re: Educate me on Climate Change

It gets hot in the summer and cold in the winter.

Polar Bear population INCREASING ... how about that?

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30,000 polar bears is a lot. As someone else remarked (remind me where and I’ll link to it), when Al Gore was born the population was just 5,000. Even as recently as 2005 it was estimated at no more than 22,500.

When the population of something explodes six-fold in 70 years that’s a sign that it’s doing pretty well, right? In fact, frankly, at that point it ceases to be a species in any kind of danger and starts to look more like a pest.

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According to this modelling polar bears would face a dramatic population decline in response to diminishing summer sea ice levels. Well of course: garbage in, garbage out. If your models are predicated on an untruth – that polar bears are reliant for their survival on summer sea ice – then clearly what they will prove is nonsense.

Inevitably – again, just like the climate alarmists’ models of runaway global warming – the polar bear population decline models have now hit the brick wall of reality.

Far from falling, the latest observational research has shown, polar bear populations have increased.

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The polar bears are doing just fine. Better than fine.

It’s time the Trump Administration put an end to the nonsense whereby the US Fish and Wildlife service is effectively acting as an official propagandist for Greenpeace.

It’s time the greenies found an endangered species to champion that actually is genuinely threatened by climate change. They may be some time. As far as I’m aware, there isn’t a species on the planet that is genuinely threatened by climate change. But if any otherwise unemployable environmental sciences and conservation biology graduates want to brave malaria, candiru fish and ebola while seeking out such tragic victims of man’s selfishness and greed, I think we can all agree here that they should go right ahead.

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The problem is that we are focusing on the wrong thing. We are too concerned with temperature since it is something that we can accurately measure now. We need to be focused on emissions (CO2, heavy metals, etc). We should be trying to strive for clean air and water. The temperature will work itself out. Right now, all we have are stupid carbon credits which just creates a shell game and doesn't do anything to curtail emissions. This just lines the pockets of politicians.

even though you asked for

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... those who think climate change is not an issue or is not real or not a big deal can you explain why ...

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... everyone will be an expert, everyone will offer an opinion, and no one will be able to definitely prove any of it. Nor will any amount of arguing effect this issue any more than talking about water change the way a boat floats.

Me, myself, (IMHO) I tend to look at this as more a global warning (rather than warming) argument. Where it's more about environmental destruction (than simply temperature swings) and is being used by producers of CO2 in an attempt to circumvent (or prevent) laws concerning environment protection. It's an assault on a much bigger issue, and by breaking down the serious discussion into bite sized talking points, they've diluted the main issue through misdirection. It's a tactic, it's divide and conquer. And by focusing on what's the hardest to comprehend or see, we're avoiding the rest of what we might need to take a hard look at.

Temperature change is one merely one facet of environmental concern, one single issue that has become a mantra. IT'S THE LUMPING TOGETHER OF ALL THINGS ENVIRONMENTAL. Until now all the rest is lost in headlines.

Serious issues like allowing our water resources to become like those of Europe, where you are told not to even brush you teeth with the stuff from a tap, are being pushed aside or lumped into a large winner take all basket. It's become a be-all to end-all stance, in order to avoid the larger discussion, to avoid talking pollution in general. To avoid discussing deforestation, or biodiversity, or of over fishing, or genetic modifications in the environment.... It's the catch all phrase of our day and the guys with the most to gain or loose (us) are being herded into inaction because we've allowed big business to define the argument for us. It's like a felon hollering 'THIEF' in a crowded mall and then stuffing his pocket when everyone is looking somewhere else. It's part bait and switch -n- part shell game combined.

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What does natural rate even mean? Without the influence of man? Here's the last 450,000 years, point to natural warming on this graph.

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Two seconds to google:

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Yes it is, as you would expect during a brief warming trend.

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You keep saying this is a brief warming period, and I was about to counter with the Vostock data. You clearly understand that this isn't a brief warming period. So why do you keep saying that?

Fear of "the climate" is a mental disorder.

It's the greatest hoax ever foisted on humanity to enrich the global elite.

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Educate me on Climate Chang

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Cow farts, truck nuts, and volcanos.

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In an isolated global atmospheric system as that of Earth

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