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When subsidy money goes to manufacturing a wind farm, what do you think happens to that money? Do you think it disappears? No, it pays manufacturers and workers, and the money stays in the economy.
The ocean currently has a pH of 8.1, which is alkaline not acid. In order to become acid, it would have to drop below 7.0. According to Wikipedia “Between 1751 and 1994 surface ocean pH is estimated to have decreased from approximately 8.179 to 8.104.” At that rate, it will take another 3,500 years for the ocean to become even slightly acid.
meanwhile most tap water is 6.5 to 7.5 (7 is nuteral) 6.5 (acid) is usualy called soft water...while (especially from wells) higher than 7.5 is called hard water
The seas are less basic than they were, IE more acidic. The decrease from 8.2 to 8.1 is enough to cause problems for marine animals
We have a long term trend of more than 150 years of steady sea level rise. The rate of rise, is not statistically different today than it was 150 years ago.
That would be more than 100 years befor the CAGW warming period.....
if we spent just HALF the money on mitigation of this regular longterm trend, we could insure sea level rise does not harm low lying communities.
2 days worth (2 billion) would have been MORE than enough to prevent the devistation to New Orleans caused by Katrina.
All of you Fox news viewers should watch the following Australian documentary (the corporate CEO's who fund and control Fox news are manipulating the hell out of you people.)
Fox news tells you that "man made global warming is a hoax", because if we combat global warming it will decrease the profits in large corporations like GE and ExxonMobile.
You also forgot to mention that your source says we are not spending enough money to combat global warming.
Your source says that “Investment to combat and adapt to climate change is happening around the world, but it’s short of where it needs to be and efforts to grow it have not been successful enough.”
The ocean currently has a pH of 8.1, which is alkaline not acid. In order to become acid, it would have to drop below 7.0. According to Wikipedia “Between 1751 and 1994 surface ocean pH is estimated to have decreased from approximately 8.179 to 8.104.” At that rate, it will take another 3,500 years for the ocean to become even slightly acid.
meanwhile most tap water is 6.5 to 7.5 (7 is nuteral) 6.5 (acid) is usualy called soft water...while (especially from wells) higher than 7.5 is called hard water
You are understating and not understanding the problem...
Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the pH of surface ocean waters has fallen by 0.1 pH units. Since the pH scale, like the Richter scale, is logarithmic, this change represents approximately a 30 percent increase in acidity. Future predictions indicate that the oceans will continue to absorb carbon dioxide and become even more acidic.
The ocean in order to be healthy needs to be on the alkaline side of the scale....Studies have shown that a more acidic environment has a dramatic effect on some calcifying species, including oysters, clams, sea urchins, shallow water corals, deep sea corals, and calcareous plankton. When shelled organisms are at risk, the entire food web may also be at risk. What is Ocean Acidification?
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