What can you say about climate change?

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NamerOfStars · Accepted Answer

Quite a bit- anything in particular you'd like to know?

As a broad-spectrum rundown- manifestly, the climate changes, and frequently, in geological terms. Note the lack of glaciers covering three quarters of the planet, or a Precambrian-style ice shell encasing it. We also know that human activity can have serious effects on the climate, as seen with the rise of acid rain and the entire center of Australia (it didn't used to be a desert).

Unfortunately, the modern mainstream obsession is with a completely disproven model of the Greenhouse Effect. I'm IN Florida, right now, and I can tell you that we're NOT ten feet underwater. Now, that doesn't mean that the Greenhouse Effect isn't real, or that there's no danger in messing with the ecosystem by pumping out vast quantities of greenhouse gases, but you need to be able to admit when you were wrong, even if it was something as simple as "the numbers were off". As it stands, the environmentalist industry (and make no mistake, it's an INDUSTRY, not a movement) is akin to people stubbornly insisting, in the face of all the evidence, that the world is going to end in 1989.

Such people are most easily identified by their obsession with carbon dioxide as an existential threat. CO2 is a greenhouse gas, yes, but it's a minor one. Methane (especially in frozen hydrate form, if the clathrate hypothesis is true) is a much bigger one- but the great current threat is a looming massive spike in the production of sulfur hexafluoride- which is the single most potent greenhouse gas known to man. The primary source of emissions of it? The manufacturing of solar cells. Every produced cell (not panel, cell) releases a tiny amount of it. Given the insane (and rapidly rising) energy needs of the world, the amount of solar panels we'd have to produce to meet even just our electrical needs would leave us worse off from a Greenhouse perspective than sticking with oil.

That may change with time and research, but it's decades of heavy research (especially in the area of recycling them) away from being a viable replacement. Currently, if you want to get off of fossil fuels, you have three options:

1. go nuclear.

2. go geothermal.

3. fail.

abc3643 · Accepted Answer

What would you like to know about it?

It is very real.

Global warming, which is really what is happening, is really basic physics and any junior or senior undergraduate in physics would understand why global warming is occurring.

In fact, it was first predicted in 1896 - that's 1896, not 1996 - by Nobel Prize-winning Swedish physical chemist Svante Arrhenius. (You learn about him in high school chemistry class; Google Arrhenius Number.).

You can read more about Svante Arrhenius here:

https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/leading-figures/svante-arrhenius-the-man-who-foresaw-climate-change/

His 1896 paper was :

On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground
Svante Arrhenius
Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science
Series 5, Volume 41, April 1896, pages 237-276.

(Carbonic acid results from mixing carbon dioxide with water.)

You can read that paper here:

https://www.rsc.org/images/Arrhenius1896_tcm18-173546.pdf

This video explains it:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Le0n4mCRkzY

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So, it's no "cult" or a liberal American plot - Svante Arrhenius predicted global warming in Sweden almost 130 years ago; he did not give a shit about Americans or liberals. He was simply an excellent scientist.

Global warming / climate change is not a trivial issue. Yes, climate does evolve over time - geological time - but what is happening now in the past 200+ years is not over geological time. What is happening now is that human activities since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution have resulted in greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere at rates beyond which the natural world can remove them from the atmosphere.

(*) A greenhouse gas is any gas molecule with 3 or more atoms... like CO2. Most of the atmosphere is filled with 2-atom molecules like nitrogen N2 and oxygen O2 or the 1-atom-only noble gas argon.

