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Harmony Blue

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12. The biggest concern with global climate change

Reply to busterbrown (Original post)

Fri May 10, 2013, 10:09 PM

May 2013

is the extra water vapor in the atmosphere being released from the melting glaciers (changing climates and weather patterns) and increasing sea levels. I think environmental groups too often use Co2 as a rallying cry to enact changes, but I think that is futile. Realistically, to mitigate anthropogenic influences on the environment you have to look at everything not just Co2 levels (benzene, mercury, etc).

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In view of the global CO2 levels surpassing the 400 level [View all] busterbrown May 2013 OP

We may be the first species since the methane breathers that killed ourselves off. hobbit709 May 2013 #1

Nah, that won't happen(fact). We're too resilient for that and AGW isn't capable of such anyhow. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #3

First GaYellowDawg May 2013 #5

They did it with their waste product-oxygen. hobbit709 May 2013 #7

I think you've got some things mixed up. GaYellowDawg May 2013 #9

At some level, we're all in denial about how dire our plight is.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #2

I know that you are particularly pessimistic..... AverageJoe90 May 2013 #4

"Arctic ice melt(which isn't liable to have much of an immediate impact" REALLY? Junkdrawer May 2013 #6

Maybe I need to clarify something. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #10

PS. From time-to-time someone will post something outrageously RW.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #8

Okay, now that's a little overboard. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #11

I'll be frank: Junkdrawer May 2013 #14

Well, your suspicions are dead wrong, sorry to say. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #15

The biggest concern with global climate change Harmony Blue May 2013 #12

There is definitely some truth here. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #13