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Posted by: Eagle_Eye 1 year, 9 months agoThis program by National Geographic discusses the POTENTIAL effect of global warming on the planet, one degree at a time over the NEXT 100 years.
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Eagle_Eye
Feb. 10, 2008, 3:09 p.m.Here is a reminder about the program I posted last week that National Geographic is presenting regarding the POTENTIAL effects of Climate Change of only 6 degrees over the course of the next 100 years.
Before any one decides to start shooting at me, please watch the program before making any judgement's or comments about the Sun, Mars ice caps, etc.
Thanks
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Eagle_Eye
Feb. 10, 2008, 8:35 p.m.I just learned some thing new. I had no idea that the oceans were responsible for cleaning our air like they said! I always thought it was more the rain forests.
But their description of the small sea creatures absorbing the Co2 to form their shells was intriguing. Now with too much CO2 it is making the water acidic eating the shells away and killing these small critters that absorb the CO2.
Fascinating how the world works.
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Centinel
Feb. 10, 2008, 9:54 p.m.I have watched the program. Thus far I have seen and heard much narration and dramatic visual effects and very little explanatory science. Alarmist style programming. I will admit that a 6 degree Centigrade increase in average global temperatures would be world changing. However, 1-2 degrees would not melt the arctic ice. Reduce it, yes. but not so drastically as is dramatized in the program.
Furthermore, the available fossil fuels are finite. Once they are gone, much of the problem associated with them will go away with them.
We Americans have already reduced significantly our CO2 emissions through vehicle emission reduction and stack scrubbers. Yet we seem to be the scapegoats. WHY? We have the money!
CO2 is widely blamed as the major contributing factor. Trees and rain reduce CO2 levels. We may not be able to increase rainfall except through generating rain forests but we can plant an awful lot of trees.
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Centinel
Feb. 10, 2008, 10:18 p.m.There are many solutions to the problem that are inexpensive. However, with an economy going down the tubes a vast number of people do not have the resources to convert to renewable energy sources. The oil and coal cartels have a stranglehold on energy.
Our current economic situation will not support expensive investment into renewable energy sources and those in control of conventional energy sources have no intention of investing their "record profits" into less profit making sources. They can't sell sunshine or wind or water. Only harness it and sell it converted into energy. They can profit from commodities like coal and oil which they have to "buy" and pass the cost onto the consumer, at a profit!
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Eagle_Eye
Feb. 10, 2008, 10:21 p.m.I did learn A LOT more about Climate Change with this program.
I found it most interesting how much damage is done by just a few degrees rise in temperature.
And I am really glad we don't eat Beef so we are not contributors to that Methane/Beef Carbon Foot Print, it is huge!!! The foot print of a "Cheese Burger" was astounding!
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Centinel
Feb. 10, 2008, 10:49 p.m.I will give the show some credit. It did include water vapor as a greenhouse gas. I think that was the first time I can remember that this was mentioned by proponents of "Global Warming". Bravo! The show actually illustrated how increasing water vapor content would cause self perpetuating increased warming.
However I still take exception to its statement "global warming started with our use of fossil fuels". Started! That is a narrow statement if I ever heard one.
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Klarissa
Feb. 11, 2008, 12:53 a.m.the National Geographic program is based on one book, written from a particular viewpoint. It is not the Geographics own research.
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reviewer
Feb. 11, 2008, 1:07 a.m.Thanks Eagle Eye, I had planned on watching the show and the interesting comments motivate me more.
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Ronmelin
Feb. 11, 2008, 5:01 a.m.Instead of focussing in on global warming(guessing what is going to happen), focus on glacial cycles and ice ages(things that have already happened). On the PBS series called NOVA, they have found that the planet has not always had ice caps and trees grew in both the artic and antartic. We were not even here when this happened.
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tkyrchncs
Feb. 11, 2008, 7:27 a.m.Those who say the earth will recover should understand that recovery is a point of view. The first life forms on this planet changed the atmosphere from an methane reducing atmosphere to a nitrox oxidizing one that WE need, but is poisonous to most of them. While I think it unlikely (not impossible) for us to destroy life on this planet, it is within easy reach to make it uninhabitable by our species and similar ones, and we seem to be working diligently on doing just that. I shouldn't have watched. I know what we're doing, and it depresses me to inaction to see it. What could I possibly do that would make one whit of difference?
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k21bl
Feb. 11, 2008, 8:03 a.m.I watched the 6 degree's program last night. It's pretty scary!
I'm glad I'm not any younger than what I am. But I worry about my Grandchildren!
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Amazing1
Feb. 11, 2008, 8:11 a.m.Thank you, EE. Saw it last night. And there are things that we all can do. Small things. I take the stairs at work. Better for me and saves the energy being used by the elevator.
We could all help in many small ways. It would not only improve our own health, it would improve the health of the planet.
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pismo
Feb. 11, 2008, 8:53 a.m.Let's just say (for this discussion) humans are not the reason for global warming and according the show there could be and probably are many factors. We had better do something anyway to reduce the consumption of crude or guess what?.... when we run out there is going to be a major upset in our lives anyway. Take a look around you and figure out how many things are plastic or require plastic components for them to be affordable or be produced period. It's not so much the warming that concerns me right now. It's the future of the worlds economy. Get out your flint rocks......
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Searchbeam
Feb. 11, 2008, 8:56 a.m.EE,
Thank you for your very responsible and enlightening post.
To all those who want to ignore the facts and insist on thinking that Global Warming is a myth, it will be good for you to understand and respect the laws of Physics.
Thermodynamics is a branch of Physics. The word "thermodynamics" literally means mechanical energy created by heat.
In a closed system, the Laws of conservation of energy apply.
With CO2 and other greenhouse gases creating a blanket in the upper portion of the atmosphere, the heat that comes from the Sun does not get a chance to escape out. As a result, more and more heat energy is being trapped under this blanket. This causes our planet to be an open system, but open only one way. Therefore, the Laws of Conservation of Energy do not apply in this case.
This extra heat trapped under the blanket of greenhouse gases is energy, and it has to do something.
It does two things:
1. It raises the temperature of the planet as a whole, and
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Cityslicker
Feb. 11, 2008, 10:04 a.m.Gullible Warning , 68 car pile up due to BLINDING SNOW .
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/68-vehicle-crash-k...
I can't believe intelligent people get sucked into such blatant deceit and conjecture .
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