It is manmade, Covid19 proved this remember the photos of before lockdown after lockdown of smog clearing & temperatures slightly going down also same with after 9/11… When the planes were grounded in America we saw similar results. Gas cars release carbon dioxide, big meat processing farms need a lot of land for all that cattle which releases so much greenhouse gasses like methane which is also a major polluter in the world. It isn’t science that can just prove it is manmade, it is directly shown through example if people paid more attention. Ever since the Industrial Revolution, the CO2 in the atmosphere went up and so did the temperature. What we mean by climate change is ONE area that had a history of one temperature / weather patterns, now had a different one.
Maybe I messed up a few examples since I’m trying to remember the examples however the point is clear, Climate Change might’ve been gradual however it is a manmade issue due to years n years of pumping CO2 & Methane. We need to stop and change our ways before we end up killing all the life on this planet. Enough is enough, we must take greater measures.
If climate is such a problem then all we need to do is use nuclear power plants more. Not only is it far more renewable but it is actually effective as opposed to solar and wind.
If you really want to convince people that this isn't an effort to control them with the use of fear mongering, how about we don't use it to increase taxes, make everything more expensive especially home ownership, and to propagandize people to stop having children, live in pods and eat bugs while the weirdos in the WEF get to eat all the steak they want and live in beachfront properties because even they don't believe in climate change.
They should also get on mainland China's ass about it is one of the only countries that actually have a major contribution to the climate anymore but good luck with that. I hear they don't take criticism very well.
I am TOTALLY for nuclear power. It's moronic we don't use it. France is doing it right!
The issue with “going green” for a lot of countries is just the cost of making the transfer. Admittedly, normal people aren’t doing as much damage as the 36 richest people on earth who own multiple businesses that rely on fossil fuels for worldwide transports, and the cost of doing so seems insurmountable. Truthfully, if we wanted to have the entire US run on solar power, we could manage to do so by putting a few hundred yards’ worth of solar panels in one of the hottest spots of the Serengeti desert. It would also cost millions, if not billions of dollars to create this operation. And let’s be real, when society was collapsing in 2020 and everyone was looking to the rich to help us with their multitudes of fortunes, they went to space instead. They won’t help us if it means losing what they established, they won’t do it unless they absolutely have to, and they’re paying our politicians and lobbyists to make sure we never force them.
Ant economic transition is disruptive with winners and losers. If given. Sustained investment over a long scale it doesn't have to be jarring
The third option is the most likely. So many people just do not seem to realise that science isn't founded upon 'trust', but scepticism and doubt. Beliefs, assumptions, the results of experiments - ALL need to be questioned, not taken on faith. Belief and faith have NO place in science, and if you're told by someone that something is real because the "scientific consensus" (no such thing) supports it, you can be sure that the person in question is either ignorant or trying to swindle you.
Wouldn't even a majority make a consensus? Even if it doesn't, when it comes to climate change the numbers are in the '90s percentile of scientists who believe it's man-made.
The UN, the EU, NOAA, NASA, ASEAN, USDoD, what more do you want?
The scientific consensus on human-caused global warming is overwhelming, with multiple studies finding that 97% or more of actively publishing climate scientists agree that human activities are the primary driver of recent global warming. Here are the key points:
The 97% figure originated from a 2013 study by Cook et al. that analyzed nearly 12,000 peer-reviewed papers on climate change. They found that 97% of the papers that took a position on the cause of global warming endorsed human causation.
A 2021 study by Lynas et al. examined over 88,000 climate-related papers published since 2012 and found that the consensus exceeds 99% in the peer-reviewed scientific literature.
Other studies like Doran & Kendall Zimmerman (2009), Anderegg et al. (2010), Carlton et al. (2015), and Verheggen et al. (2014) have consistently found a 90-100% consensus among climate scientists on human-caused global warming.
The consensus is stronger among scientists with greater expertise in climate science. For example, Verheggen et al. found that 90% of respondents with over 10 climate publications agreed that greenhouse gases are the dominant driver of recent warming.
So in summary, the overwhelming consensus of around 97% or higher among actively publishing climate scientists is based on multiple, robust studies analyzing peer-reviewed literature and surveys of experts in the field. The level of agreement increases with greater climate expertise.
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u iiiClimate change llberals use this as a platform to court the common man and to promote compliance oby the proletariat. As long as they push this as their agenda , the agenda will draw hon basically pushback
Where did you get THAT from?
