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Tell China.its funny that every other country in the world, apart from the 2 or 3 worst culprits , want to do something about climate change before it is too late to do anything and the climate is changed so much human life on this planet is impossible.
we are the first human to realise we are changing earth's climate and the last ones that can do anything about it, doing nothing is not an option.
Nobody is arguing "climate change" BP. As even I'm sure you know, climate has been changing since the beginning of time. And most of us know that giving up our standard of living and spending trillions on some hippy wet dream isn't going to change anything.its funny that every other country in the world, apart from the 2 or 3 worst culprits , want to do something about climate change before it is too late to do anything and the climate is changed so much human life on this planet is impossible.
we are the first human to realise we are changing earth's climate and the last ones that can do anything about it, doing nothing is not an option.
Hate to kinda make your statement look a bit askew, but if we all take a look at an iceberg, we will notice that only a portion of it is ABOVE THE WATER LEVEL....10% to be a matter of fact. Which moves me to remind all of you that if so much ice melts...how much of it will actually be :RAISING THE LEVEL OF THE OCEAN?? only about, wait for it....yes!!! the same 10%.the polar caps will melt and anywhere low lying will be flooded,
Incorrect. Floating ice that melts will not raise ocean levels at all. Remember, why does ice float to begin with? It is less dense than water. When the part of the ice under the water line melts, it takes up less space. 10% less .Hate to kinda make your statement look a bit askew, but if we all take a look at an iceberg, we will notice that only a portion of it is ABOVE THE WATER LEVEL....10% to be a matter of fact. Which moves me to remind all of you that if so much ice melts...how much of it will actually be :RAISING THE LEVEL OF THE OCEAN?? only about, wait for it....yes!!! the same 10%.
100% correct. I believe the last estimate was an 18 foot rise in ocean levels???Now. If we take a look at the glaciers higher up and actually ON TOP OF THE LANDMASS, then, yes, more water will be available to actually raise the level of the oceans a bit. But, what the hell, we can live without Italy, Holland and a few private islands anyway or??
Unfortunately, I believe you are correct here. I will add though that by reducing the output of CO2 and other pollutants we can reduce the severity of the effects. I just think there is little chance of the entire world will slow their outputs. For any substantial change there will need to be a major breakthrough in battery technology and in power plants. It will happen, but not as quickly as it needs to be. We should have been working on innovation for these things since the 40’s. Oil was just too cheap for anyone to care to.I'll let you in on a little secret. It's already too late. If we stopped doing everything that puts CO2 in our atmosphere right now, and that is not going to happen, the excess, released by burning fossil fuels, will be around for at least hundreds of years. We can't stop it so we are going to have to adapt to it.
Depending on how warm it gets I’ve seen estimates up to 30-50’. Luckily I live 1410’ above sea level here!Incorrect. Floating ice that melts will not raise ocean levels at all. Remember, why does ice float to begin with? It is less dense than water. When the part of the ice under the water line melts, it takes up less space. 10% less .
Take a glass of water, add 6 ice cubes, mark the water line and let it melt.
100% correct. I believe the last estimate was an 18 foot rise in ocean levels???
If you look at the history of US "public education" (whose origins are from Germany in the 1800s), the intention behind it was not benevolence toward "the masses"; the intention was to create a compliant population.The only guarantee is that none of us, or many generations will ever know for sure. And yet many people are willing to give up our current standard of living, give trillions to the UN, all for a half assed theory. Sounds really stupid to me.
The collective standard of living in the West has been going south for decades now so this will make no difference. Once all the easily available oil has been extracted and burnt the average Joe will be plunged into abject poverty anyway, 17th century style living for most. And all the pointless jobs that have arisen during the oil age will vanish too, I can't see anything other than the mass dieoff that has been predicted myself. It's going to be an interesting few decades ahead, I'm glad I'm out in the boonies and somewhat prepared.And yet many people are willing to give up our current standard of living, give trillions to the UN, all for a half assed theory.
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