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Ok, how about this for an incentive.......what if we try to leave this little planet of ours in a little better shape than we found it, for the sake of our kids and their kids ?
In the Middle Ages, the average temps in Greenland were enough to not just grow grains, but to grow in enough excess to raise livestock. As the planet got cooler, that stopped being possible. If you farmed grain and/or raised livestock on Greenland back then, which was better - warmer or colder planet?
As the linked article points out, green plant life depends on a gas that comprises 0.04% of the air around us, and increases in the amount of that gas in the air are PROVEN to benefit the growth, health and resiliency of green plant life...you know, that stuff that virtually every food chain in nature depends on. If you are part of a food chain that depends on plant life (and you are), more CO2 is better, so is more heat that prevents early freezes, late thaws, cold snaps, etc which destroy millions of hectares of farmable crops when they happen.
You have to do better at defining "better shape" because I remain unconvinced that a colder, less_friendly_to_plant_life Earth is "better."
If global warming is this dire a threat, why is Google holding a big party/conference for a bunch of rich celebrities arriving on over 100 private jets(the most poluting way to travel). Why arent they selling their mansions, or their beach front property?
I should add that the summer arctic sea ice is about where its been for the past few years. (Remember when algore said it would disappear by this time)
Last edited by augiedogie; 08-02-2019 at 07:24 AM..
If global warming is this dire a threat, why is Google holding a big party/conference for a bunch of rich celebrities arriving on over 100 private jets(the most poluting way to travel). Why arent they selling their mansions, or their beach front property?
In the Middle Ages, the average temps in Greenland were enough to not just grow grains, but to grow in enough excess to raise livestock. As the planet got cooler, that stopped being possible. If you farmed grain and/or raised livestock on Greenland back then, which was better - warmer or colder planet?
As the linked article points out, green plant life depends on a gas that comprises 0.04% of the air around us, and increases in the amount of that gas in the air are PROVEN to benefit the growth, health and resiliency of green plant life...you know, that stuff that virtually every food chain in nature depends on. If you are part of a food chain that depends on plant life (and you are), more CO2 is better, so is more heat that prevents early freezes, late thaws, cold snaps, etc which destroy millions of hectares of farmable crops when they happen.
You have to do better at defining "better shape" because I remain unconvinced that a colder, less_friendly_to_plant_life Earth is "better."
Me too, our food supplies are greater with higher temps...so I drive my Hellcat around and listen to that supercharger whine primarily to heat the planet up just enough to grow more food.
Step one is acknowledging that there is a problem, then we can start working on solutions before it is too late. But, if we keep putting our heads in the sand...........
We are working on solutions, in fact the US has lead the world in lowering greenhouse gases for the last 24 years.
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