"Bret L" wrote in message
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Either way, we need to address
the issue right now. There is deep concern that the release of methane
from
permafrost areas will cause global warming to become unmanageable.
Methane
is a more powerful GHG than CO2.
I've got news for you, if it happens, it was 95% the doing of nature
anyway and there isn't **** we are going to do to stop it.
We'd be better off to figure how we could get the methane out and use
it for powering stuff on a controlled basis.
Human activity is just not going to cause major changes on the earth.
it might retard or accelerate them a tiny amount, but even that is
like a flea with a hard-on lying on its back floating downriver and
yelling, "Open the drawbridge!". We just are not that powerful.
"Bret L" wrote in message
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In other words, AGW is horse****.
**Well, no. Feel free to submit your evidence. Make certain it comes from a
reputable scientific source. Those whacko religious/right wing political
sources don't count. In your evidence, please explain how the glaciers in
Greenland are moving towards the sea at a rate which is much faster than a
few decades ago. Here's some cites that you need to refute:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0527121055.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_ice_sheet
http://images.google.com.au/images?h...title&resnum=4
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=3606
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/0...sea-level.html
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science...ing/index.html
http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...glaciers-melti
http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...aciers-melting
http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...el-predicts-gr
http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...ise-sea-levels
OTOH, we may be in for an ice age,
**********. Complete ********, in fact. There is zero evidence of such a
thing. The TREND in world temepatures is clearly up. Year to year variations
are to be expected, but the TREND is up.
no matter what we do. In fact, doing nothing may be far better than
the wrong thing.
**More ********. Here's some stuff that we know (beyond any doubt):
* Since the dawn of the industrial revolution, CO2 levels have risen by more
than 30%.
* CO2 is a known greehouse gas (GHG).
* Ice core data tells us that the rise in temperatures is faster than at any
time in the last 600,000 years.
* Ice core data tells us that the rise in CO2 levels is faster than at any
time in the last 600,000 years.
* Ice core data tells us that CO2 levels and temperatures are closely
linked. Sometimes CO2 leads temperature rise and sometimes it lags.
The real concern is that we *may* be approaching a 'tipping point', beyond
which there is nothing humans can do to stave off disaster. Most scientists
feel that this level is around 500ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere. A handful of
scientists believe it is already too late. Either way, we need to address
the issue right now. There is deep concern that the release of methane from
permafrost areas will cause global warming to become unmanageable. Methane
is a more powerful GHG than CO2.
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Trevor Wilson
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