Climate Change!

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Gilberto - I really don't think that the fossil rule industry are politicising this debate or if they are they are doing a really terrible job of it.

There is overwhelming political pressure to comply with the current acceptable political viewpoint of climate change alarmism. Just look at this thread. Look at the facts that are presented and the political arguments that are utilised.

This is clearly a political debate with the pro-alarmist viewpoint being shoved down everyone's throats. The political pressure on that side is about 10 billion to one. It's where the money is.

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@steveo hasn't your city just had it's hotest day on record?

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steveo73 wrote:Gilberto - I really don't think that the fossil rule industry are politicising this debate or if they are they are doing a really terrible job of it.

There is overwhelming political pressure to comply with the current acceptable political viewpoint of climate change alarmism. Just look at this thread. Look at the facts that are presented and the political arguments that are utilised.

This is clearly a political debate with the pro-alarmist viewpoint being shoved down everyone's throats. The political pressure on that side is about 10 billion to one. It's where the money is.
Given that the Treasurer in Australia's Government just brought a lump of coal to the House of Reps and told everyone to admire it, there seems to be a lot of dissonance between your opinion and reality steveo.

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I think clearly anyone stating that the predominant political viewpoint isn't pro-alarmist AGW suffers from a massive amount of cognitive dissonance. In Australia we even have prime ministers boldly stating that AGW is a fact and making fun at anyone who speaks up against the predominant socially accepted viewpoint.
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ducknalddon wrote:@steveo hasn't your city just had it's hotest day on record?
I don't know if this is the case but it's definitely been hot.

Here is the interesting point - no knowledgeable person would state that this is because of AGW. If anyone believes that it is I suggest that you realise that person does not have an understanding of climate including the greenhouse effect at all.

I can't wait for the day when we can discuss this topic without the poor arguments that the pro AGW crowd seem to love. I think I'll be waiting a long long time.

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steveo73 wrote: Here is the interesting point - no knowledgeable person would state that this is because of AGW.
Nobody did, I just thought it was an interesting point.

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steveo73 wrote:I can't wait for the day when we can discuss this topic without the poor arguments that the pro AGW crowd seem to love. I think I'll be waiting a long long time.
That works both ways, we have heard plenty of assertions from you but no facts. Meanwhile the evidence is available if you are open to it.

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Go read this thread. I've given a tonne of facts. This argument doesn't cut it anymore. It's actually pretty one sided. I get political arguments against what I state.

The evidence that you state is not one sided and you need to start recognising the complexity of the issue. When that starts happening it will be a lot lot easier to discuss the topic because we will be on a firmer footing. The over the top confidence that AGW is proven and we are heading towards the Earth being destroyed is nonsense.

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Meanwhile the wildfires continue to burn, fueled by ever hotter temperatures and drier summer seasons.

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steveo73 wrote: The over the top confidence that AGW is proven and we are heading towards the Earth being destroyed is nonsense.
I'm not worried about the Earth being destroyed. Earth has survived countless asteroid impacts and 5 major extinction events. It's humans that I'm worried about. Regardless if you believe in AGW or not, there is no denying that we are slowly but surely poisoning ourselves with the amount of pollutants we keep pumping out. I'd like clean energy because I love fresh air and smog free skies. I want less mercury in the ocean and beaches that don't coat your toes in petroleum if you sink your feet into the sand. I want to walk into a forest and not see plastic bags floating on trees or smell excrement on the tide because the waste facility was overwhelmed with flash flooding and had to dump raw sewage into the ocean. I'm sure there are lots of financial interests that want to see the AGW money wagon pick up speed. But you don't have to believe in AGW to see the worldwide distress that we as humans are inflicting on ourselves and other species. We don't need AGW as a reason to reduce emissions of every kind.

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I'm not worried about the Earth being destroyed. Earth has survived countless asteroid impacts and 5 major extinction events. It's humans that I'm worried about. Regardless if you believe in AGW or not, there is no denying that we are slowly but surely poisoning ourselves with the amount of pollutants we keep pumping out. I'd like clean energy because I love fresh air and smog free skies. I want less mercury in the ocean and beaches that don't coat your toes in petroleum if you sink your feet into the sand. I want to walk into a forest and not see plastic bags floating on trees or smell excrement on the tide because the waste facility was overwhelmed with flash flooding and had to dump raw sewage into the ocean. I'm sure there are lots of financial interests that want to see the AGW money wagon pick up speed. But you don't have to believe in AGW to see the worldwide distress that we as humans are inflicting on ourselves and other species. We don't need AGW as a reason to reduce emissions of every kind.
Well said.

