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What does "catastrophic irreversible climate change" mean?
Posted on 4/2/19 at 1:43 pm
Posted on 4/2/19 at 1:43 pm
That's what AOC said will happen in 2030 "if we do not take drastic measures now!"
So if climate change becomes irreversible is will climate still have the ability to changes? Hasn't climate change been a part of the earth since the earth had a climate? How can something that has existed since the beginning of time be reversed? And if climate change is reversed does that mean we no longer have climate change?
So if climate change becomes irreversible is will climate still have the ability to changes? Hasn't climate change been a part of the earth since the earth had a climate? How can something that has existed since the beginning of time be reversed? And if climate change is reversed does that mean we no longer have climate change?
This post was edited on 4/2/19 at 1:47 pm
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Posted on 4/2/19 at 1:44 pm to GumboPot
'Member when it was Global Warming instead of Climate Change? I 'member.
Posted on 4/2/19 at 1:46 pm to pwejr88
CO2 is beneficial to the environment IMO.
Posted on 4/2/19 at 1:46 pm to GumboPot
Whatever the meaning it's Trumps fault.
Posted on 4/2/19 at 1:49 pm to pwejr88
I remember in the 70's when it was the coming ice age
Posted on 4/2/19 at 1:50 pm to GumboPot
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That what AOC says will happen in 2030 "if we do not take drastic measures now!"
AOC isn't well versed in climate science.
There's a lot of smart people working on carbon capture technology that will eventually be able to reduce the amount of CO2 in the air. Others are working on ways to convert the CO2 back into hydrocarbons. To make an artificial carbon cycle of sorts.
Now, that last process(es) are energy expensive. Would likely require a big investment in nuclear power to be feasible.
My point is, this actually isn't irreversible but requires better technology.
The 2030 screaming is a bunch of pearl clutching. That's when we're expected to hit + 1.5 C, but that's still a manageable scenario.
Posted on 4/2/19 at 1:51 pm to pwejr88
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'Member when it was Global Warming instead of Climate Change? I 'member.
Actually it was Global Cooling before it was Global Warming. Whatever the oil companies are doing it's bad.
I think there is a Time magazine cover from the 80s or 90s showing the earth covered in ice.
If the weather would stay exactly the same every year or every day they would blame internal combustion engines.
Posted on 4/2/19 at 1:56 pm to cajuncarguy
It means it will be horrible and will never fix itself or adjust. Silly.
Posted on 4/2/19 at 2:01 pm to GumboPot
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What does "catastrophic irreversible climate change" mean?
It means: "Shutup and vote for me, you stupid racist"
Posted on 4/2/19 at 2:03 pm to GumboPot
Let me unpack it for you from the inside out:
changing climate. straightforward
Well, since climate "change" is just the delta-climate and can go in any direction, ANY change is "climate change" so there is no such thing as reversing change. therefore....irreversible.
we missed another year of taxing the frick out of you
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climate change
changing climate. straightforward
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irreversible
Well, since climate "change" is just the delta-climate and can go in any direction, ANY change is "climate change" so there is no such thing as reversing change. therefore....irreversible.
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catastrophic
we missed another year of taxing the frick out of you
Posted on 4/2/19 at 2:04 pm to BlackHelicopterPilot
this man is right
Posted on 4/2/19 at 2:10 pm to canyon
It simply means more irresversible taxes are coming that may not be able to fix it unless we tax even more, larger, rinse, and repeat. Because Orange Man Bad.
Posted on 4/2/19 at 2:11 pm to GumboPot
It means Wyppio has yet another thing for which to be blamed and taxed by leftists.
Posted on 4/2/19 at 2:13 pm to GumboPot
It means that "evvironmentalists" will fudge the temparture data again to show a 0.1C rise in temps over the last 12 years, even though there is actually a decrease in measured temp data.
Posted on 4/2/19 at 2:17 pm to dantes69
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I remember in the 70's when it was the coming ice age
It's gonna get worse. We're gonna go through the first 'non change climate'. It will be 72 degrees everywhere all the time. No more seasons. Flora and Fauna will be disrupted beyond repair and we'll all die. But at least it will be a comfortable death.
Posted on 4/2/19 at 2:20 pm to GumboPot
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CO2 is beneficial to the environment IMO.
Of course it is.
We are all carbon based lifeforms.
Posted on 4/2/19 at 2:21 pm to 225bred
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It means: "Shutup and vote for me, you stupid racist"
Posted on 4/2/19 at 2:24 pm to pwejr88
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Member when it was Global Warming instead of Climate Change? I 'member.
I love the multiple Time Magazine covers about the "Great Freeze"!
Posted on 4/2/19 at 2:29 pm to Duke
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That's when we're expected to hit + 1.5 C, but that's still a manageable scenario.
I've listened to several talks by Princeton physicist William Happer and he does not make a lot of climate scientists happy. His position is we are in a CO2 deficit. The contribution to global GDP in terms of food production will far offset any negative consequences of increased concentration of CO2. He also points out that atmospheric CO2's greenhouse gas effectiveness decreases logarithmic as the temperature increases. For example, if we see a 1 degree temperature increase and the concentration rises from 200 to 400 ppm then to see another 1 degree in temperature rise the concentration would have to increase from 400 to 800 ppm.
This post was edited on 4/2/19 at 2:39 pm
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