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by Gurori » Fri May 19, 2017 12:31 pm
by Iceland-Greenland Union » Fri May 19, 2017 12:32 pm
TURTLESHROOM II wrote:-snip-
by Zeclil » Fri May 19, 2017 12:34 pm
by Greater Miami Shores » Fri May 19, 2017 12:34 pm
Saiwania wrote:For all of recorded history, Antarctica has been an inhospitable and frozen wasteland, nothing but tundra- until now that is. Because of man made climate change, we are finally beginning to see the first signs of an Antarctica that is gradually becoming green with plant life. In the not too distant future, it might become warm enough to support human colonization. A new continent might truly be opening up.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... -find.html
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... ica-green/
What are your thoughts on this unexpected development? Is this a sign of just how bad the rest of the globe's temperatures will become? To what extent can we expect the greater land area covered in plants to offset the current and future emissions from fossil fuel use and melting permafrost releasing vast stores of carbon and methane?
Should we permanently settle Antarctica like we have for the other continents?
by Hurdergaryp » Fri May 19, 2017 12:37 pm
Dooom35796821595 wrote:A new territory for the British empire!
by Northern Ateria » Fri May 19, 2017 12:38 pm
by Greater Miami Shores » Fri May 19, 2017 12:39 pm
by Saiwania » Fri May 19, 2017 12:40 pm
TURTLESHROOM II wrote:IF climate change is our fault, the government is not a solution. However, since it is not our fault, we can only do what we can to mitigate rising temperatures and seas until the earth returns to the global cooling cycle that Chicken Little heralds said would start the next Ice Age.
by Diopolis » Fri May 19, 2017 12:45 pm
Saiwania wrote:TURTLESHROOM II wrote:IF climate change is our fault, the government is not a solution. However, since it is not our fault, we can only do what we can to mitigate rising temperatures and seas until the earth returns to the global cooling cycle that Chicken Little heralds said would start the next Ice Age.
Finally, a serious post.
From what I've seen, the private sector doesn't seem to be solving the problem of climate change fast enough to avoid a dangerous rise in global temperatures. If Donald Trump's administration were allowed to use as much coal and oil as they wanted, that will make CO2 levels worse and not better.
The biggest problem that I see is that no one can agree on what an ideal tax on carbon emissions would look like. What should such a tax be priced at? Some people claim that it has to be at least $100/ton if not higher- to really reverse the trend of carbon emissions only increasing every year. Under our status quo, there is just no economic incentive for industry to avoid polluting. I would think that a carbon tax is preferable to legislating pages of regulations which will be harder for business to follow and implement.
by Jamzmania » Fri May 19, 2017 12:47 pm
The Alexanderians wrote:"Fear no man or woman,
No matter what their size.
Call upon me,
And I will equalize."
-Engraved on the side of my M1911 .45
by United Muscovite Nations » Fri May 19, 2017 12:47 pm
by New haven america » Fri May 19, 2017 12:49 pm
Saiwania wrote:1. For all of recorded history, Antarctica has been an inhospitable and frozen wasteland, nothing but tundra- until now that is. 2. Because of man made climate change, we are finally beginning to see the first signs of an Antarctica that is gradually becoming green with plant life.
by United Muscovite Nations » Fri May 19, 2017 12:51 pm
New haven america wrote:Saiwania wrote:1. For all of recorded history, Antarctica has been an inhospitable and frozen wasteland, nothing but tundra- until now that is. 2. Because of man made climate change, we are finally beginning to see the first signs of an Antarctica that is gradually becoming green with plant life.
1. False
2. Dat's bad
by New haven america » Fri May 19, 2017 12:51 pm
Jamzmania wrote:Apparently, thanks to global warming, vast sums of land will now be much more habitable and arable. Thanks global warming!
by Dytarma » Fri May 19, 2017 12:51 pm
by Dooom35796821595 » Fri May 19, 2017 12:52 pm
by Iceland-Greenland Union » Fri May 19, 2017 12:53 pm
Jamzmania wrote:Apparently, thanks to global warming, vast sums of land will now be much more habitable and arable. Thanks global warming!
by New haven america » Fri May 19, 2017 12:54 pm
by Dytarma » Fri May 19, 2017 12:55 pm
Iceland-Greenland Union wrote:Jamzmania wrote:Apparently, thanks to global warming, vast sums of land will now be much more habitable and arable. Thanks global warming!
Also, as the Earth get's warmer, ice will melt, causing some arable land to go underwater. Also, stuff expands as it gets warmer, which will make even more land go underwater.
by United Muscovite Nations » Fri May 19, 2017 12:55 pm
by Saiwania » Fri May 19, 2017 12:57 pm
by New haven america » Fri May 19, 2017 12:58 pm
by Please Understand » Fri May 19, 2017 12:58 pm
Diopolis wrote:Antarctica will grow fat with rye and flax. Its reindeer hunters will prepare to conquer Australia, and then realize they can't swim that far.
by New haven america » Fri May 19, 2017 12:59 pm
Saiwania wrote:I sort of said "recorded history" with regards to Antarctica for a reason. The only part of history that really matters, is the duration of when people existed or formed civilizations. Almost nothing noteworthy happens in the timeline without people, so it is boring. Human activity more or less, is what tells the story in hi-story.
by Iceland-Greenland Union » Fri May 19, 2017 1:00 pm
Dytarma wrote:Iceland-Greenland Union wrote:
Also, as the Earth get's warmer, ice will melt, causing some arable land to go underwater. Also, stuff expands as it gets warmer, which will make even more land go underwater.
That's not the case with water. As water freezes, it expands, so if ice melts, it won't expand, there will just be more water.
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