Official Global Warming thread (merged)

[lawgator1]

https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/10/07/wo...-report-wxc/index.html?r=https://www.cnn.com/

Very interesting story. Hope it spurs some debate by candidates in 2020. We need smart people to work on this, not the usual numbskulls.

 

[0nelilreb]

https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/10/07/world/climate-change-new-ipcc-report-wxc/index.html?r=https://www.cnn.com/

Very interesting story. Hope it spurs some debate by candidates in 2020. We need smart people to work on this, not the usual numbskulls.

when do we get to the part where China is made to stop its emissions ?

 

[lawgator1]

when do we get to the part where China is made to stop its emissions ?

It's got to be worldwide. We need worldwide leadership, not appeal to nationalism and American (or Chinese) exceptionalism.

 

[1972 Grad]

It's got to be worldwide. We need worldwide leadership, not appeal to nationalism and American (or Chinese) exceptionalism.

Ingenious way to deal the Trump bashing card from the bottom of the deck.

 

[0nelilreb]

It's got to be worldwide. We need worldwide leadership, not appeal to nationalism and American (or Chinese) exceptionalism.

Blah blah blah that sounds good in theory but it doesn’t work in real world applications . We can’t agree on what color the sky is in this country then we (USA , China and Russia ) can’t agree to stop screwing each other over , the EU can’t decide where to send or take in the next wave of immigrants , the Middle East will give the finger to everyone because well the West is Satan and India is well going to do what they want . But we are going to do something that’s never been done before and reduce the global emissions by 45% and still don’t know if that’s enough to stop the climate from changing because we will have to keep a net zero status ? Yeah ok .

 

[C-south]

It's got to be worldwide. We need worldwide leadership, not appeal to nationalism and American (or Chinese) exceptionalism.

Maybe Soros will run in 2020 then.

 

[DancingOutlaw]

Kind of sounds like exactly what we need? If humans are terrible for the planet, it stands to reason anything that would eliminate humans is a positive. Maybe we should stop sending aid to places where life cannot be easily sustained and let nature do what it does best.

 

[Sandman 423]

Honest question.

If they found dinosaur bones in places like Canada wouldn't that mean that Canada used to be a lot hotter than it is today? Is it Possible that the Earth is just returning to its normal climate?

 

[Orangeslice13]

Honest question.

If they found dinosaur bones in places like Canada wouldn't that mean that Canada used to be a lot hotter than it is today? Is it Possible that the Earth is just returning to its normal climate?

That’s the question I keep asking.
And what would the ideal temperature be?

 

[SamRebel35]

That’s the question I keep asking.
And what would the ideal temperature be?

The ideal average temperature for the globe is the one that is best for humans of course... Even though humans have only been on the planet for a miniscule fraction of the globe's existence.

 

[Biopsyman]

Miam was going to be underwater in 1980.. game over

 

[tumscalcium]

It's got to be worldwide. We need worldwide leadership, not appeal to nationalism and American (or Chinese) exceptionalism.

Well, SJW soundbites aren’t going to help.

 

[Grand Vol]

It's got to be worldwide. We need worldwide leadership, not appeal to nationalism and American (or Chinese) exceptionalism.

Tell that to the framers of the Paris Treaty that gave China and India a blank check to pollute as much as they wanted for the next twenty years.

 

[tumscalcium]

https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/10/07/world/climate-change-new-ipcc-report-wxc/index.html?r=https://www.cnn.com/

Very interesting story. Hope it spurs some debate by candidates in 2020. We need smart people to work on this, not the usual numbskulls.

So does this mean you finally admit that the Paris crap is..... crap?

 

[zeppelin128]

Honest question.

If they found dinosaur bones in places like Canada wouldn't that mean that Canada used to be a lot hotter than it is today? Is it Possible that the Earth is just returning to its normal climate?

Canada, along with the average temperature of Earth, was warmer than it is today, and it also was colder, then warmer, then colder, etc.
Climate fluctuates through glacial (cooler) and interglacial (warmer) periods during Ice Ages. We are currently in an Ice Age (I forget it's name) since glaciers and polar ice caps are present. We've been in an interglacial period (Holocene) for about 12,000 years.

 

[Rishvol]

Canada, along with the average temperature of Earth, was warmer than it is today, and it also was colder, then warmer, then colder, etc.
Climate fluctuates through glacial (cooler) and interglacial (warmer) periods during Ice Ages. We are currently in an Ice Age (I forget it's name) since glaciers and polar ice caps are present. We've been in an interglacial period (Holocene) for about 12,000 years.

I thought the ice age ended "not too long ago"

 

[zeppelin128]

I thought the ice age ended "not too long ago"

As long as glaciers and polar ice caps are present on the surface we are still in an Ice Age. Just in a warming period within the current Ice Age.

 

[LouderVol]

https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/10/07/world/climate-change-new-ipcc-report-wxc/index.html?r=https://www.cnn.com/

Very interesting story. Hope it spurs some debate by candidates in 2020. We need smart people to work on this, not the usual numbskulls.

Pipe dream. even if the developed countries had the tech, we don't, and could deploy it in time, we don't have the time, the poor nations can't do what is needed. Besides the fact that we don't have the tech, and can't implement it in time, giving it to the poor nations wouldn't work. they don't know how, or have the resources, to maintain or use, plus any of the crazies that would blow it up because of the great satan and they don't want to see change. We would have to forcibly invade and control every country to have any chance of implementing and maintaining the tech we don't have.

 

[AirVol]

 

[Grand Vol]

This is a neat proof of concept. Wonder how much operational costs will be compared to what they bring in and resell for recycling?

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/15/tech/ocean-cleanup-project/index.html

A 2,000 foot-long floating pipe nicknamed Wilson is about to start its mission to collect all the plastic in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Last month, the Ocean Cleanup foundation launched the world's first ocean cleanup system out of San Francisco to take on the notorious "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," a giant floating trash pile between San Francisco and Hawaii that is twice the size of Texas. It's the largest of five ocean trash piles on Earth.

The pipe is set to arrive at its destination in the ocean on Tuesday and begin the cleanup process soon after, according to a company spokesperson.

The pipe, which is in the shape of a U, features a 3-meter deep net underneath it to trap floating plastic under the water's surface. A boat will return to the spot every couple of months to remove the debris -- like a garbage truck for the ocean -- and return it to shore. The goal is to recycle the plastic and create new products.

 

[LouderVol]

This is a neat proof of concept. Wonder how much operational costs will be compared to what they bring in and resell for recycling?

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/15/tech/ocean-cleanup-project/index.html

recycling has a thin profit margin as it is. add in the complications of plastics and other things from literally everywhere on the planet, and good luck getting something usable out of that. plastic can only be recycled so many times.

 

[Grand Vol]

recycling has a thin profit margin as it is. add in the complications of plastics and other things from literally everywhere on the planet, and good luck getting something usable out of that. plastic can only be recycled so many times.

I'm glad someone is trying.

 

[LouderVol]

I'm glad someone is trying.

oh it definitely needs to be cleaned up. It will just probably end up in a landfill, or going to some of the pie in the sky projects that never make it main stream.

 

[Grand Vol]

oh it definitely needs to be cleaned up. It will just probably end up in a landfill, or going to some of the pie in the sky projects that never make it main stream.

Kinda wondering why this never made it mainstream?

If we can't recycle it, why not turn our waste plastic into fuel?

 

[LouderVol]

Kinda wondering why this never made it mainstream?

If we can't recycle it, why not turn our waste plastic into fuel?

big oil.