Follow the link to the title of this post to view the interactive “A to Z Guide” pictured above. The Union of Concerned Scientists has produced a wonderful interactive chart that documents all the ways the current Administration has interfered with Science. I ask any scientist out there reading this who has not already signed up, please sign the Union of Concerned Scientists’ — Scientists Call to Action: Restoring Scientific Integrity in Policymaking.
Peter Nuhn
I think phreedm’s larger point about Mars is that sometimes planets warm up without any assistance from humans at all (which is certainly true).
Of course that doesn’t mean that humans haven’t been a factor here on Earth. Phreedm’s just pointing out the possibility that Earth would have warmed up anyway.
(And I’m neither agreeing nor disagreeing with phreedm. Just trying to clarify what I think his point was.)
Phreedm said: [Why are all of the "Global Warming" fanatics all Liberals...?]
Here’s another question, asswhole. “Why are all of the ‘Buybull-Bashing Christo-fascits’ conservatives?”
I awaite your answer, Cretin.
So lets say there is only a 1% chance that humans are making a difference to the climate that will result in a catastrophe.
How much should we be willing to spend while we are unsure of the risk? Why don’t we just do a bunch of experiments and find out?
Oh, there’s only one test tube to do the experiment in? Oops!
Seems humans are not very rational when it comes to accepting a guaranteed short term pain in order to avoid the risk of a very large long term loss.
Perhaps the reason conservatives are more set against reducing CO2 emissions is that they see the industries involved as theirs. Profits will indeed be impacted strongly.
Never mind that several bad old polluters have actually found ways to make more money from the stuff they were used to just dumping in the past.
The climate of the planet has varied greatly from what has benefitted humans so well over the last few millenia. One climate scientist has published a hypothesis that we would already be in an ice age, if it hadn’t been for the methane produced in early agriculture.
If we can keep the conditions on the earth favourable to us, it would behoove us to do so. Once the test tube has been sterilised, we won’t get a second chance.