Global warming 'very likely' man-made

2007-02-01 13:10:11

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Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6851|132 and Bush

PARIS - A long-awaited report says global warming is "very likely" man-made, the most powerful language ever used on the issue by the world's leading climate scientists, delegates who have seen the report said Thursday.

In the end, there was little debate on the strength of the wording about human activity most likely to blame.

"That is a big move. I hope it is a powerful statement," said Jan Pretel, head of the department of climate change at the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute.

While critics call the panel overly alarmist, it is by nature relatively cautious because it relies on hundreds of scientists, including skeptics and industry researchers.

"This is just not something you can stop. We're just going to have to live with it," co-author Kevin Trenberth, director of climate analysis for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., told The Associated Press in an interview. "We're creating a different planet. If you were to come up back in 100 years time, we'll have a different climate."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070201/ap_ … _change_15
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/02 … cnn_latest
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/ … 0509.shtml
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/20 … 838567.htm

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Xbone Stormsurgezz

2007-02-01 13:14:06

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Brasso: member; +1,549|6881

Could be no shit or bullshit based on your opinion. Anyone read State of Fear?

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2007-02-01 13:14:56

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Mason4Assassin444: retired; +552|6913|USA

We won't know or act until its too late due to political footballing. GG government.

2007-02-01 13:15:04

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Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|7017|UK

Im waiting for the Global warming skeptics to come along now. They will claim its not. Because unlike the people who made this conclusion they arent studying it thus must be right...

2007-02-01 13:17:55

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SuperSlowYo: slow as you go; +124|6810|Canaduhhh.. West Toast

as if global warming is our fault... i personally blame the forests and the animals that live in them

2007-02-01 13:18:17

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LT.Victim: Member; +1,175|6813|British Columbia, Canada

Wait a second, people are still arguing over whether or not Global Warming is being caused by man?

Ya, cause all those cars and factories couldn't have anything to do with it...

2007-02-01 13:23:07

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Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6851|132 and Bush

haffeysucks wrote:
Could be no shit or bullshit based on your opinion. Anyone read State of Fear?

No, I read the reports. The ones with evidence and not the opinions.

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Xbone Stormsurgezz

2007-02-01 13:25:07

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Brasso: member; +1,549|6881

Kmarion wrote:
haffeysucks wrote:
Could be no shit or bullshit based on your opinion. Anyone read State of Fear?
No, I read the reports. The ones with evidence and not the opinions.

They do put Works Cited in the back for a reason, ya know?

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2007-02-01 13:27:24

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Mason4Assassin444: retired; +552|6913|USA

WHo cares? We'll be dead before we do anything about it. LOL @ Al Gore once we're gone.

Humans: So smart yet so dumb.

silly humans

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2007-02-01 13:28:07

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Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6832|SE London

Kmarion wrote:
haffeysucks wrote:
Could be no shit or bullshit based on your opinion. Anyone read State of Fear?
No, I read the reports. The ones with evidence and not the opinions.

Me too.

I'm glad this conference is getting some media attention. Two guys I know are giving speeches at it. I wrote part of one of them (based on IPCC and Defra reports and I made an animation of lots of Eiffel towers appearing, to indicate the number of tonnes of carbon dioxide human activity puts into the atmosphere).

2007-02-01 13:29:34

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Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6832|SE London

haffeysucks wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
haffeysucks wrote:
Could be no shit or bullshit based on your opinion. Anyone read State of Fear?
No, I read the reports. The ones with evidence and not the opinions.
They do put Works Cited in the back for a reason, ya know?

State of fear is a work of fiction. It is a novel. It is as much based in reality as the Da Vinci code.

2007-02-01 13:33:54

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Brasso: member; +1,549|6881

Bertster7 wrote:
haffeysucks wrote:
Kmarion wrote:

No, I read the reports. The ones with evidence and not the opinions.
They do put Works Cited in the back for a reason, ya know?
State of fear is a work of fiction. It is a novel. It is as much based in reality as the Da Vinci code.

