Potholer54 does some good videos on global warming, here's his latest
http://youtu.be/CY4Yecsx_-s
http://youtu.be/CY4Yecsx_-s
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What global warming?
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We run a business that in part operates on what the original poster refers to as "hype". Anyone who has even a small part to play in this debate would be aware that Global Warming results in wilder weather conditions- as we are seeing in the Uk this year alone. A number of my close acquaintances don't believe in Global warming. I've read (or tried to) a couple of books that debunk the idea, yet the arguments against Global warming seem to be based upon rather weak ideas that attack the science, rather than provide a valid argument why it's not occuring. I have yet to see any form of science that shows we are not the cause of Global Warming. At best, it side steps the issue, pointing to Solar Activity as the reason for climate change. However, the Sun's been going through a minimum and we've been experiencing serious changes in our climate, as jet streams move erratically and ocean currents change perceptably. Even without Global Warming, we've changed our climate so much that we're now indirectly killing off entire ecosystems. From Acid rain in the 80's to Ocean acidification and (CO2 deposition in the Oceans to such an extent that Coral is dying off) the disruption of entire food chains, we've got to worry.
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In reading all these comments, we have the doubters, non - believers, and believers in global warming. What concerns me do we really understand what's going on, if we are over populating the planet and its resources there must be consequences which we need to face up to? We do have a responsibility to our next generation, they are the ones who will be facing some serious environmental challenges and in the way we do business?
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What concerns me is does anyone actually believe that taxing and controlling the UK to the limits all in the image of "being green" is actually going to make one tiny bit of difference globally? I think the answer is no.
If its a global problem then it must be tackled globally not piece-meal as all we are doing is offsetting our nice clean environment against the filth belching out of say India or China. Its a fruitless battle, if the whole UK stopped using fossil fuels and ceased to exist overnight, would it affect the world? I think the answer is no.
I'm not saying we should all go out and piss fuel up the walls, we have a responsibility to use this planet as sensibly as possible so it makes sense to develop and use more efficient vehicles etc, but don't tag it with the "global warming" or "climate change" banner, put it down to human responsibility, and don't tax us for doing so - that is purely profiteering.
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http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/08/02/antarctica-once-covered-in-palm-trees-scientists-discover/
so the Antarctic had palm trees on it.....maybe.
if all of a sudden that happened now.the man made warming police would tell you its your fault.everyone would panic....................
wouldnt you stressman
so the Antarctic had palm trees on it.....maybe.
if all of a sudden that happened now.the man made warming police would tell you its your fault.everyone would panic....................
wouldnt you stressman
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i often wonder if we are ment to take gas and oil from the earth.
in nature things live off other things.some times one will destroy the other.sometimes they work together.
a cat will kill a bird.but i does not worry as there are mice to eat.
it does not kill the bird with the knowledge that doing so could threat its own life.it knows there are other meals to sustain its life cycle.
some sharks have little fishy wishys that swim with it,cleaning parasites off its skin.in return the shark keeps predators away from the ickle fishes.the work together .
what if the earth needs humans to take gas and oil from it to prevent it doing things?
in return for us doing so it supplies us with things we need to progress.
i also think sometimes that the earth is sun bathing.after a certain time it needs to "move" or "turn around".in doing so it regenerates those parts that have been browned off.shading them to tan the other parts that were shaded .
these are only my thoughts that may well be aload of baloney.
in nature things live off other things.some times one will destroy the other.sometimes they work together.
a cat will kill a bird.but i does not worry as there are mice to eat.
it does not kill the bird with the knowledge that doing so could threat its own life.it knows there are other meals to sustain its life cycle.
some sharks have little fishy wishys that swim with it,cleaning parasites off its skin.in return the shark keeps predators away from the ickle fishes.the work together .
what if the earth needs humans to take gas and oil from it to prevent it doing things?
in return for us doing so it supplies us with things we need to progress.
i also think sometimes that the earth is sun bathing.after a certain time it needs to "move" or "turn around".in doing so it regenerates those parts that have been browned off.shading them to tan the other parts that were shaded .
these are only my thoughts that may well be aload of baloney.
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I think the term is Synergy.
It's a slightly romantic way of looking at the world but interesting none the less. I don't think the oil was put there for a reason, we know it was created by fossil decay over millions of years, thing is, it's still being created but we just don't know how fast.
Personally I think the world is reasonably self-regulating but we keep interfering - there are millions of starving people, we keep seeing the adverts on tv, but rather than have them move on or die out, they get money (well some) to enable a false existence to be propagated. It's clear the land they live on can't sustain them.
