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Posted by: populist 2 years, 7 months agoIn the past 100 years, the average temperature of Earth has risen six-tenths of one degree. In the past 100 years, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased about 80 parts per million so that it stands at about 370 parts per million. Sea levels are estimated to have risen 10 to 20 centimeters in the same time frame.
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jmarkitell
June 4, 2007, 1:19 p.m.A cool breeze of reasoning in a sweltering desert of conjecture! Kudos!
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Charlson
June 4, 2007, 2:02 p.m.Another, you can't do anything about it... so what, article. That's right, the hell with the future, you won't be here to suffer. Besides it's all only theories and conjecture. If it's not true then everythings fine. If it is, it's not your problem. Your children and your children's children better learn to like it, or too bad. The cardinal rule is to leave the earth a little worse than you entered it so as to give future generations something to improve upon.
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yorae
June 4, 2007, 2:19 p.m.This should be changed to opinion rather than science according to the article its self it cannot be proven one way or another. If global warming is real then millions will die due to lack of preparations if not then we have nothing to worry about.
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canadianrancher57
June 4, 2007, 2:20 p.m.Good story, but I still think we should try to clean up our act as much as we can. Man has never been in charge of the climate and likely never will, but as for protecting our planet from various types of pollution we should all try.
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spkguy
June 4, 2007, 2:59 p.m."We have no control over Earth's atmosphere. What humans inject into it amounts to little more than a cosmic passing of gas."
You what Bull$hit!
Did we not correct the acid rain problem and the CfC problem with the ozone layer?
This is just another stick your head in the sand opinion piece
and nothing more.
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coolrayfruge
June 4, 2007, 3:42 p.m.To the moron that say's ;so what!
To hell with the future.
I say:
The cardinal rule is for morons!
Better hope theres no such thing as reincarnation.
Or your sorry ass might come back as the next generation to deal with it.
Wouldn't that be ironic.
We only have one planet to live on and the only one that will benifit from us F%@king it up is the corporations who will control the scarice depleted rescources.
look at how we pay more when a resource is scarice and we have to depend on so one to provide it for us like water and gas.
Imagine what they would charge us for air if it became scarice.
Ever see "Total Recall" sure it science fiction movie.
But not immpossable for that to happen if we destroy the air we breath.
Citys already have a dark brown sky lines and air quality warnings.
Most people that live in city suffer respatory problems from the air pollution.
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amazed
June 4, 2007, 4:14 p.m.good post, populist. (unbelievable, twice in one day! lol)
I don't think there's many people left who thinks it's a good idea to foul whatever water, air or ground we can. What is needed is perspective. To spend a lot of money to reduce pollution or waste in easily measurable amounts is reasonable-- as has been done in the last 30 years -- both the air quality and water quality is measurably and noticeably cleaner than it used to be (haven't heard of a river catching fire in at least 20 years!), but to require corp's or people to spend enormous amounts of money to effect incremental changes that you need sophistcated equipment to measure is ridiculous.
And the constant chicken little act -- ice age coming, ozone hole opening, acid rain, global warming, etc -- is not only tiresome, but takes on the quality of an Aesop's fable -- you know, the one about the boy who cried wolf.
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momydearestc
June 4, 2007, 4:14 p.m.Does this mean I can start using more then one piece of turlit paper to wipe my rear??? I'm sooooo happy, I was really getting tired of getting poo under my finger nails.....thank God for this artical.....what does Prof. Al Gore say??
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Tangent001
June 4, 2007, 4:31 p.m.About a year ago, the response to the global warming theory was: "No, it's not happening. Look at these few places that have cooled!" Then it was: "Okay, global warming might be happening, but it has nothing to do with CO2. Oh, BTW, let's call it 'Climate Change', okay?" Later: "Okay, yeah, the Climate (globe) does seem to be Changing (warming), but since it's not OUR fault, there's nothing we can do about it anyway."
Yes, the Earth's climate changes in cycles. The alarm here is not so much that the climate is changing, it is the apparent rapidity of that change.
Is there any evidence that would conceivably convince these folks what the majority of scientists have been saying for years?
