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Do you believe that humans are causing global warming?

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Nationale Einheit II
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Fox news and CATO... didn't feel the need to read any further than that.
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Postby Hamelburg » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:02 pm



I thought we'd already established that the politicians had overblown the whole situation...?

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Postby Mavorpen » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:03 pm

Hamelburg wrote:yup, pretty much. I don't know the whole solution for solving the problem, but cutting education spending is probably not it....


Actually, you spend quite a lot on Education compared to other countries. It's not that you spend too little or too much, it's that your system is god-awful. Reform it, and maybe you cut some spending towards it while making it better. It's win-win. Your defense though, is just outrageous.
"The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders. raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did."—former Nixon domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman

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Postby Mavorpen » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:04 pm




I saw Fox News and CATO, two right wing outlets, and facepalmed heavily. Not even going to read any of those.
"The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders. raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did."—former Nixon domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman

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Postby Hamelburg » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:04 pm

Mavorpen wrote:
Hamelburg wrote:yup, pretty much. I don't know the whole solution for solving the problem, but cutting education spending is probably not it....


Actually, you spend quite a lot on Education compared to other countries. It's not that you spend too little or too much, it's that your system is god-awful. Reform it, and maybe you cut some spending towards it while making it better. It's win-win. Your defense though, is just outrageous.


That is true... There's probably a lot of areas that could use cuts to help the debt problem.

If you don't mind me asking, what country are you from..?

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Postby Vazdania » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:05 pm


FINALLY!!! someone who makes sense!!!
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Postby Mavorpen » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:06 pm

Hamelburg wrote:
Mavorpen wrote:
Actually, you spend quite a lot on Education compared to other countries. It's not that you spend too little or too much, it's that your system is god-awful. Reform it, and maybe you cut some spending towards it while making it better. It's win-win. Your defense though, is just outrageous.


That is true... There's probably a lot of areas that could use cuts to help the debt problem.

If you don't mind me asking, what country are you from..?


I'm from America, but I've grown so annoyed with the U.S., I say "you guys" instead of "us". :lol:
"The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders. raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did."—former Nixon domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman

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Postby Farnhamia » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:06 pm

Vazdania wrote:

FINALLY!!! someone who makes sense!!!

Your definition of sense is rather odd.
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Postby Hamelburg » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:07 pm

Mavorpen wrote:
Hamelburg wrote:
That is true... There's probably a lot of areas that could use cuts to help the debt problem.

If you don't mind me asking, what country are you from..?


I'm from America, but I've grown so annoyed with the U.S., I say "you guys" instead of "us". :lol:


Ahh, I see! I can see why, too...

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Postby Mavorpen » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:08 pm

Vazdania wrote:

FINALLY!!! someone who makes sense!!!


One of his sources says that polar bears are thriving, and also says that Global Warming doesn't impact the poor... I hope you are joking.
"The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders. raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did."—former Nixon domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman

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Postby Vazdania » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:09 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
Vazdania wrote:FINALLY!!! someone who makes sense!!!

Your definition of sense is rather odd.

Global warming is happening, but why? because of the natural cycles of Earth, there is no evidence to support that Humans are the primary cause, furthermore 2019 is projected to be COLD COLD
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Postby Farnhamia » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:11 pm

Vazdania wrote:
Farnhamia wrote:Your definition of sense is rather odd.

Global warming is happening, but why? because of the natural cycles of Earth, there is no evidence to support that Humans are the primary cause, furthermore 2019 is projected to be COLD COLD

Predicted by whom? You already posted a link to a site that shows the temperature going UP UP until 2038. Make up your mind.
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Postby Mavorpen » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:11 pm

Hamelburg wrote:
Mavorpen wrote:
I'm from America, but I've grown so annoyed with the U.S., I say "you guys" instead of "us". :lol:


Ahh, I see! I can see why, too...


Indeed. By the way, I would like to recommend the book Cradle to Cradle by Michael Braungart. It's a nice outlook on how we can be more environmentally sustainable without hurting the economy.
"The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders. raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did."—former Nixon domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman

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Postby Mallorea and Riva » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:11 pm

Vazdania wrote:
Farnhamia wrote:Your definition of sense is rather odd.

Global warming is happening, but why? because of the natural cycles of Earth, there is no evidence to support that Humans are the primary cause, furthermore 2019 is projected to be COLD COLD

Source? On all of that? From a peer reviewed journal please?
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Postby Hamelburg » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:11 pm

Mavorpen wrote:
Hamelburg wrote:
Ahh, I see! I can see why, too...


