lpnmajor wrote:
Anyone who has looked out a window or gone outside, in the last few years, will dispute that something weird is going on with the weather. You can call it climate change, global warming, normal weather disruption, whatever you want, but nomenclature has no effect on weather patterns. Long range models show another ice age in our future, something sure to give global warming deniers a thrill, regardless of the fact that the ice age is likely to be an extinction event. How can global warming trends lead to an ice age, you ask? Well it can, but I don't have the time to explain it to you, you can look it up yourself. Are long range computer models 100% accurate? We won't know the answer to that until the ice age is here, that's just common sense, but what we DO know now is; none of the models paint a pretty picture, no matter how the data is manipulated. That alone should be of concern to everyone.
To what degree does mankind impact climate change? No one knows for sure, but we DO know that mankind does have an impact, and that the impact is cumulative, i.e. adds up over time. The amount of disruption we see today, is the cumulative effect of 100's of years of mankind's influence. How long will it take for any amelioration attempts to be felt? Who knows? Those attempts are cumulative as well, but no attempt = no effect, that's also common sense. What should not be in dispute are; the climate is changing and not for the better, mankind does have an impact to some degree, the effects are cumulative, meaning that we have not felt the full fury yet, and whatever efforts are made to ameliorate the changing climate, will take time to be effective.
The few things that are in dispute, i.e., mankind's contribution, are not a sufficient reason to do nothing, or do very little. As an example: Those of you with small children/grandchildren, knowing that a child that is a toddler today will need twice as much money for college as current student; when is the best time to start contributing to a college fund? A. while the child is a toddler, when a small effort accumulates into a big payoff. B. when the child start High School, requiring a massive effort to achieve the same result, or C. never, just take your chances? This is also common sense.
Arguing about to what degree mans activity causes climate change, or what efforts need to be started now, as opposed to the last minute, and/or how long such efforts will take to be felt, or the other silly questions being asked, is like being inside a burning home and arguing over who started the fire and/or is responsible for it spreading so fast - because - you are going to die. Common sense says to evacuate, call the fire dept., etc. - and spend the rest of your life arguing those points.
For those still denying that there's a problem.........................your house is on fire.
Anyone who has looked out a window or gone outside... (
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Ipa: Your brain is warped with the sand the liberals have been pumping you with for the last 40 years!!!!!