The world is most likely overpopulated but technology has given us the ability to control many diseases that would likely have wiped out tens of millions of people, is it right or wrong? We can now save babies that naturally would have not survived, is it right or wrong? Is technology the real problem or is the people that are the problem?
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As your quoting films, if you haven't yet seen "An Inconvenient Truth" then do so. Maybe a few years old but what was predicted seems to be happening, i.e. extreme weather, melting of the polar ice caps.... I think the term Global Warming can be a bit of a misnomer, you just have to experience a British Summer to known that it's just doesn't apply! Climate Change is better. I believe the problem exists but the solution requires radical, long-term thinking. The reliance on fossil fuels and the tax benefits associated with it is well known but rather than seeking and investing in alternatives (and generating jobs) the countries of the world (OK the USA) are still intent on searching high and low for the next supply. The governments aren't ignorant of Climate Change, they just lack the courage to deal with it, and here we can discuss the corruption that exists.
My advice - buy a house with land, on a hill, so that you can farm your own crops and not get flooded by the meltwaters. Because nothing is going to be done until its too late
My advice - buy a house with land, on a hill, so that you can farm your own crops and not get flooded by the meltwaters. Because nothing is going to be done until its too late
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This green thing really starts to 'get my goat'!
The planet has gone through many changes, long before the Industrial Revolution - when fossil fuels (for example) started to be used in any vast quantity - for example the Ice Age...
I would suspect that there is more natural emissions coming from a cow's backside - or some of the hot air on here that is causing more (natural...) pollution.
Green Tax = Stealth Tax - pure and simple...
Oh, (says the Government...) lets put the car tax up so it will reduce pollution...
HOW?? Do they place orders with BOC to pump oxygen into the atmosphere? NO!! - it just gets more money in the coffers !
This (and any other Government) will not 'kill the goose that lays the golden egg' - they want people to use their cars less - but still want the excessive duty from the petrol, road tax, MOT fees, insurance premium tax etc....the words 'cake' and 'eat it' spring to mind !
So while all of the new 'industrial powerhouses' India and China for example, get on with doing business and having a thriving economy, we shall be sat in the dark, cold in our homes, with no industry or money in our back pockets - ...but at least we will feel better about been 'green'
It's a load of crap - the lot of it !
The planet has gone through many changes, long before the Industrial Revolution - when fossil fuels (for example) started to be used in any vast quantity - for example the Ice Age...
I would suspect that there is more natural emissions coming from a cow's backside - or some of the hot air on here that is causing more (natural...) pollution.
Green Tax = Stealth Tax - pure and simple...
Oh, (says the Government...) lets put the car tax up so it will reduce pollution...
HOW?? Do they place orders with BOC to pump oxygen into the atmosphere? NO!! - it just gets more money in the coffers !
This (and any other Government) will not 'kill the goose that lays the golden egg' - they want people to use their cars less - but still want the excessive duty from the petrol, road tax, MOT fees, insurance premium tax etc....the words 'cake' and 'eat it' spring to mind !
So while all of the new 'industrial powerhouses' India and China for example, get on with doing business and having a thriving economy, we shall be sat in the dark, cold in our homes, with no industry or money in our back pockets - ...but at least we will feel better about been 'green'
It's a load of crap - the lot of it !
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True and I think that it's arrogant of the human race to believe that they can change Mother Nature, but by the same token the additional carbon in the atmosphere has been shown to be affecting climate and the acidity of the seas. Man-made or natural? Who can really know for sure but its clear we are not helping.
Too right!!
The problem is that much of this methane from natural and manufactured sources is safely stored in the Arctic permafrost. A rise in temperature melts the permafrost and ha-presto the old farts are released. Couldn't agree with you more. The emphasis is always on hitting those that can lease afford it and do not have the political power to change things. So individuals who have no option to drive to work (because there are no buses) and businesses that need there supplies delivered to them are the ones the suffer. But the big fossil fuel industries, the ones that cause the pollution, that spoil the environment and pay relatively small fines when they screw up, they get government subsidies to make them more profitable and they lobby governments to ensure that they get all the tax breaks they can get. They are the ones the governments should be focusing their attention on not the little guy!
Back to the bovine products again!
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is it not normal for the methane to be locked in ice then released then locked back in then released and so on?
how much was locked in when the ice age was at its peak?
how much has been released since the melt started ?
it seems to me that far more has been released since the start of the melt than is left.
my mind cannot comprehend that if the ice was all over europe loaded with methane (im guessing it had methane in it) that the amounts left since the retreat of ice could possibly do any damage.
im sure dinosaurs trumped as much if not more than cows
how much was locked in when the ice age was at its peak?
how much has been released since the melt started ?
it seems to me that far more has been released since the start of the melt than is left.
my mind cannot comprehend that if the ice was all over europe loaded with methane (im guessing it had methane in it) that the amounts left since the retreat of ice could possibly do any damage.
im sure dinosaurs trumped as much if not more than cows
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Evening all
Something for Steve, the original poster (OP):
SECRET 28 'scientific experts' who Greened the BBC - Revealed!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/13/climate28_named_wtf/
I see its also on Watts up with that:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/11/12/breaking-the-secret-list-of-the-bbc-28-is-now-public/
So maybe you have seen it already.
