Should you believe in climate change?

regular.joe · 03-20-2015, 03:42 PM

Taken from that bastion of pseudoscience and supporters of liberal policy for many years: NASA (was I too sarcastic right there?) NASA does not seem to be telling us that there is no consensus.

http://climate.nasa.gov/causes/

In its Fourth Assessment Report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of 1,300 independent scientific experts from countries all over the world under the auspices of the United Nations, concluded there's a more than 90 percent probability that human activities over the past 250 years have warmed our planet.

The industrial activities that our modern civilization depends upon have raised atmospheric carbon dioxide levels from 280 parts per million to 379 parts per million in the last 150 years. The panel also concluded there's a better than 90 percent probability that human-produced greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide have caused much of the observed increase in Earth's temperatures over the past 50 years.

They said the rate of increase in global warming due to these gases is very likely to be unprecedented within the past 10,000 years or more. The panel's full Summary for Policymakers report is online at http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-re...r4_syr_spm.pdf.

Lamplighter · 03-20-2015, 06:21 PM

Reading for comprehension...

IMO, after all the postings of this thread, this sentence is where UT has been heading all along.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

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In fact, we need to continue to use the carbon fuels, to continue to quickly improve humanity,
to the point where it can solve the very problems it has created for the planet
...

But, is there any reason or consensus to believe that such a goal could ever be reached ?
Simply put, if political leaders were to follow such a path...

"What could possibly go wrong ?

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Undertoad · 03-20-2015, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

IMO, after all the postings of this thread, this sentence is where UT has been heading all along.

If your thoughts differ please post your own !

Or if they do not differ.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-20-2015, 06:22 PM

The captain of the titanic took a wait and see attitude. He couldn't have stopped the ship from sinking, but sure as hell could have made arrangements to mitigate the loss.

It's the science fiction freaks with their love of dystopian future scenarios, trying to bring it on as quickly as they can. Next time you see a zombie patrol vehicle, check for empty bean cans and methane.

03-20-2015, 03:42 PM	#1
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	Taken from that bastion of pseudoscience and supporters of liberal policy for many years: NASA (was I too sarcastic right there?) NASA does not seem to be telling us that there is no consensus. http://climate.nasa.gov/causes/ In its Fourth Assessment Report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of 1,300 independent scientific experts from countries all over the world under the auspices of the United Nations, concluded there's a more than 90 percent probability that human activities over the past 250 years have warmed our planet. The industrial activities that our modern civilization depends upon have raised atmospheric carbon dioxide levels from 280 parts per million to 379 parts per million in the last 150 years. The panel also concluded there's a better than 90 percent probability that human-produced greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide have caused much of the observed increase in Earth's temperatures over the past 50 years. They said the rate of increase in global warming due to these gases is very likely to be unprecedented within the past 10,000 years or more. The panel's full Summary for Policymakers report is online at http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-re...r4_syr_spm.pdf. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

03-20-2015, 06:22 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The captain of the titanic took a wait and see attitude. He couldn't have stopped the ship from sinking, but sure as hell could have made arrangements to mitigate the loss. It's the science fiction freaks with their love of dystopian future scenarios, trying to bring it on as quickly as they can. Next time you see a zombie patrol vehicle, check for empty bean cans and methane. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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