Panels, Wind Turbines, and numerous other experimental so called sustainable sources of energy production. This is big business and too valuable to dispel the myth that is 'Man Made Global Warming' so the guilt trip is used to grease the wheels.
It has it's down side though. By putting the blame on the developed world in an attempt to make you feel guilty and cough up your hard earned brass, third world countries have seen an opportunity to receive large amounts of aid. If we are admitting responsibility for the worlds severe weather events then surely, by our own standards, where there's blame there's a claim.