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steveo73 wrote: Go read this thread. I've given a tonne of facts. This argument doesn't cut it anymore. It's actually pretty one sided. I get political arguments against what I state.
I've read the whole thread, all I've seen you post are vague assertions, links to dodgy Youtube videos and calling people alarmists.
The evidence that you state is not one sided and you need to start recognising the complexity of the issue. When that starts happening it will be a lot lot easier to discuss the topic because we will be on a firmer footing. The over the top confidence that AGW is proven and we are heading towards the Earth being destroyed is nonsense.
Nobody in this thread said the Earth is going to be destroyed.

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Gilberto de Piento wrote:
I'm not worried about the Earth being destroyed. Earth has survived countless asteroid impacts and 5 major extinction events. It's humans that I'm worried about. Regardless if you believe in AGW or not, there is no denying that we are slowly but surely poisoning ourselves with the amount of pollutants we keep pumping out. I'd like clean energy because I love fresh air and smog free skies. I want less mercury in the ocean and beaches that don't coat your toes in petroleum if you sink your feet into the sand. I want to walk into a forest and not see plastic bags floating on trees or smell excrement on the tide because the waste facility was overwhelmed with flash flooding and had to dump raw sewage into the ocean. I'm sure there are lots of financial interests that want to see the AGW money wagon pick up speed. But you don't have to believe in AGW to see the worldwide distress that we as humans are inflicting on ourselves and other species. We don't need AGW as a reason to reduce emissions of every kind.
Well said.
+1 I am not concerned about the Earth at all for all the stated reasons.

What we are doing to the planet is bad for the ecosystem, but the worst of it will hit human systems. The dam situation in California is a good example. It's terrible for us, but just an inconvenience for nature. How this all affects you personally depends on how (in)dependent you are on human systems (financial, physical and emotional).

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One thing that isn't considered in the view above is that plants and animals are currently undergoing another major extinction, one which is caused by humans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction.

We can argue that the geology of the earth isn't particularly damaged by people and will recover when we are gone but these species are going extinct, never to return. There is no recovery from extinction. Even if a person doesn't care about plants and animals it's important to consider that when these species go extinct they take with them any uses that we could obtain from their genetic material such as cures for diseases.

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[quote="ducknalddon

You really need to read this thread again. People believe that we are doing damage to the Earth and putting humankind and I assume other animals at risk. Go watch and read a bunch of the links that I provided. Go and educate yourself on the topic.

Anyone who is a AGW climate change alarmist has no understanding of the current state of the science of this topic. It's easy to rectify that by reading through a bunch of the links that I provided. If you still feel uneducated let me know and I will help you understand the topic a lot better.

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[quote="Campitor

Relax. Stop buying into the theory that humans are somehow bad. We aren't.

I personally also believe in other environmental issues such as not polluting our local environments but there isn't a massive problem here. If you are though an environmentalist like myself I think you should realise that the local issues tend to occur in poorer locations. The best way to help these locations is to ensure that they get the chance to economically progress. This is a really good reason why we need to stop all this AGW crap. We want the poorer countries to develop. As countries develop they tend to care more about their local environments.
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Gilberto de Piento wrote:One thing that isn't considered in the view above is that plants and animals are currently undergoing another major extinction, one which is caused by humans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction.

We can argue that the geology of the earth isn't particularly damaged by people and will recover when we are gone but these species are going extinct, never to return. There is no recovery from extinction. Even if a person doesn't care about plants and animals it's important to consider that when these species go extinct they take with them any uses that we could obtain from their genetic material such as cures for diseases.
Yep. Like they have in the past and they will in the future. It's called nature.

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I think I might start a drinking game:

One drink each whenever Steveo says:
~~'If your opinion is different than mine, you're wrong/have no understanding/etc.'
~~ Watch the Youtube videos I linked
~~ Reread the things I linked to until you agree

And Two drinks for any new thread participant who tries to convince Steveo

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HA! Great idea C40! Back to my lurking...

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:lol: top notch.

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