Do? Despair Lite. We aren't doing anywhere near enough. And won't. The first time that people saw a coal powered engine pump water our goose was cooked.
It is not so much that is an impossible task. It is more a matter of catastrophic cost and even bigger problems are being perpetrated over a task that is wholly unnecessary. Those most responsible for very real ecological damage are the very ones selling this hoax.
The media is using persuasion techniques to trick us into supporting their agenda.
| Amount of CO2 in the atmosphere currently (400ppm) | 0.0004 | |
| Human caused CO2 (3.2%) | 0.032 | |
| Total | 0.0000128 | |
| US Caused CO2 (21%) | 0.21 | 0.000002688 |
| Breakout of US Caused CO2 by Source | % of US CO2 | Resulting % of total Human Caused CO2 | Total Global CO2 by Source | Total Global CO2 by Source as % |
| Transportation (28%) | 0.28 | 0.0588 | 0.0000001580544 | 0.000016% |
| Electric Power (25%) | 0.25 | 0.0525 | 0.0000001411200 | 0.000014% |
| Industry (23%) | 0.23 | 0.0483 | 0.0000001298304 | 0.000013% |
| Agriculture (10%) | 0.1 | 0.021 | 0.0000000564480 | 0.000006% |
| Commercial & Residential (13%) | 0.13 | 0.0273 | 0.0000000733824 | 0.000007% |
You appear to believe that trace gases have negligible effect. The background amount of CO2 in the atmosphere -- pre-industrial levels -- was around 280 ppm. It's around 420 ppm today. If we had one year of 420 ppm we wouldn't notice it. But we have the miracle of compound interest. Due to the heat carrying capacity of the oceans, that little unnoticeable increase in temps sticks around. A little more each year. That warmer water expands. It congregates at the poles and melts ice. It works its way between rock and ice in Antarctica and melts a continent from underneath. It reduces the difference in temps in the North Atlantic so that the natural tendency of water to overturn into the deep (AMOC) slows down. That overturning helps spread heat to northern latitudes. That circulation brings nutrients north for North Atlantic fisheries. The warmer water produces unexpected massive rainfalls and exacerbates droughts. But it does that largely because of the sizeable difference between Arctic water and equatorial water. When that gap narrows, the overturning slows down.
Chinese can’t laugh because the coal smog is so strong. No one should be envious of coal. It’s the dirtiest form of energy and causes huge health problems and kills many each year
And, yet, third world countries desire to bring energy to their people to save lives and first world hypocrisy attempts to stop them.
China is laughing all the way to the bank. They continue to use the cheapest/dirtiest forms of energy that they can. They are the worlds biggest polluter. Then they get rich selling US/Europe the minerals, batteries and solar panels needed for our "clean energy". Maybe we should reconsider nuclear power and keep our cleaner domestic natural gas generation (half the carbon of coal) for the next several decades.
False.
Please doctor, what is my terminal diagnosis and how much time do I have left? You keep saying I have 5 years left, then 10 years left.
Republicans huh? If CC exist...please tell me how you are going to "drag" your CCP Lord's, India and others to the "correct" side, and why do "your Gods" keep buying ocean front property with restrictions against windmills , fly everywhere in private jets?
Gravity, separating the men from the boys. Still having its way with physicists and the rest of us.
Back in 1988, if everyone had gotten on board with nuclear to stem AGW and we now had enough nuclear power plants to produce all of our power, how many new nuclear plants would we have?
No, it’s literally ANY group of people talking ANYTHING that can become political at all. All you touchs live in echo chambers because politicizing everything is literally everyone’s hobby these days. It’s touching sad.
The science behind AGW was first pointed out in the 19th century. Kerry Emmanuel at MIT would also be surprised to discover that he's left wing. Ditto Richard Muller of Berkeley. And thermometers. I don't think thermometers are particularly political.
Humans are in a warmer planet that they've ever known. So, there's grave uncertainty about our future. Why? Food and water. Society after society have vanished because of drought and crop failures. That isn't alarmism. That's our past. Around seven years ago 3 of the 4 largest wheat producers all had huge crop failures. That wasn't accidental. Our population hasn't shrunk in the interim. One of the consequences will be a huge increase in refugees. And we all know how welcome refugees are.