Indeed. By the way, I would like to recommend the book Cradle to Cradle by Michael Braungart. It's a nice outlook on how we can be more environmentally sustainable without hurting the economy.


I'll look into that... thanks for the suggestion!

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Postby Mavorpen » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:12 pm

Vazdania wrote:
Farnhamia wrote:Your definition of sense is rather odd.

Global warming is happening, but why? because of the natural cycles of Earth, there is no evidence to support that Humans are the primary cause, furthermore 2019 is projected to be COLD COLD


"Natural cycles" are accounted for in climate studies. They would be throw out if they weren't.
"The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders. raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did."—former Nixon domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman

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Postby Vazdania » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:14 pm

Mallorea and Riva wrote:
Vazdania wrote:Global warming is happening, but why? because of the natural cycles of Earth, there is no evidence to support that Humans are the primary cause, furthermore 2019 is projected to be COLD COLD

Source? On all of that? From a peer reviewed journal please?

http://www.longrangeweather.com/global_temperatures.htm
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Postby Wikkiwallana » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:14 pm

Acrainia wrote:
Free Soviets wrote:do you accept the existence of the greenhouse effect?
do you accept that CO2 is a greenhouse gas?
do you accept the burning oil releases CO2
do you accept that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is increasing at a rate that is more than accounted for by human emissions?
etc.

causality is easy. we know that:
a) we've dug up fossil carbon
b) we've burned enough of it to account for all of the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere and ocean
c) the increase in CO2 actually is the result of fossil carbon*
d) carbon dioxide is the primary driver of the greenhouse effect
e) changing the amount of energy held in the atmosphere by the greenhouse effect results in changing the planetary temperature
f) other drivers of climate are, on balance, on a cooling trend
and yet
g) the planet is warming by what you get if you calculated the effects of this much carbon increase.

not a single one of these points is disputable. there is a reason that all of the academies of science are on board. it's really that solid and obvious.


* this is probably the least obvious point, but it's really easy for us to know. carbon comes in a variety of isotopes. the isotropic composition of fossil fuels is measurably different from the composition of the atmosphere. as we have added fossil carbon into the atmosphere, we have measured a change that is precisely the change in isotope ratios that you would expect.


I might be willing to reexamine my views if you can get me good sources for all that info.

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Postby Vazdania » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:15 pm

Mavorpen wrote:
Vazdania wrote:Global warming is happening, but why? because of the natural cycles of Earth, there is no evidence to support that Humans are the primary cause, furthermore 2019 is projected to be COLD COLD


"Natural cycles" are accounted for in climate studies. They would be throw out if they weren't.

clearly many are "throw out" then. Its a long term thing,
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Postby Wikkiwallana » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:16 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
Mallorea and Riva wrote:Curses you've found out my evil plan! Surely science will change simply because the free market demands it!

The politicization of science is a truly horrible thing.

It truly, truly is.

Was it you who posted that comparison of denialist behavior to a stubborn lunatic driving a car with a terrified passenger trying to convince them to turn back in the last global warming thread? I really think that post deserves repeating.
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Postby Strykla » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:16 pm

We know it's happening. Whether or not we are causing it is still up for debate, but we should regardless be trying to stop it.

Heck, I've heard the sun might be causing it.
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Postby Wikkiwallana » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:18 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Metanih wrote:Stop spouting the .9 F drop stat. It means nothing in this debate. NOTHING.
Global Warming is a longer process than that. Factors such as el nino and other naturally cycling effects similar to that cause small scale (Time-wise) changes. Two years is small scale.


A thousand years is small scale.

And in the last 50 or so we've seen a temperature change that would have taken a thousand or more to happen naturally.
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Postby Mallorea and Riva » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:19 pm

Vazdania wrote:
Mallorea and Riva wrote:Source? On all of that? From a peer reviewed journal please?

http://www.longrangeweather.com/global_temperatures.htm


However, Mankind’s activities of the burning of fossil fuels, massive deforestations, the replacing of grassy surfaces with asphalt and concrete, the ‘Urban Heat Island Effect,’ are making conditions ‘worse’ and this will ultimately enhance the Earth’s warming process down the meteorological roadway in the next several decades.


Individuals may dissent, but this is reminiscent of the Tobacco Industry manufacturing doubt as to the dangers of cigarettes back in the 50's up to the present.
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Postby Galloism » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:20 pm

Strykla wrote:We know it's happening. Whether or not we are causing it is still up for debate, but we should regardless be trying to stop it.

Heck, I've heard the sun might be causing it.

We will not tolerate such terrorism.

Let's go liberate the shit out of the sun and install a democratic government there.
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