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Global Warming - From Inside the Globe
Bill Kendrick writes "The National Post reports that a team of American and Canadian researchers has found evidence of real global warming: the temperature of the Earth's crust is increasing at a remarkable rate. What's really interesting is that heat absorbed by rocks slowly permeates into the earth. By boring holes in the ground, they can tell how hot the earth was years ago, in a 'reading tree rings' fashion."
scientists predict the warming will bring with it a rise in the number of so-called "extreme weather events" such as ice storms, droughts and hurricanes.
I read this and can't help thinking, If we cooled the planet by say 20 degrees we'd have fewer weather events such as ice storms??? Excuse me?!?
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Where is the evidence, sir? I have seen none whatsoever. None. Zippo. I've seen lots of correlations, suggestions, and political BS. But absolutely no scientific evidence that proves this conclusively.
If you'd be so kind as to present me with a link then I will be happy to join "your side."
Non-human factors can effect global climate, therefore human factors never will be able to. Do you see how silly the argument is? There's a huge difference between "A can affect B" and "A and only A can affect B".
No, it's not that we can't. We probably do. Everything affects everything. But there is no evidence that we have anything more than a miniscule affect on global warming. The combined output of CO2 from natural sources and just plain simple water vapor is orders of magnitude more important than what we produce as humans.
The scientists say there's global warming.
Which scientists? The IPCC? That was mostly signed by environmentalists and politicians. There was a whopping 1 climate scientist that signed it. On the other hand, this petition, signed by over 15,000 scientists suggests otherwise.
So please be careful when you say scientists that there's global warming. The vast majority either say there isn't, or that there isn't any evidence of it.
Most of the scientists that say there is conclusive proof of human-caused global warming are mostly those that depend on it for their funding.
What exactly do you think happens to all the CO2 and other pollutants we pump into the atmosphere? They just disappear?
Uh, yes. Just ask your neighborhood tree or plant what they like to eat. They'll tell you they like water (which there will be more of if the earth warms and there is more evaporation) and CO2 (which apparently we're poisoning the atmosphere with).
So, yes, thanks to the plants CO2 does disappear.
Well we see one effect already in acid rain (or do you think that's a myth, too?)
No, that's not a myth. But it's not caused by the same chemicals that supposedly cause global warming.
Again, proof that humanity can indeed cause large-scale adverse climate change.
Acid rain is not usually large-scale. It usually affects a specific area downwind of the source of the pollution. A contaminating factory in Detroit isn't going to cause acid rain in Europe... THAT would be large-scale climate change, so to speak.
The Artic (North pole) is NOT frozen all year round, and the time that it is 'defrosted' has been increasing over the last few years which is causing all sorts of problems for polar bears which depend on the ice for their hunting.
Your little tale about all the wonderful changes global warming will bring is a pipe dream. No one knows for sure what will happen if the Earth warms up a few degrees. The main thing is that there will be MORE ENERGY. More energy means bigger storms, more 'extreme weather events'. From what I've read, global warming will make some parts of the world more pleasant, but it will make just as many places much less pleasant:
The weather is too complicated to predict with any great accuracy, so all this should be taken with a grain of salt.
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