Something for Steve, the original poster (OP):
SECRET 28 'scientific experts' who Greened the BBC - Revealed!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/13/climate28_named_wtf/
I see its also on Watts up with that:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/11/12/breaking-the-secret-list-of-the-bbc-28-is-now-public/
So maybe you have seen it already.
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coldest winter in a 100 years coming.... apparently
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/358717/Coldest-winter-in-100-years-on-way
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/358717/Coldest-winter-in-100-years-on-way
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Global warming is the unusually rapid increase in Earths average surface temperature over the past century primarily due to the greenhouse gases released by people burning fossil fuels.Global warming is not good for health and climate.When it comes to connecting the dots between climate change,extreme weather and health.
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I don't know whether or not global warming is happening or not (I'm not a scientist ), but I do support the governments green policy here in Scotland.
We personally have benefited out of the government green policy. We got several grants for solar panels, a number of grants for new boilers and we bought new 'eco' vans with ZERO road tax. My new car is £30 PA road tax also.
A friend of mine receives huge government green subsidies for the stuff he does.
If anything, it's costing the government money... Certainly not a 'stealth tax'.
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), but I do support the governments green policy here in Scotland.We personally have benefited out of the government green policy. We got several grants for solar panels, a number of grants for new boilers and we bought new 'eco' vans with ZERO road tax. My new car is £30 PA road tax also.
A friend of mine receives huge government green subsidies for the stuff he does.
If anything, it's costing the government money... Certainly not a 'stealth tax'.
ScotInvest
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The Little Ice Age (LIA) was a period of cooling that occurred after the Medieval Warm Period (Medieval Climate Optimum).[1] While it was not a true ice age, the term was introduced into the scientific literature by François E. Matthes in 1939.[2] It has been conventionally defined as a period extending from the 16th to the 19th centuries,[3][4][5] or alternately, from about 1350 to about 1850,[6] though climatologists and historians working with local records no longer expect to agree on either the start or end dates of this period, which varied according to local conditions. NASA defines the term as a cold period between AD 1550 and AD 1850 and notes three particularly cold intervals: one beginning about 1650, another about 1770, and the last in 1850, each separated by intervals of slight warming.[7] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Third Assessment Report considered the timing and areas affected by the LIA suggested largely independent regional climate changes, rather than a globally-synchronous increased glaciation. At most there was modest cooling of the Northern Hemisphere during the period.[8]
Several causes have been proposed: cyclical lows in solar radiation, heightened volcanic activity, changes in the ocean circulation, an inherent variability in global climate, or decreases in the human population. Lower CO2 atmospheric concentrations found in Antarctic ice cores may have resulted from the colder global climate.
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Agree but nobody will listen, all got the blinkers on.
Lets spend £2bn on windfarms in Uganda
and something like £50m on stopping cows in Colombia from farting, i kid you not, you cannot make this stuff up, it takes a politician.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/en...n-of-UK-aid-to-help-Third-World-go-green.html
Quote" Each household will contribute £70 to schemes to tackle climate change in developing countries before March 2015, under plans championed by Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrat Energy Secretary."
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Global Warming means that there has been a rise in the temperature of Earth due to increased level of carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide has a property that it doesn't let go of all the heat emitted by Sun, thus keeping Earth warm even in night. But due to industrialisation the level of carbon dioxide has increased, making the Earth warmer and this is Global Warming.
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"If anything, it's costing the government money... Certainly not a 'stealth tax'."
Pray do tell - from where does this free money come from? Not sure why we are bothering with "austerity measures" when there is all this free money wafting about .
What on earth are you talking about?
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Biggest scam we've seen in human history. It's all about money and scaring the public into believing that large government is needed to keep us safe
And how is the government getting bigger through these new green schemes?
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And where does that money come from? Tax payers and loans which future generations will be forced to pay including interest.
Government isn't and never has been free.
Nothing is free in life.
With that said I'm a big fan of clean energy such as solar panels, wind turbines etc I just don't believe the propaganda that is global warning (changed to "Climate Change" because they realized that the earths temperature goes up and down over hundreds of years - this way their term can falsely apply to both situations)
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And if we don't do something now, our future generations will have nothing, never mind more taxes!
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