Thanks for sharing that. What is “MMMGW”? Assuming that is “man made global warming?” I don’t understand what you mean by “nobody actually experiences it.” Any clarification would be greatly appreciated. Where can the uninformed go to find out more? Are there any books or articles you recommend?
I am surprised. You don’t usually applaud the belittling of others’ views. I suggest you get back to your usual higher standards that has so inspired me.
What exactly is this lifestyle?
Kerry flew down to Antarctica, to confer with the penguins,
But it is the Pope who goes on about man made global warming.
But you do experience it! Next time you are at the seaside, watch a ship sail off into the horizon. It will disappear from the bottom up. Since the earth is round, as the ship gets farther away it is actually falling below your direct line of sight, first the bottom, then the top. Similarly, if you can get a clear unobstructed view of the horizon and watch the sunset while lying on your back, at the instant you can no longer see the sun stand up and you should be able to see a small portion of the sun again. Or, next time there is an eclipse, watch the shadow of the earth on the moon, you can see it is curved, indicating the earth is round.
Had he **not **washed the feet of refugees, would you now be calling him a hypocrite when he calls for their fair treatment?
No.
xkcd.com/1732/
I’ll look for it again, but I didn’t find it last time.
Is this doubt of yours supported by measurements you have made around the world, or did you send up satellites to monitor the environment? Or, is this doubt just an armchair opinion?
Really? How fast do you think temperatures were changing coming out of the Ice Age? See this timeline for a somewhat humorous (but scientifically accurate) look at that process. What you can see is that at its fastest (i.e. most extreme) rate of change, the temperature was changing about 0.14 deg. C per century. That was at about 10,000 BC. Although cumulative temperature change was large (about 14,000 years to “come out” of the last Ice Age with a temperature rise of just 5 deg. C), the actual rate of warming was always less than 0.14 deg. C per century - until the industrial age. There we see that since 1916 to 2016 (one century) the temperature has already risen about 1.00 deg. C. That is 7 times faster than in all the 20,000 years since the last Ice Age. That is why this latest rise in temperature is quite different from natural processes that have occurred in the past and will likely continue to occur - at its very slow natural rate. It may be hard to get an intuitive grasp of these trends, so take a look at the graphic in the timeline link above.
I do think desertification is a problem. But it’s also not a modern one. When the Vikings brought livestock to Iceland it destroyed much of the delicate vegetation. The diversion of water is done to support human life directly and the production of goods. That makes it a difficult thing to stop.
Is it appropriate or necessary? For much of history the pope stayed in Rome and the surrounds simply because travelling great distances was difficult. He communicated via letter. Today the pope has the ability to instantly communicate via video. The same is true for political leaders. I don’t see that their physical presence in a particular place at a particular time is very necessary.
It is important for the Pope to be able to be able to be among the faithful- to touch them.
That could border on superstitious. Very few of the faithful throughout history ever had a real chance of being near the pope. If so they had to go to Rome. They still can. The Faith spread across the world without the majority of Christians ever having a real chance at touching the pope.
Just for the sake of being the devil’s advocate here* (and keeping in mind that there are alternative explanations for this phenomenon than the ones put forward by the climate change people), what about the worldwide retreat of glaciers? That is observable and it is happening, correct?
I am sorry I used the word “hypocrite”. It was an unnecessary exaggeration of what you wrote. I was probably thinking also about what others have written, and although no one came out and called the pope a hypocrite, they were critical of his lack of living by example.
I looked at the chart and from what you said the variation of temperature wasn’t as volatile as it is now but it was more of a steady warming or cooling as opposed to now where the warming is more extreme and quicker than before.
India is an environmental nightmare, but that isn’t necessarily the fault of global warming; it’s because there are no laws there to protect the environment or if there are, they aren’t being followed.