3 ms·

This always reminds me of this cartoon https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/514325219919218393/ https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/514325219919218393/ "What if it's a big ho

by awjr 9y ago

This always reminds me of this cartoon https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/514325219919218393/ https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/514325219919218393/ "What if it's a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?" I think the key point that the article makes is that fossil fuels have enabled much of the industrialisation of the 20th and 21st century but it is also beginning to make certain areas of the world uninhabitable and yet we still seem to want to ignore the warning signs. A shift from fossil fuels and a focus on carbon capture technologies is hopefully not too late. PS: I do keep reminding my dad that he should sell his house on the Indian River in Florida.

RcouF1uZ4gsC 9y ago
Your quote demonstrates that global warming is either not all that bad or you are not advocating enough stuff to fix it. If it really is an emergency and is that bad, we should be doing stuff that would make our world worse if we are wrong.
- Brakenshire 9y ago
  Well, a lot of scientists do advocate to keep warming to below 1.5 C, but that is not seriously pursued because it is not considered to be economically realistic or politically viable. The Paris trajectory is aiming for 2C, and hoping that it won't end up being significantly more. That is, not making the okay the enemy of the good, or good the enemy of the perfect.
Shivetya 9y ago
like the hoax of recent satellite observations being remapped upward to show increased heat lead by a member who has no expertise in the area? it was predicted many years ago that even those who were in the field would be forced to change their numbers to be in agreement, instead someone else stepped in and did so. hoax or fraud, some of what both sides qualifies. the trouble is there is so much money at stake that it corrupts research.
- Oletros 9y ago
  > it was predicted many years ago that even those who were in the field would be forced to change their numbers to be in agreement, Who has changed the numbers? Do you have sources for those predictions? > hoax or fraud, some of what both sides qualifies. I suppose that you can give some sources for those fraud accusations, isn't?

by awjr 9y ago

RcouF1uZ4gsC 9y ago

Your quote demonstrates that global warming is either not all that bad or you are not advocating enough stuff to fix it. If it really is an emergency and is that bad, we should be doing stuff that would make our world worse if we are wrong.

Brakenshire 9y ago
Well, a lot of scientists do advocate to keep warming to below 1.5 C, but that is not seriously pursued because it is not considered to be economically realistic or politically viable. The Paris trajectory is aiming for 2C, and hoping that it won't end up being significantly more. That is, not making the okay the enemy of the good, or good the enemy of the perfect.

Shivetya 9y ago

like the hoax of recent satellite observations being remapped upward to show increased heat lead by a member who has no expertise in the area? it was predicted many years ago that even those who were in the field would be forced to change their numbers to be in agreement, instead someone else stepped in and did so. hoax or fraud, some of what both sides qualifies. the trouble is there is so much money at stake that it corrupts research.

Oletros 9y ago
> it was predicted many years ago that even those who were in the field would be forced to change their numbers to be in agreement, Who has changed the numbers? Do you have sources for those predictions? > hoax or fraud, some of what both sides qualifies. I suppose that you can give some sources for those fraud accusations, isn't?