Please excuse the typos. I have been using the app on my phone the past three days, and the autocorrect is horrible.
My statements are based upon decades of observation and experience.
But it doesn't answer question! Aren't green goals desirable?
Do you truly know what those goals are, or do you know only what you have learned through the media?
I'm quite sure. Working in colleges and high schools with IB and AP teachers who do field work gives you access to expertise. But really, why would 98% of reputable scientists lie? Is it a conspiracy?
How do you know that 98% of "scientists" endorse the manmade climate change theory?
Reputable trade journals like scientific American, the economist and the Atlantic
I like the way a lot of Europe does it with walkable cities a lot of public transport etc. The only thing missing in Zürich in my opinion is better biking lanes because a lot of them in the city are still close to the traffic and it's not fun to cycle like that but there are also nice places along rivers to cycle or in forests etc. But if I could use a bike to get around the city easier I would also cycle more in my free time. But for now I stick to public transport because I can relax and don't have to worry about getting hit by a car while I'm in a bus. There's a lot of green space already here but more is always nice. I think the city planning and the new infrastructure that gets built is generally well thought out and well executed. The U. S. is super dependent on cars atm so it will take decades maybe centuries to make a change to that but we'll see if it happens in the future. American truck companies will definitely try and prevent that in any way they can.
The United States only now commissioned their first high-speed train system. In 2024!!!
https://www.popsci.com/technology/high-speed-rail/
We could learn a lot from the world if we weren't so blindingly arrogant.
Remember what works in Europe may not work here just because of the size and population of our cities versus European cities. We need to start making changes over time to shift the way we are living but again it cannot be done in 5 years which normally takes 30 years to 50 years. to implement
I think it’s fair to ignore anyone who claims climate change is entirely a hoax. Contrary to popular belief, it’s NOT perfectly clear how much human activity contributes to it. Therefore it’s also not clear how much we can mitigate our own impact, let alone the overall effects.
That said, it’s just lazy and ignorant not to try. It’s funny when people claim it’s a ploy for money. First, literally every industry in defiance of climate change science is making MORE than green industries. Second, if capitalism is our religion, isn’t ANY business good business? Ell oh ell! So we clean up our act AND someone gets rich in the process. Isn’t that the American way?
The Climate Change/Human-caused "Global Warming" movement is a Leftist fraud. Many natural forces, most ignored by "climate scientists", change the climate all the time. There is zero repeatable scientific evidence human-caused "global warming". Balance "Green goals with reasonable costs on biz & consumers" is like settling for the exterminator killing only half of the mice in the house or letting your wife have only one adulterous boyfriend.
We've got 2 retarded extremes. Those who believe cow farts pollute the earth... and those who are totally okay with mixing garbage and plastic into compost which enters their own food and water and chemically castrated them.
What are you even trying to communicate?
You’re an idiot
FYI, most climate change activists support doing business with China, which means they support the world's worst polluter while lying to the public constantly. Many climate activist politicians have investments in green technology companies, often hidden on the surface by investing in parent companies, then profit from green energy policies. Also, look at Time magazine's cover articles since the late1960s. We would have died so many times if they were telling the truth.
Lots of lies and manipulation for profit.
How option D:
Climate change IS happening and IS man made. But instead of going all Greta Thunberg deranged over it countries need find PRACTICAL approaches to address it that WORK without destroying our economy. This includes investing money on research and development and finding methods to ADAPT to climate change.
Also QUIT intermingling completely unrelated issues like “racism, colonialism” and other crap when it comes to climate change. That’s just pushing people who are the fence about all this in the wrong direction.
yea, you are talking common sense. we can and we should. but the business balance of that is difficult.
climate change is occurring... so what
we should train all humans to be responsible to the planet and encourage it.
That means no more disposable cups and wrappers and plastic junk etc..
the solution to that... is to make things a lot more expensive... which is what the govt is doing.
so maybe we get there...
We can help, mother earth by changing our ways and use of energy. But you must have something in place to replace the energy you are getting rid of, Not the way the Biden administration is getting rid of bad replacing it with something decades down the road. What are we to do in the meantime No light, fuel, food, and power because we have nothing within the scope of what we need to have in place to replace old technology that will take 5 to 10 years minimum to even get close to producing what we do today... Bring things online slowly there to many things that can and will go wrong when rushing especially with unproven tech just look at Texas a few years ago when solar and wind failed causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. CHANGE YES , SLOWLY not trying to do in 5 years what would normally take 40 or 50 years to do.
