What does 10 TRILLION gallons of water even equate to?
That's one weather prediction for southern California in the next week. Gary Haupt
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spoon059 wrote:Neither of the above are my view on climate change. I tend to believe the burning of fossil fuels are additive to the problem. Of course, one must believe a few things to parallel my view--the Earth is in a climate warming cycle, burning fossil fuels creates a rise in global temperatures, and that the current situation is problematic.westend wrote:
I don't have a lot of respect for climate science deniers. It is all too easy to make fun of it or say that the temperature and climate were hotter 5,000,000 years ago when man wasn't around. It is not about shirking blame for the situation, it's about taking responsibility for a better tomorrow. Do any of you deniers have a clue as to what will happen when the temperature of the seas goes up another 1.5C?
With whatever respect is due...
There are obviously 2 schools of thought on this matter. YOUR view appears to be that no matter what happened in the past, man is completely responsible for what is happening right now and can therefore change the path of the world. That doesn't seem to explain how the Earth has had such wild fluctuations in temperature in the past.
The OTHER view is that the world is constantly changing, with or without man doing anything. Regardless of what man does, the world is going to keep changing... getting hot and flooding the world, getting cold and water receding. This seems to explain how the Earth has had such wild fluctuations in the past.
I think everyone can grasp what will happen when the temperature of the sea rises. The argument is about HOW and WHY the temperature is changing.
I also believe that, as an individual, I can take certain measures to slow the trend, albeit incrementally. BTW, I don't think science-deniers do have a grasp of what increased seawater temperature can bring. It is not just about melting ice caps and sea level rise.
I'm hopeful, though, that as time goes on and climate science is accepted, with education becoming mainstream, we will not be deniers but implementers.
