BF2S Forums What would be the possible benefits of a warmer earth ?

Turquoise wrote:

There actually is a special interest group that discusses this and encourages the progression of global warming.  I forgot what they're called though.  All I remember about them is that they had ties to the oil industry.

Anyway, if it was logistically possible to move all people away from low-lying coastal areas, some of the benefits might include longer growing seasons.  Sea level would eventually rise, however, leaving less arable land.

I suppose you could view it in a nihilistic way and say that it would aid population control considerably.

oh, you nihilists! so cute!

the earth is a very tightly regulated eco-system and any artificial tempering with its naturally-regulated state is going to be disastrous

i'm sure you can sit in an air conditioned room and quote me nietzsche, though, as we experience one of the worst human catastrophes

i'm not exactly a disciple of the Gaia hypothesis but i don't entertain for a second that we have some sort of 'immunity' from these changes

and it's just sad that some people will seriously argue 'for' it, or at least forward some points... like it's not so bad.

i'd rather just carry on going on holiday to get a suntan - the great drought/famine of inhabited equatorial regions isn't really desirable.

Last edited by Uzique (2010-12-05 21:00:48)

Kmar wrote:

What would be the possible benefits of a warmer earth?

Population thinning.

as long as it's poor people, high fives all around.

Hunter/Jumper wrote:

Spark wrote:

oh dear

oh dear oh dear oh dear oh dear

tell you what. try drinking a glass of water straight from the sea. see if you can taste the difference.

Hit the books !

Water, water, everywhere,
    Nor any drop to drink.



You muppet.

Possible consequence - Tropical diseases go global.
Hello malaria.

Does anyone have any proof of global warming?

Kmar wrote:

What would be the possible benefits of a warmer earth?

Population thinning.

Funny thing is that the hottest climates often have the densest population.

Spark wrote:

UnkleRukus wrote:

Does anyone have any proof of global warming?

It was hot today.

It wasn't hot yesterday.

Ergo, it is warming here.

Here is on the earth, or, globe rather.

Ergo, the earth is warming.

Hence, global warming.

QED












Seriously, I mean...

Cold as shit here. I woke up to snow. Global warming is bollocks.

JohnG@lt wrote:

Spark wrote:

UnkleRukus wrote:

Does anyone have any proof of global warming?

It was hot today.

It wasn't hot yesterday.

Ergo, it is warming here.

Here is on the earth, or, globe rather.

Ergo, the earth is warming.

Hence, global warming.

QED












Seriously, I mean...

Cold as shit here. I woke up to snow. Global warming is bollocks.

(tbh it's quite cool here too. fucking la nina, we've had enough rain - now, please, GO AWAY)

Hunter/Jumper wrote:

Rather than another heated debate over Climate Change, and since we all know the down sides, What would be the possible benefits of a warmer Earth ? Im sure there would be some. If you know of any tell us, Dolts can curse and swear.

Probably would make some areas better for farming and shit, it's hard to say without having some meteorologist saying it all properly. Really the Earth and its ecosystem isn't affected much (on the grand scale) by climate change. Even when you count into all the mass extinctions and changes in everything. That's all part of the adaptation process. Eventually life finds a way through it all as it has for all these years. It's not really about how the Earth responds to a changing/warmer climate as it will be fine in the long run. It's how we respond to the Earth's natural response and whether we can cope with it (coastal changes, farming pattern changes, all that shit). That's what has people worried.

I'm not too fussed about species dying out/becoming extinct. Besides all of that is completely artificial anyway. We keep on assigning more and more categories to what is essentially the same animal adapting to different environments, so naturally as we do that we get into a situation where we find more species are dying out/becoming extinct. In that sense, it's abit of a conspiracy - this almost OCD-like behaviour of ours to constantly invent new categories for animals and then throw a tantrum about the population numbers in them is our downfall. I can have 5 people from different races and categorise them all by race, then if I shoot three of them I can say those races are now extinct, or I can say humans are still alive and well. As far as Mother Nature is concerned, humans are still alive. That's how I see it.

Hunter/Jumper wrote:

it's hard to say without having some meteorologist saying it all properly.

When they can accurately predict the weather a day in advance I will take more notice of their 150 year predictions.

If they are hired to only look for evidence that supports one case and hide any evidence to the contrary,
I will take them as mere political " hacks " with an agenda.

No I mean it's simple for them to say or model what would happen if global average temperatures rised by xyz amount. I'm pretty sure of that. Infact there's probably plenty of models out there showing what would happen. Of course, the earths climate is an incredibly complex system, so it's nothing easy trying to model the entire thing like that. They'd probably be able to give a good insight into specific regions of the world, though.

It's got nothing to do with politics, just plain science and research. All you're asking is what would happen if the earths temperature rose, not the most ground breaking question of all time is it. I think any meteorologist or global climate expert could answer that pretty easily. That's all I was saying. Stop trying to make a simple thread and then push your obvious political agendas into it when someone answers you straight up instead of falling for the bait.

We have had real global warming and Minni ice ages before the was any industrialization at all.

Kmar wrote:

Hunter/Jumper wrote:

We have had real global warming and Minni ice ages before the was any industrialization at all.

Do think this somehow excludes the possibility of new factors playing a role in encouraging climate trends? This is incredibly small thinking.

btw, if your meteorologist, not to be confused with climatologist, can't predict tomorrows weather I feel sorry for you. They are definitely right most of the time, and to use them as a gauge of accuracy is not going to help your case.

Just try and read what I actually wrote before you make any attempt to draw your conclousions. Till then I will leave the small thinking to you.