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BBC on Global Dimming
linoleo writes "The BBC reports that the amount of solar energy reaching the Earth's surface has declined significantly between the 1950s and the 1990s, apparently due to particulate air pollution. Scientists are worried that this global dimming may be disrupting the pattern of the world's rainfall. Most alarmingly, it may have led us to greatly underestimate the greenhouse effect: with particulate pollution being brought under control, a global temperature rise of 10 degrees Celsius by 2100 could be on the cards, rendering many parts of the world uninhabitable." The lengthy transcript of the show is available.
Just like most of the rest of the articles on global stuff, this translates to, "WE ALL GOING TO DIE! THE SKY IS FALLING! Maybe. If this and this happens. Oh, and it's got to happen here, or we'll be just fine"
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I understand the process he's claiming is happening. What I'm pointing out is that nowhere in that article is the conclusion that anything at all is happening is defended.
You can't just say "oh, a scientist said this so it must be true" when there's no evidence. Based on that article, I have no reason to believe that the conclusion being presented by that scientist is even remotely accurate. Maybe it is, maybe it's not. Maybe he has mountains of observations and tests to back it up, maybe he's a raving lunatic living under a bridge somewhere. The article doesn't even begin to help the reader decide on that and just irresponsibly presents the conclusions in a manner that suggests they're correct.
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Talk to the right set of "scientists" and/or geologists, and they'll tell you that we're on the verge of another ice age.
When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.
Because TFA is a load of horseshit, and I'm commenting on it. If I ever watch the show, maybe I'll comment on that too.
Otherwise, since I didn't mention the show at all, only the article, you're offtopic and, possibly, suffering from a mild learning disorder that causes you to seriously lack basic reading comprehension skills.
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the_mad_poster
Alito: A vote for Alito is a punch in the eye to put that bitch back in her place!
The real trouble is that anything that claims there is a global warming problem caused by pollution comes up against one basic problem:
The US Energy Policy.
Heh - if you think the US energy policy is environmentally unfriendly, just wait until the billion people in China start wanting to drive SUVs. If China turns into the economic superpower that everyone thinks it's going to be, I predict fossil fuel consumption so great it'll make the US look like an Amish state.