BF2S Forums Global Warming: The ice melt-down

sergeriver wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

The philosophy of replanting should be spread.

People think this is a myth or Al Gore's paranoia.

sergeriver wrote:

Here you go an official US Environmental Protection Agency site with the "dot gov thing" so you begin to believe.  They're concerned too.

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sergeriver wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

sergeriver wrote:

People think this is a myth or Al Gore's paranoia.

I have no problems with deforestation for industrial, commercial and private purposes, but without any 'regeneration of forestry,' all you end up with is dust. Unfortunately, alot of little countries are too poor to be bothered about it, and larger countries satisfy themselves with sending childrens' choirs on international field trips to sing usless songs about trees in an empty gesture of concern.

At the same time, there is plenty of paranoia blithely distributed by the media at the cost of public respect accorded to real environmental science.

sergeriver wrote:

Here you go an official US Environmental Protection Agency site with the "dot gov thing" so you begin to believe.  They're concerned too.

Does anyone else find the date when the EPA was established interesting?

The media I read is called National Geographic, not The Liberals Journal about Global Warming.

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Stingray24 wrote:

The UN says? One of the most worthless corrupt organizations on the face of our earth?  Pfffff.  Al Gore is paranoid, along with anyone else who believes his bs that he spews out to sell his books.

Bertster7 wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Does anyone else find the date when the EPA was established interesting?

1970?
Not really. Why?

Oh - You mean Nixon.

That's hardly relevant.

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.:XDR:.PureFodder wrote:

Mean temperature of Mercury = 440k     78million km from sun
Mean temperature on Venus = 737k       108million km from sun

So I guess the atmosphere of a planet makes an absolutely enormous difference to the planets temperature.

Stingray24 wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:

.:XDR:.PureFodder wrote:

Mean temperature of Mercury = 440k     78million km from sun
Mean temperature on Venus = 737k       108million km from sun

So I guess the atmosphere of a planet makes an absolutely enormous difference to the planets temperature.

Exactly. Venus is a planet where global warming has gone nuts.

Because of all the humans driving cars around. Nature at work again, without our help.

Turquoise wrote:

Aenima_Eyes wrote:

You and your asinine ChickenLittle rantings is what isn't worthy for discussion.  Most scientists DO know what the hell they're talking about. . .just not the ones that Al Gore and the History channel rely on for their "The World is Gonna Explode!!" crockumentaries.

I can see that you're not willing to civilly debate this, so this is fair warning.  Prepare to be ripped a new one.

You have a strange way of saying that most scientists know what they are doing, and at the same time, contradicting that sentence since most scientists do actually believe in global warming.  I think it's quite obvious you don't know what the hell you're talking about.

Aenima_Eyes wrote:

Yes. . .it is possible that global warming caused by humans could melt the ice caps and raises the sea level.  Yes. . .it is possible that tomorrow a huge asteroid could smack the Earth and wipe out humanity.  It is also possible that I could go to sleep and not wake up. . .do I worry about it just because it is possible?  No.  That's irrational.

Out of sight, out of mind is rational?  Please pull your head out of your ass.

Aenima_Eyes wrote:

I'm all for doing things to help out the environment.  Hell, when I was in 8th grade that year learning about the miniscule amount of time humans have been around I did a fund raiser with my science class to donate money to save the rainforest.  However, Al Gore wants to go around and make asinine comments to give himself relevance in the eyes of the American people and make some cash while he's at it.  To suggest that because of human pollution the sea level is going to rise and flood all the coastal areas of America in TEN YEARS is bordering on criminal.  He's trying to foster a panic and it's ridiculous.  It's a lot like the cult leaders who say that aliens are going to end the world on such and such a day.  The day comes and goes with nothing happening and they just get even crazier and come up with even weirder excuses for why THAT day wasn't THE day. . .but THE day is really coming on so and so.

As I've said before, I don't buy Gore's exact interpretation of the future, but I can't see how his message is any more loony than the one that is currently being sold to us by the hawkish neocons.

Aenima_Eyes wrote:

Didn't all those same asshat scientists say that ALLLL the bad hurricanes last year were our fault, and that this year it was going to be 100x worse?  Whoops.  If they can't predict next year, I seriously doubt they can predict 10, 20, 100 years down the road.

More hyperbole I see.  I suppose this is an indication of your inability to level with people.  Yes, some scientists believe thermal ocean currents had something to do with the unusual hurricane season, but few said anything about predicting the next hurricane season.

Aenima_Eyes wrote:

Besides. . .who the fuck here thinks that people could stop polluting even if they wanted to?  Everyone isn't going to stop driving to work just so Al Gore will be happy that we're cutting the pollution output.  Besides, even if America quit today China and India and all the other developing nations will be replacing us and outdoing us.

So please. . .stop with that elitist fucking attitude and "do try" to stop sounding like a paranoid Al Gore copy cat clone.  Go reinvent the Internet or something and save us from having to listen to your nonsense.

I suppose it's better to be an elitist than such an obvious troll like you.

And by the way, there are things we can do about all this.  We can cut down on power plant emissions.  We can actually prosecute corporations that pollute our rivers.  We can do several things to clean up the environment, which has the added benefit of improving the public's air and water.  Of course, asshats like yourself wouldn't have any interest in that, would you?

Superior Mind wrote:

How cool would an ice age be, I mean...come on an ICE AGE. COOL

Aenima_Eyes wrote:

Sorry, but you and Al Gore are the trolls.  There's about 10 BILLION other things that we can be worrying about and that WE CAN ACTUALLY FUCKING FIX instead of screaming about how in 10 years things will be flooded across the world.

I guaranfuckingtee you that if you come back here in 10 years not a damn thing will have changed.  Seriously, let's mark it down.  October 16, 2016 you best show your pansy ass back up here on this forum.  If everyone in Florida and the coastal areas have drowned I'll say you're right.  Until then, shut the fuck up with this nonsense.

Also, I said I was plenty interested in helping the environment.  Just not interested in listening to Al Gore's lunatic ravings.  I mean, there's a reason the Democrats dumped his ass like a $5 hooker....he's crazy....

Stingray24 wrote:

jonsimon wrote:

We just had snow on the 12th of October here in Detroit. For comparison's sake, the earliest recorded snowfall in Detroit used to be October 30th. Global climate change bites.

Yeah, we had snow here, too.  Oh noes!  Global ice age!   Next day it was 60 degrees.  Oh noes!  Global warming!