Is global warming real

oats · 07-21-2013, 03:12 PM

In all honesty, climate change is beyond rational debate at this point. The fatalist viewpoint of "oh it's happening anyway with or without us" is almost as silly as "the human ego thinks it can harm the planet." We've already very noticeably harmed the planet significantly (acidification of oceans, rapid extinction of plant and animal species and the concurrent upheaval of many ecosystems, etc), and are capable of even greater damage through nuclear weapons. Make no mistake, we could literally destroy this planet. Not ego, fact.

There is plenty of damning evidence for how humans are contributing to climate change, but possibly the most significant one is the level of CO2 in the atmosphere since the industrial revolution. Yes we have seen glacial advance and retreat cycle around in the past, but never has a retreat been as rapid as it has been in the past 30 years, including a handful of years where our orbit was further away (which reduces the amount of solar energy we receive, usually making the glaciers advance a little. Instead, temperatures continued to rise and glaciers continued to retreat).

This thread gets a big intellectual thumbs down tbh.

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07-21-2013, 03:12 PM	#17
oats Steel Cut Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 5,084 Battle Record: 19-10 Accomplishments - OM HOF (2x) Champed - Fight Night LXXXIV - Art of Writing League Rep Power: 79005428	In all honesty, climate change is beyond rational debate at this point. The fatalist viewpoint of "oh it's happening anyway with or without us" is almost as silly as "the human ego thinks it can harm the planet." We've already very noticeably harmed the planet significantly (acidification of oceans, rapid extinction of plant and animal species and the concurrent upheaval of many ecosystems, etc), and are capable of even greater damage through nuclear weapons. Make no mistake, we could literally destroy this planet. Not ego, fact. There is plenty of damning evidence for how humans are contributing to climate change, but possibly the most significant one is the level of CO2 in the atmosphere since the industrial revolution. Yes we have seen glacial advance and retreat cycle around in the past, but never has a retreat been as rapid as it has been in the past 30 years, including a handful of years where our orbit was further away (which reduces the amount of solar energy we receive, usually making the glaciers advance a little. Instead, temperatures continued to rise and glaciers continued to retreat). This thread gets a big intellectual thumbs down tbh.