so global warming it going to kill us all afterall

[everman]

Isn't global warming supposed to lead to melting ice, which leads to ocean currents getting messed up, which leads to an ice age?

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: So
Look, we passed the point of no return sometime back in the mid 20th century. We're not going to stop global warming by cutting emissions. We need to ENGINEER a solution -- be it from the things we've already started (like carbon sequestration) to the realm of borderline sci-fi (like orbital shades, which we could do, but it would be ridiculously expensive with current tech)

This is exactly the sort of thing I always say. I read recently though, that the sun is likely to go into a period of reduced activity soon as part of it's natural cycle, and counteract anything we do to the atmosphere. From a warming perspective anyway. It's this that caused the mini-ice-age a few hundred years ago.

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: Random Variable
The solution to global warming is mass suicide.

ironically enough, it's also the result.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
at least, according to the former head of the worldbank

if you want to help out, and cheaply, switch your bulbs to compact fluorescent. you can barely tell the difference between them and incandescent nowadays. only problem is they don't work with rheostats. due to the lowered electric bill and long life you'll come out ahead in terms of $$, and the rest of us come out ahead with lowered greenhouse emissions due to less pollution. you could make your money back in just a couple of months, depending on electric rates and usage. if everyone in the US switched to CF bulbs it'd be the equivalent of taking 3.5 million cars off the road.

keep your old bulbs for when you move and take your CF bulbs with you. recycle your CF bulbs (usually where you purchased them) as they contain trace amounts of mercury

I don't like fluorescent light at all, so I'll stick with incadescent. Unfortunately I'll keep driving an SUV too.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
poppycock.

there is no global warming being felt in upstate NY. i'm feeling global cooling here.

Because global warming doesn't mean it's getting hotter everywhere. If that's what it meant, you wouldn't feel any difference anyway. But it is already apparent in climate changes like more precipitation in some places, less in others, more frequent tropical storms and hurricanes, etc.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: moshquerade
poppycock.

there is no global warming being felt in upstate NY. i'm feeling global cooling here.

Because global warming doesn't mean it's getting hotter everywhere. If that's what it meant, you wouldn't feel any difference anyway. But it is already apparent in climate changes like more precipitation in some places, less in others, more frequent tropical storms and hurricanes, etc.

yes, wasnt this year supposed the be the worst ever for hurricanes? :roll:

 

[gsethi]

Originally posted by: everman
Isn't global warming supposed to lead to melting ice, which leads to ocean currents getting messed up, which leads to an ice age?

you watched the movie

 

[Midlander]

We could use a little global warming in Michigan.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Originally posted by: Zolty
If only every action didn't produce an equal and opposite one.

lol, thats awesome

 

[everman]

Originally posted by: gsethi

Originally posted by: everman
Isn't global warming supposed to lead to melting ice, which leads to ocean currents getting messed up, which leads to an ice age?

you watched the movie

If you mean Al Gore's movie, no I have never seen it. This was on the discovery channel I think. Supposedly this has happened before but not due to global warming exactly.

 

[IGBT]

..shuck and jive from enviro racketeers. They'll establish an emissions credit value and sell it so some other stationary emitter can ramp up their emissions. follow the money.

 

[0roo0roo]

how much of the middle east will end up underewater is what i wanna know.

 

[gsethi]

Originally posted by: everman

Originally posted by: gsethi

Originally posted by: everman
Isn't global warming supposed to lead to melting ice, which leads to ocean currents getting messed up, which leads to an ice age?

you watched the movie

If you mean Al Gore's movie, no I have never seen it. This was on the discovery channel I think. Supposedly this has happened before but not due to global warming exactly.

The day after Tomorrow

Global Warming => Melting Ice caps => Ocean Currents messed => Ice Age

 

[Conky]

I wish this Global Warming would happen already. I'm tired of winter and it hasn't even started officially.

Give me Kevin Costner's Waterworld!

 

[yllus]

I love global warming. My winters have gotten better and better up here in Canada since we started that sh!t up. I could still use a few more degrees of warmth - SUVs for everyone!

 

[gsethi]

Originally posted by: Beachboy
I wish this Global Warming would happen already. I'm tired of winter and it hasn't even started officially.

Give me Kevin Costner's Waterworld!

What would u prefer:

Lots of dry land with little Water (think desert)
or
Lots of Water with little land (like waterworld)

Originally posted by: yllus
I love global warming. My winters have gotten better and better up here in Canada since we started that sh!t up. I could still use a few more degrees of warmth - SUVs for everyone!

you love it but your grandkids (or maybe your kids) will hate and suffer b/c of your love for global warming

 

[Rogodin2]

Austrialia is the first conspicuous consequence of global warming. As the oceans rise most if not all the fresh water underground resevoirs along the worlds' coastlines will be contaminated-as is happening in Australia right now.

1.massive sustained drought
2.there will be no wheat production this year from Austrialia-they are the 3rd largest producer.

Rogo