re: "The climate crisis"!

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You have a whole generation that currently believes they are living in the end times unless we/they do something about it. It’s a religion to them.

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Narcissistic behavior. Anything to make them believe they are special.

Ted Turner said we’d all be cannibals by now.

Remember he started cnn. Scientists don’t own the news channels, rich jerk offs do.

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It’s the sun. The sun’s variations are the major cause of temperature variations.

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It's not the sun, it's been at the bottom of its 11 year cycle.

It's not volcanos either, human carbon production has outpaced volcanos since the 50s. Carbon ppm in the air has been tracked for decades and has an obvious upward trend. Very large volcanos can have a temporary effect, but that doesn't explain the consistent warming trendline.

Climate change isn't a 10° rise in temps overnight, it's a consistent upward creep by a few degrees here and there, decade after decade, that eventually adds up to an 8-10° increase. Average joes don't usually follow plants & weather enough to understand just how large the difference between 90F & 95F, or 90 & 100F, actually is. That's what "Durr it's sUmMeR" misses. People don't think very much of a 1° difference in temp, making it easy to minimize & dismiss.

The truth is that plants can't pump water up quickly enough at high temps, their leaves start to shrink or even burn. They simply don't function. It's why you can't grow a Norway spruce in Brownsville, TX.

And higher nighttime temps lead to increased mold & fungus growth that kill off leaves & stems, again making it harder. New species will eventually take over of course, but that doesnt happen in a human lifespan or even many many human lifespans. And you're fricked in the interim.

TBF, it's hard to feel guilty when I live in a neighborhood full of trees & hear about China building hundreds of coal power plants. I'd imagine it's the same for many posters here. But it's frustratingly how many don't garden & don't know diddly about weather while also shitting on every climate discussion.

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It's not volcanos either, human carbon production has outpaced volcanos since the 50s.

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According to Al Gore, the Keys were supposed to be underwater by now... and based on what I heard when I moved to New Orleans 18 years ago, it should be halfway swallowed up by the Gulf by now.

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OK, first, I don't believe you regarding volcanos. The amount of CO2 and particulate they can spew in one eruption can match or dwarf that of man since the beginning of the industrial age.

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I grew up thinking the same exact thing to be honest. It's a myth. They estimate man outpaces volcanic impact by 60-90x annually. And ask yourself, if you don't believe climate data today, why believe climate data from 30-40 years ago??


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Occasionally, eruptions are powerful enough to release carbon dioxide at a rate that matches or even exceeds the global rate of human emissions for a few hours. For example, Gerlach estimated that the eruptions of Mount St. Helens (1980) and Pinatubo (1991) both released carbon dioxide on a scale similar to human output for about nine hours. Human emissions of carbon dioxide continue day after day, month after month, year after year.

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As far as the Earth's temp, I'd say removing as much artificially increased carbon as possible is all you can do. The climate will always change as it has for billions of years, but right now we're throwing gas on the fire.

Current policy is frustrating as it basically says neutering all our industries is the only way to stop from doing so. "Give up your good life for these douchebags that dont care - China, India, Africa" is not a strong argument.
In my opinion, the 1800s industrial revolution gets a pass, as we didn't know what we were doing, but we know now & have known for decades the impact of old-school industrialization practices. But, at the same time, try telling that to a poor nation trying to raise up their people - it's very, very difficult.

People will wake up one day but it will be too late by then.

I believe we are living in the end times however has nothing to do with the weather

Another, on the weather channel a few yes ago. The WC broadcaster was leaning into the wind, could barely stand,. so he appeared. when a Kid on a tricycle, came riding by behind him.
Hurricane!

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The climate has been a cornerstone of fearmongering for as long as I can remember and will continue to be one long after I'm gone.

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Its not just climate.

Twenty years ago I googled "Statin " drugs. A Doc? said all men should be on Statins.
Now that has been debunked.
Seventy years ago, Eggs and Cholesterol was going to kill us all. Need to eat more "Cereal". Now we know that was a lie.
Lard/Hog Fat was another killer. Suggested we eat more vegetable/corn oil.
Now that has been debunked.
And the list goes on and on.

Phizer Drugs