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Another 150,000 Years of CO2 Data

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the is-it-hot-in-here-or-is-it-me? dept.

An anonymous reader writes, "We've known since 2004 that the past 440,000 years have shown atmospheric carbon dioxide levels varying between about 200 and 300 ppmv, the difference in extremes being the difference between advancing ice sheets and our current clime. In 2005 the data were analyzed back to 650,000 years and were found to be much the same — Al Gore was proud to be able to show that then-new analysis in his 2006 movie An Inconvenient Truth. Now all 800,000 years of the ice column have been analyzed, and the data show much the same pattern, according to the researcher: 'When carbon dioxide changed there was always an accompanying climate change. Over the last 200 years human activity has increased carbon dioxide to well outside the natural range' — to 380 ppmv."

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  1. That's A Rather Inconvenient Truth. by CheeseburgerBrown · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just one more reason to support the colonization of Mars -- it is obviously that we shouldn't be keeping all our eggs in one basket...especially when the people steering the basket are pretty sure the world is only 6,000 years old and everything that happens upon it is the will of Xenu.

    Mars ho!

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    1. Re:That's A Rather Inconvenient Truth. by RsG · · Score: 4, Funny

      Soylent Red?

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    2. Re:That's A Rather Inconvenient Truth. by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 4, Funny

      And the triple-breasted hookers are just icing on the cake!

    3. Re:That's A Rather Inconvenient Truth. by OldManAndTheC++ · · Score: 4, Funny

      Soylent Red?

      Are you kidding?! Soylent Red is pebbles!

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    4. Re:That's A Rather Inconvenient Truth. by ScentCone · · Score: 4, Funny

      Who cares if humans survive, honestly. why does the human race need to survive when it obviously cant maintain it's own planet properly.

      I think you're right. If, after all these years, humans still can't grasp the difference between "its" and "it's," then we should probably all just die, and spare the universe from more embarassment.

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    5. Re:That's A Rather Inconvenient Truth. by ScentCone · · Score: 5, Funny

      uh. . .isn't it "embarrassment"? not to nit-pick on spelling ;-)

      That's exactly what I'm saying! I'm going to go have a beer, and then throw myself in front of a solar powered car.

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    6. Re:That's A Rather Inconvenient Truth. by Iron+Condor · · Score: 5, Funny

      Many scientists believe that oil is produced as mineral and doesnt have anything to do with decayed plant matter.

      Ah, "many".

      Like, approximately, two or three.

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  2. 800,000 years of data insufficient by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I reject any conclusions that could be drawn from this on the basis that it's cooler than normal in my neck of the woods. Obviously, even though I don't understand the science behind any of this, I have cleanly disproven all silly liberal claims about "global warming" and whatnot that are about to pop up.

  3. That's it! by Dasher42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, you can't have another planet. Learn to take care of the one you got first.

    I'll turn this rocket right around!

  4. Official GOP Response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Our position is that the unnatural levels of CO2 are the direct result of the Left's insistence upon breathing and speaking. Our studies show that, if they were to halt both of these annoying habits, a more natural level of CO2 would be quickly achieved. The course of action is clear. You are either with us or against us. Period. The End."

  5. Re:50 years from now, Gore will be considered a he by Mr.+Flibble · · Score: 4, Funny

    We need to start working on carbon sequestration right now, unless you want 140 degree summers across the entire midwest belt. And we need to use carbon taxes as our main source of governmental revenue, not stupid things like employment taxes.

    Hey, I live in Canada... Up here global warming sounds like kind of a nice idea, unless you like shoveling snow... ;)

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  6. Re:50 years from now, Gore will be considered a he by DragonWriter · · Score: 5, Funny
    Hey, I live in Canada... Up here global warming sounds like kind of a nice idea, unless you like shoveling snow... ;)
    Dear Canada: There's nearly 300 million of us Americans, and global warming is going to make our land less pleasant and your land more pleasant. Plus, you'll be one of the last places with lots of oil left to burn. I mean, look what we did to Iraq, and we didn't even want their land. Still like the idea of global warming?
  7. Re:Step By Step Instructions by triffid_98 · · Score: 5, Funny
    You forgot a few steps

    4. Watch the atmospheric CO2 and water vapor escape into space
    5. Get baked to a crisp during the next solar flare

    1. Go to Mars. 2. Detonate some atomics to release subsurface gases. 3. Heat to taste. All it requires is a little gumption and several trillion dollars. Easy as 1-2-3.