Global warming isn’t the claim that everything is getting hotter all the time. It’s the idea that, historically, temperatures haven’t fluctuated this dramatically over a period of a few mere decades. THAT is what the fuss is about–the rate of change, not the change itself.
Much of the heat is actually absorbed by oceans, and they are noticeably warmer. A couple of degrees may not inconvenience us humans, but it could mean life or death for some fish, coral, and algae, which would correspond to higher prices at your local Long John Silver’s.
But of course you know a corporation is not going to miss an excuse to raise prices.
Not true, again. Climate fluctuates abruptly all the time. Always has and always will.
Sorry 71, this is not corporate America driving these myths. This is purely governments and left wing radicals.
Big boat full of MMCC radicals stuck in ice…
Since you discount them so easily what are your refuting sources?
The problem with this assertion is that it ignores the mechanism by which the oceans warmed. It is certainly possible for the oceans to warm while the atmosphere does not … but in such a case the cause of the warming could not be from the greenhouse gas effect, the physics of which requires the atmosphere to warm.
The fact that the Earth is warming, or, more accurately, warmed, says nothing about the cause of the warming. Even if all of your references are scientifically accurate it doesn’t mean that CO2 was the culprit. The real issue is not whether there was warming but what caused it.
My source is God. He is in control.
Nice strawman you got there. We don’t all think like that, though some do.
I was only illustrating the exchange between Lapey and Michael Mayo. If you thought I was making a general statement about “all who think like that”, then you must have been extrapolating from your own experience.
The fact that the weather was colder in some localized areas for the past couple of years in no way negates the trend that has been occurring on a global scale over the past few decades. You can’t just pick a small time interval or small region and extrapolate through decades or across the rest of the globe.
BINGO!..
My source is God. He is in control.
Not exactly a Christian view point…and a bit on the pagan side…but I think it goes right along with your statement.
Not with the loss of our rainforests and potable water. God will not deprive us the freedom to befoul the earth. That is on us.
Oh, come on, Mike.
Right…Because as we all know, humans have always been so clairvoyant in the past. The fact that we haven’t destroyed ourselves yet proves that we never will!
Yes, be we do not always use our intelligence. We sometimes take the gifts for granted and abuse them.
Is there a river near you that you would care to bathe in or drink from?
Not entirely right…Right…Because as we all know, humans have always been so clairvoyant in the past. The fact that we haven’t destroyed ourselves yet proves that we never will!