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Isn’t climate CHANGE saying “well, we don’t understand it well enough to specifically say what it’s going to do”? Seems like if we are making claims and enacti
by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
Isn’t climate CHANGE saying “well, we don’t understand it well enough to specifically say what it’s going to do”?
Seems like if we are making claims and enacting tax policy right now, we should at least be able to predict it’ll warm or cool. No?
If the concern is sea levels rising, is that not warming?
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- WhompingWindows 7y agoClimate change communicates different areas will be affected differently. For instance, the arctic warms incredibly fast, due to melting ice, reduced albedo, and disrupted polar vortex. In contrast, the USA is not warming nearly as fast as the arctic, but some areas are much more flood prone, hurricane prone, or prone to extreme weather (high highs in AZ, CA, FL, low lows in upper midwest (due to polar vortex aforementioned)). So, global warming is technically true, the average heat content of the globe is rising over time...but it's an outdated, over simplistic term because "warming" does not tell us that each locality is going to face a different reality. It's also used by skeptics to say "well, there's snow, so clearly warming is a hoax" or "well, MN has record low temps, global warming is a hoax." Actually it isn't, but ignorant politicians and voters may think it's a hoax if they only look in their own zip code for warming, and not for climactic changes everywhere.