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12-31-2006, 09:43 PM #11
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Global warming
This shouldn’t be considered a debate. I know quite a bit about it so I’ll lay it out for ya’ll because it’s very obvious that most people hve no clue what its about.
(hey I didn’t either till I started reading books)
The first and most important thing, Climate change and Global warming are different things!!!!
I’ll break it down.
Greenhouse gasses cause global warming, and global warming causes climate change.
CO2 is the most important greenhouse gas but there are others (methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor, CFC’s …)
Most molecules in the atmosphere (oxygen, nitrogen and argon make up 99.95) allow practically all light waves to pass through them. Greenhouse gasses are gasses that do no allow light to pass though well (at certain wave lengths). What they do is change the light energy to heat energy.
CO2 is so important because it has such a small concentration in the atmosphere but a huge effect. Did you know that lowering the CO2 to 165 parts per million would cause an ice age? This is because there wouldn’t be enough CO2 to keep the planet warm.
Right now CO2 is around 350 ish ppm. So what do you think would happen as it increases? The planet will warm--- global warming.
Global warming is occurring there is no debate. People have been finding evidence of global warming and suggesting it’s relation to fossil fuels for over 50 years!
Climate change is much more complicated. There is some debate around climate change.
We all must realize that science is never 100% sure and thus there not 100% sure about climate change. But, does this uncertainty change our actions in other situations? No!
When you go to the hospital the doctor tells you that you might die from an injury unless he operates. Well should he operate? How many people would wait until you die (the only time your sure) to decide? No one.
The same goes for countless other situations. When the bad outcome is sever (death, climate change) and we are not 100% sure we still act and we should act.
The only resistance to climate change isn’t from scientists it is from partisan groups like oil companies. They run ads in the USA misleading the public. This is the only reason there is doubt in some people.
If you truly doubt that global warming or climate change is occurring I suggest you read more about it. I have read enough to know that this is an extremely complicated subject which I will never understand fully. To understand the convoluted nature of the subject and to be able to actually conclude something would take enormous effort. No one here has made the effort yet people here have come up with contrary answers to the scientists. Why?
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