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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
I think the last several posts may be longer than the speech they refer to 
Some people's "facts" are just flat out wrong, as well as exhibiting faulty cause-effect reasoning. Using ONE, yes a SINGLE storm (weather event) as an example does not reflect a 100,000 year CLIMATE change cycle.
And yes, ocean levels are rising, they have been rising for the last 23,000 years, again, showing that human beings have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with it. In the last 120 years ocean levels have risen 6-8 inches. Actually, the biggest rise occurred between 21,000 BC and 11,000 BC-----432 feet, yes FEET, not INCHES. But before those easily panicked get frightened, Florida won't be partially underwater for another 25,000 years. Also, remember that the 432 foot rise followed a similar fall in ocean levels during the last period of glaciation due to water getting sequestered in glaciers and ice caps.
Bottom line: I think I'll have a thick juicy steak tonight, comforted by the FACT that one less cow is farting. |
Please, please DON'T eat while thinking about flatulence - it is bad for the digestive tract. And I see that we ALL are in agreement about the FACT that ocean level is RISING - a step in the right direction, baby steps are GOOD. Now, to EXPAND a little on that fact, scientists that measure the YEARLY rise (we are talking about MAN'S pollution forming an upper atmospheric blanket.......in the time period of recent years, NOT geological time)......These SCIENTISTS are WORRIED by the RAPID RISE in just the last 2 YEARS.
We all know the popular song.......It takes a WORRIED scientist to sing a WORRIED Global Warming song
.......I'm worried NOW, but I might be dead soon....like the planet
Incidentally, in the Milwaukee Centinel Newspaper recently scientists are WORRIED that ONLY 3% of the lake is frozen.......the least in DECADES. This is expected to cause a large disruption in the lake and land ecosystem there !