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Originally Posted by skarra
We can certainly measure the increasing ocean water temperatures which has a direct impact on the severity of the storms we've been experiencing. But something that Musk highlighted during his recent conversation with a certain ex-President was the effect the rising levels of CO2 in our atmosphere will have on the human race.
In addition to the need to be moving to a more sustainable energy economy meaning getting away from oil and gas (demonstrating how short sighted a drill baby drill strategy is), he pointed out that as CO2 levels continue to rise we will be subjected to physiological problems like headaches and nausea and then ultimately it even becomes uncomfortable to breathe. The levels we are talking about are 1,000 PPM which based upon on the trajectory we are on will be by the end of this century (the actual trajectory since 1960 has been a straight line upwards thanks to industry and our addiction to fossil fuels - Trends in CO2 - NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory and Scripps CO2 Program).
So rather than climate change and the warming of our planet, maybe we should be thinking about the problems associated with elevated CO2 levels including our ability to breathe. Based upon that, burning more fossil fuels will only exacerbate that problem. That's at least one thing that I think Musk is getting right.
Food for thought. Makes me want to buy an EV or at least a hybrid next time I buy a car. |
I heard one Dem. say it would take 93 trillion to fix global warming, how well they pay Mother Nature? Some people think 1 trillion is candy sucker money. Well 1 million is 999 (thousand) 9 hundred, &999 dollars + $01 to make 1 million. You would have to do this again to make 1 billion, Then you would need 999 (billion)999 (million) 999 (thousand) dollars plus $.01 to make 1 trillion dollars & you would have to do this 93 times. One trillion is 1,000,000,000,000,000. 93 times, & that means taxes would cost every person in America $23,000. a yr. for every person alive today to pay for it until we all die!