Unfortunately, this is exactly what happened to Venus albeit over geological time. This is why Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system - even more so than Mercury which is much closer to the Sun.

catiecatie · Accepted Answer

If they really want to stop climate change we would have to change our whole way of living. It’s either that or have every country have the same regulations that we here in the states have. We have the clean air act which basically says that to eliminate carbon emissions then all power plants have to have a scrubber in place. If not they are subject to close. I know one, maybe two that are still open that don’t have scrubbers in my state. We are shutting down coal mines and power plants because of who’s in the office. I mean it’s mostly coming from china. Trust me I know a lot about the clean air act and what countries are the worst for technically polluting our air and climate as a whole.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

No such thing. It’s BS. Made-up. A pole shift happens every 2,160 years. it naturally melts the pole and antártica. And it’ll flood everything like how it happened with Noah’s Ark. Never believe everything you hear on TV and keep an open eye 👁️. We are entering a new age. The Age of Aquarius. And you can confirm this by studying the stars. This means we are entering the new “2,160 years”. And for the next 2,160 years we will be in the age of Aquarius. The only climate change. Is when you see chemtrails in the sky and that’s for weather manipulation. That’s for you to believe the weather man, and for you to believe that there are satélites floating outside the earth. 🤦🏻‍♀️

razelove · Answer

Mostly that it's a cult, how many computer models for "the end" have we already passed through? I seem to remember that being one of the premises Al Gore ran against George Bush on in 2000. Though unlike other cult ideologies, say Y2K, hale bop comet, cthulu, what have you, you can keep suspending climate change as a sword of damocles with new science.
Sure, the climate will change, it's why we have variations in storm seasons, crop yields, so on and so forth. We have had mass extinction events, and it's not like anyone was alive to record them regardless of our hypothesis. Looking forwards with climate change is the same thing, especially if we aren't willing to invest in nuclear power.

goaded · Answer

That its proper name is Global Warming, which is because of basic physics of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, known since the 19th century. There was a short period around the 1970s where it wasn't clear whether cooling factors would turn out to be more important, but that was quickly discounted.

A Republican advisor recommended using the term "climate change" around the turn of the century because it sounds less scary. He now regrets doing so. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/frank-luntz-the-man-who-came-up-with-climate-change-and-regrets-it-6v6pp00pc ("[Luntz] coined the emotive term “death tax” to replace “inheritance tax”, used the words “energy exploration” to replace “offshore drilling”... He now “absolutely” regrets creating the term “climate change”. “Not only did I get it wrong, but I then needed to seek to repair it.” He is working with Republicans in Congress, “providing them a new messaging for an issue that I now recognise is seriously significant”.". It doesn't seem he had much luck.)

There is no doubt that it is happening, there is no doubt that it's man-made, and there is no doubt that the fossil fuel industry took a leaf out of the tobacco industry's play-book to push the lie of scientific doubt for decades. Their own internal documents show they knew the climate science was accurate.

richardcory · Answer

Sigh, no one's opinion is going to be changed here. Climate science is complicated -as is all science. Very few people can read the original papers, so they have to rely on what other people tell them.

We are putting a lot of CO2 in the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. We are also putting extra methane in the atmosphere from natural gas leaks and other sources

CO2 levels are rising as measured directly on on the Mona Loa observatory and as seen in ice cores.

CO2 is a greenhouse gas - the greenhouse effect is well undestood. Methane is even stronger, but there is a lot less of it - but both contribute.

The effect of global warming is not easy to calculate, or even measure, but sea levels are rising as measured using satellites (nothing to do with land rising or sinking) and ice area is decreasing.

I don't expect the end of the world but it will be disruptive.

We have the technology to fix it and improve our standard of living if there were fewer idiots in the world

Sadly there are a lot of idiots

Peter_Penetrator · Answer

The earth is 4.4 billion years old.

We have only been keeping accurate records of the weather for around 150 years.

Earths climate always ebbs and flows.

Are humans effecting it some, yes.

Look at how nature is recovering from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

The reason humans exist is because of all the drastic and cataclysmic events that occurred long before us and will continue long after we fall victim to that huge extinction event similar to what wiped out dominant species before us.

It is always a possibility that after humans are extinct, that future intelligent life will be using what is left of us to fuel their forms of transportation. They also will fight their own World Wars for the resources they need to survive.

There are too many geological events that aren’t even visible to us that have been happening for billions of years that have a much bigger effect than any amount of our carbon emissions.

How many nukes were detonated above ground in the 1940’s and 1950’s. We haven’t gone extinct from all that destruction either.