But Jesus DID have a wife!

Jay-kay.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2007-02-01 13:34:04

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Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6851|132 and Bush

Bertster7 wrote:
to indicate the number of tonnes of carbon dioxide human activity puts into the atmosphere).

Around 5 Percent right?

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2007-02-01 13:34:08

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ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6900

Bertster7 wrote:
haffeysucks wrote:
Kmarion wrote:

No, I read the reports. The ones with evidence and not the opinions.
They do put Works Cited in the back for a reason, ya know?
State of fear is a work of fiction. It is a novel. It is as much based in reality as the Da Vinci code.

Is that the rather anti Global Warming Michael Crichton (how the hell do you spell his name?) novel?

2007-02-01 13:34:08

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CruZ4dR: Cereal Killer; +145|6907|The View From The Afternoon

My city had a rainday-streak of over 85 days the last months. That means that it rained every day in almost 3 months in a row. I doubt this is just a coincidence that all of a sudden we're breaking weather records every year.

2007-02-01 13:37:31

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Brasso: member; +1,549|6881

ghettoperson wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
haffeysucks wrote:

They do put Works Cited in the back for a reason, ya know?
State of fear is a work of fiction. It is a novel. It is as much based in reality as the Da Vinci code.
Is that the rather anti Global Warming Michael Crichton (how the hell do you spell his name?) novel?

Actually it shows both sides equally. Enough so that I didn't know which side was right after I read it.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2007-02-01 13:42:40

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Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6832|SE London

Kmarion wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
to indicate the number of tonnes of carbon dioxide human activity puts into the atmosphere).
Around 5 Percent right?

I don't remember. I wasn't looking at percentages, only the number of tonnes.

It was equivalent to a lot of Eiffel towers weight though, many thousands.

2007-02-01 13:46:04

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ELITE-UK: Scratching my back; +170|6724|SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND

global warming should be certailny 100% man made, not very likely.

2007-02-01 13:48:32

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Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6851|132 and Bush

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2007-02-01 13:57:28

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Brasso: member; +1,549|6881

Kmarion wrote:

Good video. Now if they would just broadcast that on all channels, at 8PM on Friday.

I agree with the man-made global warming theory, don't get me wrong Kmarion. I'm just saying that State of Fear was a good book IMO.

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"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2007-02-01 14:17:54

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Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6851|132 and Bush

Understood. I used to be very skeptical of the causes, then I actually put an effort into reading all the science behind the evidence.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2007-02-01 14:27:56

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Stingray24: Proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy; +1,060|6696|The Land of Scott Walker

LT.Victim wrote:
Wait a second, people are still arguing over whether or not Global Warming is being caused by man? Ya, cause all those cars and factories couldn't have anything to do with it...

. . . or volcanic activity or increasing sun temperatures . . .

Assuming the Earth is around 4.5 billion years old and has constantly undergone temperature fluctuations from ice ages to warming periods before we humans arrived, it is not logical to believe climate is static and humans are responsible for damaging the world beyond repair in only 100 years.

2007-02-01 14:34:07

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Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6832|SE London

Stingray24 wrote:
LT.Victim wrote:
Wait a second, people are still arguing over whether or not Global Warming is being caused by man? Ya, cause all those cars and factories couldn't have anything to do with it...
. . . or volcanic activity or increasing sun temperatures . . .

Assuming the Earth is around 4.5 billion years old and has constantly undergone temperature fluctuations from ice ages to warming periods before we humans arrived, it is not logical to believe climate is static and humans are responsible for damaging the world beyond repair in only 100 years.

Why not?

That's just pure opinion. Care to back it up with some properly researched science stuff?

2007-02-01 14:39:46

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Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|7017|UK

So an increase that normally takes a million years that has happened in the last 100.

2007-02-01 14:43:55

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Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6832|SE London

Vilham wrote:
So an increase that normally takes a million years that has happened in the last 100.

I don't think it's quite that scale.

It's not going 10'000 times faster. More like 1000 times faster now compared to long term historical records.

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