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ARRAY
June 4, 2007, 4:38 p.m.Watch ALL of this video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2332531... warming swindle
I do not think you will worry about gobal warming afterwards.
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liny2k3
June 4, 2007, 4:39 p.m.Simple points to consider:
* There is more to be gain by taking global warming serious
then any mission to the moon. If we take the time to clean the air, land and water we could learn a great deal. With what we learn we can use the knowlege on the beginings of exploring all of the other planets in our solar system.
* All the knowledge that will be archive from such an effort
can bring about the next stage of technology for our country.
Like the exploration to the moon and all of it's kick backs.
Like the Information age and the Internet.
Plenty of money was made because of these two efforts.
Summation if not saving the world: clean land, water and air. And, research rites on all that is discoverd from this effort, aka MONEY. :)
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RickyDawkins
June 4, 2007, 5:04 p.m.The significant increase in average global temperatures over the past half-century can be attributed to human activities with a certainty of more than 90 percent.
Temperature rises have already affected various natural systems in many regions.
Continued greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates would cause further warming and induce climate changes during the 21st century that would very likely be larger than those observed during the 20th century.
* CO2 levels have risen 35 percent since the industrial revolution began in the mid-18th century and are likely at their highest levels in the past 20 million years. The main source is the burning of fossil fuels, such as oil, natural gas, and coal.
* Earth's average temperature has been increasing over the past century, with warming accelerating over the past 50 years.
* No known natural forcing can account for the recent severe warming.
-Woods Hole
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Truzseeker
June 4, 2007, 5:17 p.m.Solar output contributes to global warming ...
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/sun_outpu...
Stands to reason why other planets in the solar system are also warming.
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disraeli
June 4, 2007, 5:43 p.m.I got to this sentence in the article "At any rate, it is foolish to worry about anything that is (a) beyond our control and (b) beyond our expected life span."
I stopped reading at this point and concluded that if the author was so pedestrian and short sighted to suggest that only those matters of immediate concern (e.g. within our life span) were worthy of concern the balance of his article was not worth my immediate concern.
Every good parent on the planet, simply by virtue of having children that will in the main live beyond their parent's lifespan, already worries about things "beyond our expected life span".
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phillyjoec
June 4, 2007, 6:57 p.m.RickyDawkins - You certainly don't let the real facts get in your way. You like to take the blather of the likes of Al Gore, a REAL scientist, and take them as gospel. 95% of all scientists don't agree with man being the major cause of global warming. Read the most recent issue of Discover Magazine and you'll get some facts about cosmic rays and their effect on cloud cover. Fewer clouds = global warming. Simple equation. If you can read it with an open and unbiased mind you'll also see what happens to anyone you has the guts to be politcally incorrect and speak their mind and not concur with the so called agreed upon version of global warming!! If the liberal scientific community wasn't trying to quash the other side of the story I think you might find a large percentage who don't agree.
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zeeman
June 4, 2007, 7:54 p.m.I think that the world leaders are late on the issue of global warming to little is done too late.I also think that the Brazilians set an example that all of us should follow.
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ARRAY
June 4, 2007, 8:25 p.m.Since water vapor is the most important green house gas, why does every one ignore it and talk so much about C02?
Also, the oceans are the largest source of C02 followed by dying vegetation, animals breathing, volcanoes, etc.
Watch this video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2332531... warming swindle
Some of the people featured in this video are distinguished scientists.
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phillyjoec
June 4, 2007, 8:42 p.m.Great peer review science Ricky - a government brochure!!
I'm sure it's GOT to be accurate!!
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canadianrancher57
June 4, 2007, 9:44 p.m.For those who actually read links here is one that is decent on global warning and it is by a climatoligist.
http://www.geocities.com/zacherle_hoag/tball
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capn_caveman
June 4, 2007, 9:54 p.m.1) The average surface temperature of the Earth has risen by 1.3 degrees in the past 100 years.
2) Carbon dioxide levels have increased by 105 ppm (37.77%) above the pre-industrial average
3) You can do something to combat climate change.
4) Climate change is not beyond our expected lifespan.
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