We continue to flush all of our freshwater down our toilets. That water goes to sewage plants. That treated water is discharged into creeks, streams and rivers that mostly all empty into the world’s oceans.

Floods and droughts have been affecting humans for thousands of years. Long before the Industrial Revolution.

Can you tell me that the weather forecast is going to play out as forecasted over the next 10 days where you live?

How about if it is going to rain on March 30th, 2150?

Fireguy17 · Answer

scientists seem to think that they can tell things from looking at 100 years of data and can tell why something has happened.
Mother nature does not move that fast at all.
!0,000 years isn't even a blink of her eye.
A lot of the US was covered by glaciers 2.58 million years ago.
Man was not around then yet they melted and came back. The last ice age was 20,000 years ago. So, is what is happening with the ice the same as back then? History has shown that is has come and gone multiple times before, again long before humans were around. With the ice melting it could still be from the last time the ice melted. No one knows. Then it became political, and we all know how well that works out for us. Mother nature will do what she pleases when she pleases. We have found out that when we try to mess with that it never works out well, yet we never take the blame for what we screw up. Put levees up to control a river, yet they break and flood and area then the finger pointing begins. Fill in all of the wetlands and build on them, yet wetlands are part of flood control, they give excess water a place to go.
Sadly many things that have been done over the years have not worked out very well for us in the long run. Mother nature simply goes here hold my beer and watch this.

Andres77 · Answer

it's cyclic.

there's no proof that humans are responsible for the current state of things.

the "experts" DO NOT KNOW AND CAN'T PROVE that if we spend $50 TRILLION to be carbon neutral by 2050 how many degrees the world's temperature will drop.

and since the US only makes up 13% of the world's industrial economies there's no guarantee that bankrupting the US economy and throwing our nation into utter chaos will make any positive impact on the world's climate.

scientists are now bought and paid for. the science data available to the public is rigged in support of an agenda.

the climate disciples and prophets are doing nothing but propagating a new religion that is no less diabolic or shameful than the Spanish Inquisition.

cleopatra's palace, Nero's summer palace, there's a city of the southern tip of India... all are about 60' below the surface of the ocean. which means ocean levels have been rising for 2,000 years plus.

Obama spent about $9 MILLION on a new mansion on Martha's Vineyard. With an elevation of about 12 inches. so THAT lying piece of sh! t is not really concerned about rising seal levels.

it doesn't matter who said it, it's still relevant.

the weaponizing of climate change has become a cult of power. because if you look at the changes demanded... who will benefit and who will suffer in the long run? the rich will get richer and the poor will continue to suffer and the middle class will disappear.

Lliam · Answer

It's a total scam, just like covid. It's an excuse to impose control over populations via "emergency measures". It's also a scheme for giant corporations to monopolize Earth's resources and make shit tons of money.

Pollution is a huge problem. But the idea of global warming due to excessive CO2 levels is absurd. The planet feasts on CO2. It gobbles it up. Plants, in particular, thrive on it. Therefore, food production increases with higher levels of CO2.

And, when looking at CO2 levels throughout Earth's history, we are at an all time low.

lightbulb27 · Answer

It's always changing,

Humans look like we've impacted it to change faster/more eraticallly.

We're in for some trouble as change increases and we should make some changes in how we live.

What we are doing looks uniwise... electric cars, electric everything. The war (s) are doing great damage, and china and india are not cooperative to help.

Change your lifestyle as best you can, be as wise as you can in how you live. plant some trees.

Try not to become a victim of it... and enjoy the additional heat as it sometimes produces better crops... it may as well contribute to starvation. So enjoy eating and living while you can.

RingOfFire · Answer

What I can say is that it is far more a form of political manipulation than a scientific concern. The left uses it as a tool of manipulation to create a fake crisis in order to induce you to give up your freedom in return for a promise of protection from a threat that doesn't exist. The earth has gone through phases of climate change since it was formed. The process is very very slow. Human beings are adaptable. There will be plenty of time for the human species to adapt to any changes. It's not a crisis except in the minds of those who fall for the scam.

