Why? The overwhelming majority of the scientific community, people a hell of a lot smarter and more researched than you or me, believe that the Earth is warming with the primary cause behind that being the emission of greenhouse gases from human activities/fossil fuels.
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Why? The overwhelming majority of the scientific community, people a hell of a lot smarter and more researched than you or me, believe that the Earth is warming with the primary cause behind that being the emission of greenhouse gases from human activities/fossil fuels.
My last word on the topic: how reasonable is it to assume that by studying, at best, 100 years of data (which may have varying degrees of accuracy) that we're smart enough to accurately predict what the next 10-50 years hold for an ecosystem that is, in fact, billions of years old? No one, I mean NO ONE, wants polluted water, air, soil, etc. - let's all agree on that at least. But, stating with absolute conviction that 'in 12 years the earth will end/pass a tipping point/etc.' is beyond preposterous. Let's all look at a minute of trading on the NYSE and declare, with absolute certainty, what the market will look like in 10 years. And anyone who dissents is a 'denier of science'. That's what we're asked to believe.
I totally believe that the climate is changing. I believe it has been constantly changing for billions of years. With very limited lifespans compared to the Earth, how can we know whether what we're experiencing is a very small section of a 10,000 year (or more) cycle or not? Does human activity affect the environment? I would think so. But, does it affect it on the same level as subtle changes in the Earth's tilt/rotation or sunspot activity or any number of the literally hundreds of factors that could affect climate? I don't believe there is any possible way to conclusively determine that. It's like solving 4 simultaneous equations with 42 variables - it's just not possible, imo, to arrive at an absolute conclusion such that there is no room for debate or second opinions.
Finally, I've got no problems with renewable sources and nuclear eliminating the need for fossil fuels altogether as long as economic progress continues. Poverty, disease, starvation, lack of potable water, etc. will surely kill more humans in the next 20 years than anything to do with climate change. The hysteria surrounding the issue with some completely arbitrary deadline of 'point of no return' is not based on anything other than a political agenda.
I totally believe that the climate is changing. I believe it has been constantly changing for billions of years. With very limited lifespans compared to the Earth, how can we know whether what we're experiencing is a very small section of a 10,000 year (or more) cycle or not? Does human activity affect the environment? I would think so. But, does it affect it on the same level as subtle changes in the Earth's tilt/rotation or sunspot activity or any number of the literally hundreds of factors that could affect climate? I don't believe there is any possible way to conclusively determine that. It's like solving 4 simultaneous equations with 42 variables - it's just not possible, imo, to arrive at an absolute conclusion such that there is no room for debate or second opinions.
Finally, I've got no problems with renewable sources and nuclear eliminating the need for fossil fuels altogether as long as economic progress continues. Poverty, disease, starvation, lack of potable water, etc. will surely kill more humans in the next 20 years than anything to do with climate change. The hysteria surrounding the issue with some completely arbitrary deadline of 'point of no return' is not based on anything other than a political agenda.
I’m old enough to remember Leonard Nemoy telling me on the History Channel that the greatest threat to the planet and lives of my children was the impending Ice-Age. Then it was Acid Rain that was going to wipe out global crops leading to mass extinction and starvation. Then my wife’s hairspray was causing a hole in the ozone that was going to wipe us out. Then it was super hurricanes. It’s always something. I guess it depends on who is funding and donating to grants and studies.
This makes no sense. Marxists want to destroy capitalism. Nobody said they intended to replicate other Marxists in how they did it.
If you think Stalin and Kim Jong-Il when you read my post you aren't paying attention to what's going on. There have been Marxist terrorists rioting and looting in America for weeks now. They are fully supported by the same Demoncrat Party that has been pushing the climate change lie for 2 decades.
Marxism is the practice of communism regardless that’s not the topic the topic is climate change and what you said didn’t relate to Marxism.
Notice you didn't mention the satellite data. Who's the science denier now?
Have you forwarded your "satellite data" results to the scientific community at large? Sounds like you've got some breakthrough data that will completely debunk all their years of research showing an overall warming trend on the planet. Damn, you're gonna be a famous.