We need a good culling of about 2/3 of the human infestation on this planet
I would like to know who is to pick those who are to be culled. What parameters are to be used to select those to be culled to get the perfect planate
True but it's a great thought experiment. I would go with diverse genes and skills possessed
Great experiment but I'm afraid some asskole will act on it.
Wait, people seriously believe the climate change we're going through ISN'T man-made? Guys 💀
Yes. Yes they do. When Florida is underwater they'll still deny it.
The 'Going Green' through renewables is not sustainable because there is no closed recycling route for the Wind Turbine Blades or the glass and silicon in Photo Voltaic Panels, also those will never be able to carry societies needed base load for electricity. The Climate has always been in a state of flux and contrary to current opinion of politicians, and it is the MAJORITY of the worlds Scientists who have doubts about the data that has been used to support the 'Climate Change' narrative.
False
Releasing too much carbon into the environment isn't good but at the same time this issue is hugely politicized. I don't trust people who advocate for climate change, they have ulterior motives like the WEF.
WEF?: what's that?
The World Economic Forum. The projection area for all right-wing nutjobs believing that "globalists" will raid their homes and steal their gas stoves.
If you really believe you are threatened by a Swiss economic discussion forum, you should get treated for delusions of paranoia. And that includes the babble about shadow elites, etc.
And if you want to warn about 1984 style newspeak, look no further than the current GOP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXOG-BEw_Kc
Yeah I've watched some of that and those far leftists are so fucking disingenuous. That was nothing short of character assassination on a trial they know is absolutely motivated by politics and is phony. The whole way he phrased that was an attack on Trump and Republicans who support him. Fuck that guy dude.
"Can we balance Green goals with reasonable costs on biz & consumers?"
No. Green goals were created for the sake of massively milking small biz & consumers. It's just another hidden tax that some indoctrinated fools think this tax will be spend for their good.
It really dosen't matter. Your fighting people who just want the world to burn. Covid19 was an opportunity to double down burn everything down X2.
THERE only investment is miserable of others.
Climate change exists, and has been happening in random cycles for millennia. Recent changes may be partly affected by humans, but we humans are not the sole cause of it. To think that we humans can do things to prevent climate change is unrealistic. Yes, we should do things to care for our planet, but Mother Nature and our Planet is way bigger than anything we humans can control.
The cycles were never random, and they happened a great deal slower than current changes, apart from some really major events like the asteroid that wiped out the large land-based dinosaurs, or short-lived events like the eruption of Krakatoa, which only reduced average Northern Hemisphere summer temperatures (for a year) by just 0.4 °C (0.72 °F), which is about a third of the warming since the industrial revolution.
Firstly man-made climate change is a myth, the climate is going to change regardless of our wants or desires. Second all green goals are a scam usually used to enrich a politician or thier freinds by promoting thier business investments whilst stifling thier competition.
climate change is caused by cyclical changes in the Earth that has gone on for centuries. The scientists that are claiming that it is caused by fossil fuel are they same ones that get big government grants to do so. It is all a big scam.
Even if it is a lot of good could be accomplished by pursuing green policies
Balance reasonable cost?
Those who claim its too expensive should look at the cost climate change is already causing now.
Yes it does matter. The "green" movement is a scam designed to tax wealthy nations to give to poor nations. It's socialism plain and simple. You're the carbon they want to reduce.
Socialism. The terrifying word to prevent thinking by those who utter it
There's PLENTY of more sustainable options for our food suoply
Yeah the GOP is a trip isn't it?
I’d love to hear this one. What do you consider a “sustainable” food supply?
Vat grown meat, plant substitutes, aquaculture, soybean derivatives, insects, corn derivatives, vegetables,
Lmao. You can eat that bullshit. I’ll continue to eat real food.
Do you HAVE ANY idea how much water grain and antibiotics are needed per pound of meat?
@DrPepper12 Have you any idea how much they'd damage their environment if they thought it would upset the left?
Do you have any idea how much I don’t care?
m will be bad news... if you really like sushi
When you consider the biggest move requires keeping the global population under a few billion
The rest well there's Soylent green or mulch
There is always a cost to every change. It may be worth it. But there aren't enough adults to have a mature conversation. Instead we get arbitrary targets and authoritarian rules imposed on us because considered discussion is hard.
Lol. I'm a climate scientist. More than half the people here on GAG are stupid
I think much of it is a natural change!
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