I would be far more concerned that Biden and the Democrats have the world on the brink of nuclear war with China and Russia because of their weak handling of foreign policy, or the threat of terrorists and drug gangs infiltrating the country over the Democrat's open borders, than a change of a couple of degrees in the weather over the next 100 years.

Leapfrog00 · Answer

The earth is getting hotter each year. The sun's carbon takes 8 minutes to reach the earth and it's killing ocean life because of the intensity. Certain species are having trouble adapting. The bee population is shrinking and if the bees become extinct, we won't survive.

The bees pollinate the flowers and help things grow. The earth growing hotter will eventually wipe out existence. Not because of the heat, but because of the after-effects it plays in the ecosystem. A lot of politicians don't care about it and some even say it's nothing, especially Republicans for some reason. It's a major problem and is already affecting certain species.

There are people working on this problem right now. Hopefully, the scientists working on it come up with a solution.

Dargil · Answer

The climate always changes. It is controlled by a confluence of a number of factors, including..
*The brightness of the sun and sunspot activity.
*The various movements of the earth in it orbit, axis, etc.
*Plate tectonics.
*Volcanic activity.
*Agricultural and land clearing activities.
*Industrial and automotive emissions.
*Glacial cycles.

The global warming movement is a strategy to control the lifestyles of people, more power and more money for self proclaimed elites. It is the greatest scam in history.

MysticDevice · Answer

Just this. The climate changes. It's what it does. It's changed thousands of times throughout Earth's existance. There's been a thousand cataclysms that have wreaked havoc on the Earth across the 3.7 billion years that life has been on this planet. Meteors, supervolcanoes, meteors again, Ice ages, solar flares, cosmic radiation, etc and life is still flourishing and thriving. I don't believe that the 200 year blip that we've been burning gasoline was enough to permanantly damage the ecosystem.

Is pollution real? Yes. Is it a problem? Yes. Should we deal with said problem? Absolutely. But is not even close to the end of the world. Not by a longshot.

hbg84 · Answer

If it was real and the oceans were rising no bank in the world would finance buying ocean front property. As it would all be under water in 20 years. Think about that for a minute. Also islands wouldn't be inhabited. Hawaii would be under water, England and the rest of the UK would be under water. Australia would be gone. If it was the case governments would be moving everyone away from the coast lines everywhere around the world. It's a made up myth for governments to take more control.

Now to natural climate change that is real. Its happened several times over the years. The planet will always change.

FreyaRed · Answer

Overblown end time ideology similar to " you should be a good Christ otherwise god starts a new deluge"
It's good possible environmental pollution with chemicals and microplasitc will kill us due lack of biologically active soils and chemically clean water but surely not with greenhouse effect.

Sharkstealth · Answer

I think the strangest one is that Lake Powell is drying up. I am a former employee at lake Powell and there has always been environmental problems because the dam in built in to sandstone. The thing you have to remember is that it is not actually a lake but a dammed reservoir for power and water. The water level is way above what it should be because it is the Colorodo river. The Colorodo used to flow in to the Pacific Ocean which it does not and has not for 30 years. This is the direct result of a man made Dam not climate change.

OfDeath · Answer

The science of it is correct. Radiative forcing leads to climate change and human activity is causing an increase in that. We are already recording average temperature rises across the world.

The scary thing is that the cost of ameliorating this is very high and a lot of pur governments and institutions rely on the fossil fuel economy. This results in large and influential companies and people spreading misinformation and denial.

Unfortunately, it will be too late to act when the worst results are already upon us.

EpicSnail · Answer

I trust the experts, i. e. climate scientists.

I don't trust random non-experts like Bjørn Lomborg, Jordan Peterson, or all the right-wing skeptics who seem to always take the most destructive position on every topic, whether it is a deadly pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, or climate change.

Anonymous · Answer

Consider this;

The climate is in a state of constant flux,

We only started making a detailed record of Climate/Weather around 1880,

At which time we were coming out of what has been described as 'The Little Ice Age' (1300 to around 1850) actual temperature of the Earth before this time was at 'Best Guess' was approx 2deg C warmer than now.

