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- Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:48 pm
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: 'If you don't believe in climate change you must be sick'
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Re: 'If you don't believe in climate change you must be sick
Holy cow.....where are you at again?
- Wed Sep 03, 2014 1:24 pm
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: 'If you don't believe in climate change you must be sick'
- Replies: 139
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Re: 'If you don't believe in climate change you must be sick
I have a close family member that is a meteorologist. He does forcasting for large companies whose products are weather dependent. He is sought after and very accurate. He is far from conservative.
This is his take one it.
1. Is the climate changing dramatically? We are looking at a very short window of time that we have accurate data for. So in short....even he says we really don't know.
2. If the climate is changing is that a bad thing? Warmer climates in general are usually a good thing. More food, and less disease. However even that is not a constant. What if it is great for Central America, but is drying Central Asia out. It is not an across the board sort of thing.
3. If the climate is changing and it is in general a bad thing. Is it human caused? Most climate change that we are aware of has not been human induced. Volcanoes, and the sun have a bit impact on our climate. So while it is not good to put nasty stuff in the air, it may not be having any sort of macro-effect.
4. If it changing, and it is a bad thing, and we can know it is human caused is there anything we can do about it? Sometimes it is too little too late and there is nothing anyone can do. Like in the case of the do do bird. Sometimes we can change things and make a difference like in the case of the bald eagle.
5. If it is changing, and it is a bad thing, and it is human causes and we can do something about it. What should that something be?
Our politicians are on number 5 and the scientists still do not have an answer to #1.
Now go out and buy some more ammo cause it is gonna be a cold winter and you are not going to want to go out when it is 20 just to get a few more cases of .45's.
This is his take one it.
1. Is the climate changing dramatically? We are looking at a very short window of time that we have accurate data for. So in short....even he says we really don't know.
2. If the climate is changing is that a bad thing? Warmer climates in general are usually a good thing. More food, and less disease. However even that is not a constant. What if it is great for Central America, but is drying Central Asia out. It is not an across the board sort of thing.
3. If the climate is changing and it is in general a bad thing. Is it human caused? Most climate change that we are aware of has not been human induced. Volcanoes, and the sun have a bit impact on our climate. So while it is not good to put nasty stuff in the air, it may not be having any sort of macro-effect.
4. If it changing, and it is a bad thing, and we can know it is human caused is there anything we can do about it? Sometimes it is too little too late and there is nothing anyone can do. Like in the case of the do do bird. Sometimes we can change things and make a difference like in the case of the bald eagle.
5. If it is changing, and it is a bad thing, and it is human causes and we can do something about it. What should that something be?
Our politicians are on number 5 and the scientists still do not have an answer to #1.
Now go out and buy some more ammo cause it is gonna be a cold winter and you are not going to want to go out when it is 20 just to get a few more cases of .45's.