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The Nation: The Planet Has Reached Its Tipping Point, And It's Time For A Hail Mary Pass
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- Oh my Gawd.....We''re all gonna DIEEEEEE!!
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- Eliminating most of civilization sounds like a good thing to me.
Posted by VoidMaster
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Okay, so go kill yourself.
Hmm, don''t want to? Ruh-roh... - Reply to this comment
- HOW MUCH CO2 IS PRODUCED by shipping products from China across the ocean to the USA, when those same products USED TO BE MADE HERE?
HOW MUCH HAVE OIL PRICES BEEN DRIVEN UP by - well - THE SAME THING??? - Reply to this comment
- More than likely, government is not the answer. So I doubt a one-world government would help. Still, climate change is a fact, whether man-made or not. It is a fact and it is a threat.
Eliminating most of civilization sounds like a good thing to me. It was not that long ago that we climbed out of the trees, walked through the brush and began to claim this rock as our own. I%u2019ve come to the conclusion that it happened too fast. A few centuries back into the Stone Age might be just the thing to teach %u201Cus%u201D our place.
Now, in case someone imagines that I%u2019m some sort of radical %u201Cgreenie,%u201D let me set the record straight. I%u2019m an anarchist, not an environmentalist. I frankly couldn%u2019t give a flip whether or not our species poisons itself. To me, it%u2019s all about the individual; the collective be damned.
On the other hand, I%u2019m as fond of the creature comforts technology provides as is anyone. So if we can find a way to control the climate, great. If not%u2026 well, the reason the phrase %u201CSo easy a cave man can do it%u201D is presumable funny is because we%u2019re STILL cavemen. We just wear better hides than before. - Reply to this comment
- This is simply a call to world socialism under the guise of "climate change". so, let''s see, no one travels by plane (except the annointed, like Messrs.Hansen and McKibben),we all are relocated by force to cities into gray highrises so that "forest repopulation" can succeed.There''s forced sterilization and required euthaniasia (so that the "annointed" and "intellegent" of us are around to figure out these elusive and likely stupid "solutions").Few cars(and only,again,to the "annointed")dullard mass transit for the masses,basically like,THE SOVIET UNION in its worst heyday. This is a one-worlder''s dream and leaves no room for individual creativity and capacity to adjust what has to be adjusted in the stewardship of this planet."The Nation" is left wing tripe,and this excerpt proves it!
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- ViodMaster...AGREED!
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- Climate change is a self-correcting problem. Soon, Homosapiens will go extinct and the planet will begin to heal ... problem solved.
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- Element51 said: "This seems to be one of those, do I believe what I hear or do I believe what I see, type questions. There is no doubt that changes are taking place all over the planet"
We know that as Arctic ice gives way to Arctic ocean, its ability to absorb sunlight (i.e. accelerate Global Warming) goes up 5-fold.
We know that as Arctic ice give way over permafrost, the permafrost melts and degrades, releasing tons of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
We know that humans have caused a 50% increase in CO2 content in the atmosphere, and that when climatologists put that factor into their model they not only match the temperature trend of the last 30 years, but match the observable effects occuring today.
This is human caused. But it may not be human reversible. We''re kicking off processes that could overwhelm our input, and take the planet in a direction we don''t what to go. - Reply to this comment
- Hysteria, maybe..But what if it''s true? This article paints a pretty gloomy picture of the future but one should always consider all possibilities. This seems to be one of those, do I believe what I hear or do I believe what I see, type questions. There is no doubt that changes are taking place all over the planet and the question is, is it because of humans or is it just a natural occurance. Either way it is clear that things are not going in a good direction. Can we change it? Unfortunately I think the answer is no. We may prolong it for awhile but think of the planet as a bucket. It will only hold so much then it starts to run over. What happens then? Many species have come and gone never to return. Why should mankind be any different?
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- Since we are in a brief break from a million year ice age-- global warming is a very good thing. Bring it on!
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- Do your part to help the fight against global warming. Remove every Republican blowhard in Congress in November. Thank you. Next.
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- Taking the hysteria to a new level - well done. You are releasing CO2 with every breath you take.
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