Is it any wonder that the overall temperature of the planet is rising, coming as it does out of that prolonged cold period which it has been speculated to have been caused by large volcanic eruptions.

Climate is changing and will continue to change and to think that the human species will effect it to any great extent is the hight of arrogance.

exitseven · Answer

It is a hoax. Most people that are pushing for this either are invested in the industries that will get tax subsidies to get people to buy into them or have some other climate scam going like Al Gore. China can't build coal fired electric plants fast enough and they are laughing all the way to the bank. America has taken a giant step backwards by participating in this giant scam.

Genie23 · Answer

I'm really concerned. There is a huge difference on weather 20 years ago versus now. I miss how the weather was back then it was pleasant and bearable too during summer. Now it's almost unbearable and I'm just worried how our next to next future generation can deal with the horrible and sudden climatic changes. I try to make sure I don't contribute to making weather worse. That's all I can do.

Sergettio · Answer

This question is so dumb , why because you capitalist know better. You still buying that crap you buy on Amazon kill the environment  
 you know that the government will not fix it until it broken and if they do how the f they going to pay for it with 31 trillion in debt back by no oil or gold. Oh yea just keep printing money like Germany back to your question you should focus more current state of earth core. Look like the solid iron and nickel has become a liquid. That’s recipe for disaster. Earth could lose its balance and turn sideways. The problem is that earth stops but everyone will be flying at one direction at almost 1000mph.  
 it like when you crash with your car , on impact the car stops but you don’t

Stoner710 · Answer

Climate change is a real thing it’s 100% natural. There’s nothing humans can do about it. During one day of the Permian. More carbon was released in one day than within 100 years of burning fossil fuels. This. Was known as the great dying where nine out of 10 species died. So, even if we were all fossil fuels today went all green energy we would still be screwed. Because humans have nothing to do with climate change

Danny_dan92 · Answer

It’s all bs.

The politicians that push that narrative are more than likely invested in green technology companies, so when they push legislation that ban anything that isn’t green, and as such forces people to buy the Green alternative the stock price for those said companies sky rockets. Then they cash out and become filthy rich.

TooHot2Care · Answer

There is really nothing we can do about it and everything we are currently doing ultimately doesn’t solve the problem and what happens next is ah…… Just enjoy life and do what you can, because this has spiraled so far out of control that what we are likely to do next will shock you.

Anonymous · Answer

I’d say it’s real. It might not be entirely man made but we’re obviously contributing to it. A 30 year trend of higher increases in global temperatures in conjunction with higher levels of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere is difficult to ignore. Ignoring science for political reasons will have dire consequences.

AimeeKyle · Answer

It has always, constantly and naturally changed since the beginning of time…. And it will continue to chance throughout our lifetimes / existence.

With that said though, the climate change portrayed today is all about control and investment (making money / receiving government subsidies / receiving government funding). It certainly isn’t the emergency portrayed.

CreatingWonders · Answer

It’s all a load of rubbish to scare the zombies into compliance.

There’s no climate change it’s all a part of the WEF’s plan to make us all live in 15 minute cities, have no cars, not be able to travel anywhere and to be locked down over and over due to some fake pandemic or whatever they think necessary.

You’ll own nothing eat bugs and be happy.

People need to wake up before it’s to late or we’re all screwed.

LiamJHayden · Answer

It always does, cars contribute a bit to it, but electric cars are not currently a solution as the mining for materials alone causes massive environmental damage and the electricity to charge the batteries will still be produced in large part by fossil fuels.

Pohjolan · Answer

Writing a two hours essay would be just getting started.

And frankly I can't be bothered to argue with loonies on the internet.

Reality doesn't care about their feelings and the further it progresses the more silly they will look like.

Like flat earthers, except that flat earthers cause no harm.

nawtee_me · Answer

It is all cycles. In the united States a few years ago down south we had a bad storm witch they said was a hundred year storm. One like that comes every hundred years. In the west it was a two hundred year storm. Just as the earth spins and goes around the sun in a 365 and a 1/4 day cycle, so does everything else have it own cycles. Including climate... Even comets come and go in cycles. That is how they know when it will be back around.

