Pete, LOL.
Amazing how the intelligent discussion only lasted about 8 posts before the petulance returned.
Day 131 - We'll always have Paris
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Pete, LOL.
Amazing how the intelligent discussion only lasted about 8 posts before the petulance returned.
The Vatican, along with Nicaragua and Syria did not sign the agreement.
From everything I have read, these "natural" periods of change have had some other activity which caused the shift like solar activity, volcanic activity, asteroids hitting earth etc... what makes you so sure that human activity is not a catalyst in the current shifts? The consensus from the scientific community is that we are causing the change. Skepticism is fine, but I still fall on the side that it would be economically beneficial if he US was in front of the innovations in renewable energy.
It's not so much about picking winners and losers, it's about investing early in an inevitable future.
Yeah and that's fine, just confused about your opinion that humans can't have an impact and where that comes from especially when citing "natural" shifts which many have had a less natural event cause them.
Logic would dictate you would take that 0.28% and break it down by specific sources and countries of contribution and have that be a starting point. Like anything else, how much human intervention and working together can really move the needle? Would be nice to have that discussion.Man-made contributions of green house gases are miniscule.
The chart is instructive for a few reasons.
First it shows that scientists are working to understand the entire process of global temperature regulation and man's place in that process. The science is important.
Second it highlights just how sensitive the environment is to change. Even though man made greenhouse gases make up a small percentage of the total, it appears to have an outsized effect on the global temperature. It is like putting a Habanero pepper on a hamburger. Even a small amount dominates the taste of the meal.
Stated differently, the water vapor that makes up the overwhelming amount of greenhouse gases is part of the planet's respiration cycle. Just like a human who breathes in oxygen and exhales carbon dioxide, the planet as a whole does much the same thing. The introduction of man-made greenhouse gas throws off the balance because there is no natural countervailing mechanism to pull the excess CO2 out of the atmosphere.
First it shows that scientists are working to understand the entire process of global temperature regulation and man's place in that process. The science is important.
Second it highlights just how sensitive the environment is to change. Even though man made greenhouse gases make up a small percentage of the total, it appears to have an outsized effect on the global temperature. It is like putting a Habanero pepper on a hamburger. Even a small amount dominates the taste of the meal.
Stated differently, the water vapor that makes up the overwhelming amount of greenhouse gases is part of the planet's respiration cycle. Just like a human who breathes in oxygen and exhales carbon dioxide, the planet as a whole does much the same thing. The introduction of man-made greenhouse gas throws off the balance because there is no natural countervailing mechanism to pull the excess CO2 out of the atmosphere.
The chart is misleading.
Water vapor is tied to climate change/carbon emissions along with other stuff.
To conclude " Man-made contributions of green house gases are minuscule" is not quite accurate.
Man-Made activity contributes to the water vapor gasses and are shown in the red.
https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/vapor_warming.html
Water vapor is tied to climate change/carbon emissions along with other stuff.
To conclude " Man-made contributions of green house gases are minuscule" is not quite accurate.
Man-Made activity contributes to the water vapor gasses and are shown in the red.
https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/vapor_warming.html
