Earth is the warmest it's been in 100,000 years (work, tax, USA)

[sanspeur]

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[Floorist]

Earth is the warmest it's been in 100,000 years




I think I was I first grade.

[Roboteer]

Yep, not much difference between the "Global Warming' we're seeing now, and the same "Global Warming" that happened some 140,000 years ago.

Those ancient cavemen should never have been allowed to drive their cave-SUVs around, spewing all that extra pollution that made the climate so bad back then.

And ditto for the ones that existed 220,000 years ago. Their uncontrolled use of fossil fuels contributed heavily to the Global Warming that happened during their era, too. Or it would have, except the fuels weren't fossil yet. They were still walking around on all 4's as dinosaurs, eating the cavemen etc.

And the same for the ones 330,000 years ago, etc.

[ContrarianEcon]

Originally Posted by Roboteer

Yep, not much difference between the "Global Warming' we're seeing now, and the same "Global Warming" that happened some 140,000 years ago.

The big difference is that this one has lasted longer than most. It has lasted long enough that the Eastern Siberian Arctic Sea shelf is getting ready to release a crap load of methane.

Originally Posted by Roboteer

Those ancient cavemen should never have been allowed to drive their cave-SUVs around, spewing all that extra pollution that made the climate so bad back then.

Nice one.

Originally Posted by Roboteer

And ditto for the ones that existed 220,000 years ago. Their uncontrolled use of fossil fuels contributed heavily to the Global Warming that happened during their era, too. Or it would have, except the fuels weren't fossil yet. They were still walking around on all 4's as dinosaurs, eating the cavemen etc.

Global warming is real it is natural and it is also man exacerbated. Cutting CO2 emissions isn't going to make a bit of difference.

Originally Posted by Roboteer

And the same for the ones 330,000 years ago, etc.

This one is going to be the end of the age of ice. We are getting ready to melt all ice on earth. That is 200 feet of sea level rise. It is a done deal.


So the question is this. Are we going to let the IPCC use this to get top down control of everything? Cutting all CO2 emissions will not do crap now.

[T-310]

Originally Posted by Kode

And this time it has happened in a couple of decades.
Earth 'Locked Into' Temperatures Not Seen in 2 Million Years

The earth heats and cools periodically.

[nicet4]

Originally Posted by chadgates

And who is the source for this temperature recorded back 100,000 years ago?

What device do you suppose they used back then to measure global temperature?

I wonder if OP would like to see the temperatures just 20,000 years ago?

[tripleh]

First, the earth is not that old to start with.
Second do we even have the records from half that long ago(when the Earth still didnt exist) to compare against?
Yes Im aware science disagrees with the age of the Earth from the bible.

[TheEmissary]

Originally Posted by tripleh

First, the earth is not that old to start with.
Second do we even have the records from half that long ago(when the Earth still didnt exist) to compare against?
Yes Im aware science disagrees with the age of the Earth from the bible.

Isn't it in the bible somewhere, that Jesus had to wear a sweater when he was out riding his brontosaurus!

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by Kode

And this time it has happened in a couple of decades.
Earth 'Locked Into' Temperatures Not Seen in 2 Million Years

I didn't know we had thermometers 2 million years ago!

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by Roboteer

Yep, not much difference between the "Global Warming' we're seeing now, and the same "Global Warming" that happened some 140,000 years ago.

Those ancient cavemen should never have been allowed to drive their cave-SUVs around, spewing all that extra pollution that made the climate so bad back then.

And ditto for the ones that existed 220,000 years ago. Their uncontrolled use of fossil fuels contributed heavily to the Global Warming that happened during their era, too. Or it would have, except the fuels weren't fossil yet. They were still walking around on all 4's as dinosaurs, eating the cavemen etc.

And the same for the ones 330,000 years ago, etc.

I wonder if those cavemen caused the Ice Age?

Then found fire and melted all the ice.