Ptrmbrs88 · Answer

It used to be referred to as "global warming", but people began to realise that the Earth wasn't warming up, so they had to change the name of it to something both neutral and vague, so "climate change" it became.

It's one of the 21st century's fastest growing religions, along with the 'Simulation Hypothesis' cult.

ZackBan · Answer

It's a hoax. Always has been.

Sure the climate does change but it's not an extinction event. And even if it was we are powerless agaisnt it.

It's just a popular scare tactic that helps winning elections.

John_Doesnt · Answer

Man made climate change is already proved beyond a reasonable doubt.  Thank You Al Gore, you're super awesome!

Summeroflove · Answer

The climate is always changing. They’re usually wrong and they just want control and power. You can’t have a wood stove, can’t have a gas or diesel engine vehicle, you can’t do anything.

RasmusAiken · Answer

Science Fact: My state was under a mile thick slab of glacier ice just 10,000 years ago. It didn't disappear because cave dwellers were driving SUV's.

strateguy632 · Answer

i care that people suffer but as genius sheldon pointed out in big bang series, something unstable means always changing so for that a change is not changing.

itsalyssaagain · Answer

It’s real and it’s bad. But also the responsibility doesn’t entirely lie on us. It’s the governments and heads of states responsibility. Only they can make the big change. Nothing seems to come out of any COPs.

LingyRolls · Answer

It's pretty much all fake and being used as an excuse for governments to control people.

Adaeva · Answer

The climate has been changing for billions of year and with continue to change. There is nothing humans can do to prevent climate change.

AviatorTom · Answer

Climate change is inevitable. Our planet has gone through several major changes in climate over its billion year history. Sometimes, we humans help it happen.

Nikki1989 · Answer

It is not something I think about.

inhua · Answer

climate change has been going on for billions of years and will continue so for billions of years after we're long gone

Anonymous · Answer

Climate change is a normal pattern in the history of the earth and it’s common for the earth to have freezing periods as well as warmer periods. But I do think human impact has increased how rapidly these patterns take place.

pervertedjester · Answer

Thanks for reminding me. While we're at it...

Astarlessnightsky · Answer

What else can you say about it, besides its really bad and even worse no government actually do something about it, and many just make it even worse.

Googlemyahoo · Answer

Ever seen a picture of the continents from millions of years ago? I wonder if the cave men and dinosaurs called it climate change as the continents shifted and temperatures changed.

FilmGuy93 · Answer

That it's happening and we should probably be doing something to minimize our impact on the world

AngryCarl2 · Answer

At this point I quit saying anything. Nobody listens and I won't be alive to see the endgame. I'm fortunate that the area I live in isn't subject to flooding.

Fromdusktilldawn · Answer

I could now start writing a pages long essay here about every documentary I saw, IPCC reports I read and university lectures I attended, but its 11pm here and dont really have the spirit.

Sargentcaptain · Answer

I yearn for the days when doomsday alarmists were just Bible clenching retards.

sheenagwapa · Answer

doesn't really matter much if the world is leading to destruction

Sparkie460 · Answer

The climate changes 4 times a year. That's why we have spring, summer, winter and fall.

shortster · Answer

Global warming is good for life on the planet. As we are currently in an ice age. The last tropic age was when the dinosaurs were around. We are still living off their energy.

najekim · Answer

Natural occurrence based on the cycle of ice ages. We're still on the uphill side from the last ice age so it'll be getting warmer regardless. Humans have just sped up things.

mattclark242 · Answer

well the climate is changing. I am not sure what do about it. people are trying to stop it.

fonduegirl · Answer

That it's bad and immediate steps must be taken.

Christoff92 · Answer

Born to be wild. With Hades God of the Underworld 🎸🎵😎

888theGreat · Answer

bigger scam than covid vaccine will keep you from getting it or spreading it

Rangers · Answer

Just stop creating useless buildings, and get rid of the buildings we don't need and we're all set

TotallyAlmost · Answer

It's a massive, ridiculous hoax designed so the leftist elites can control people and consolidate power.

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