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Trump Administration Sees a 7-Degree Rise in Global Temperatures By 2100 (washingtonpost.com)
Last month, deep in a 500-page environmental impact statement, the Trump administration made a startling assumption: On its current course, the planet will warm a disastrous 7 degrees by the end of this century. From a report: A rise of 7 degrees Fahrenheit, or about 4 degrees Celsius, compared with preindustrial levels would be catastrophic, according to scientists. Many coral reefs would dissolve in increasingly acidic oceans. Parts of Manhattan and Miami would be underwater without costly coastal defenses. Extreme heat waves would routinely smother large parts of the globe. But the administration did not offer this dire forecast as part of an argument to combat climate change. Just the opposite: The analysis assumes the planet's fate is already sealed. The draft statement, issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), was written to justify President Trump's decision to freeze federal fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks built after 2020. While the proposal would increase greenhouse gas emissions, the impact statement says, that policy would add just a very small drop to a very big, hot bucket.
We're in a grand solar minimum, so the rest of this century will be much cooler, not warmer. The US is right to ignore alarmist claims that increasing CO2 emissions will heat up the climate. The CO2 level is increasing, but that hasn't warmed the climate for the last 20 years, so it's obvious that the carbon climate hysteria is just a scam.
You are aware that it's entirely possible to troll with facts (and I would say the best trolls probably do involve some facts) aren't you? It's not whether you've posted facts or not, but what you're trying to do with them. In this case, instigating a fight about who's fault it is. Maybe that wasn't your intention, but it's still a likely consequence.
Sometimes a little shit stirring is necessary or can help point out the absurdity of an article. Other times it's just shaking the ant farm to see if you can start a fight.
google the emissions of each country and educate yourself. not a "big claim" at all, just common knowledge and fact.
why do you question what is hard fact? why don't you know? why do accept accusations against the USA that are based on nothing?
I dunno why climate scientists even bother anymore.
Scientists: "The world is going to overheat if we don't do something!" Everyone else: We don't believe you cause I had to put on a sweater yesterday! And your data is wrong and sketchy!
Scientists: "Ok it's even worse than we thought and we're already starting to see the effects!" Everyone else: Oh well, too late now. Fuck it. *throws environmental standards out the window*
It's awe inspiring. It really is.
It is rather awe inspiring. We might call it "street wisdom".
Hectoring people back into a pre-industrial existence was never going to work. And the average joe knew it, even if he couldn't articulate it well.
Now let's get on with technological solutions, because those are the only things that can help. They may not give you the same thrill of superiority, but we can't have everything.
this administration is pure evil.
1. No thanks
2. No thanks
3. The EU has been increasing their carbon emissions in 2017. It is 1.7% more than in 2016. 2018 will be even worse.
Sorry you can't handle facts, but maybe you can get a Tesla and you can feel better about yourself.