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Uncle Joe

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10. No one disputes the Earth doesn't go through natural warming and cooling cycles, but what is
Thu Feb 2, 2012, 02:25 PM
Feb 2012

different is the relatively young Industrial Age spewing tons of green house warming gases ie; carbon in to the atmophere 24/7, mega populated nations China and India have only recently come on board.

The human body goes through natural cooling and heating cycles as well but if you'e getting too hot, it doesn't do you much good to add more clothes, that's what we're doing with the continous burning of ancient long buried carbon and pumping it in to the atmosphere.

As for not taking anyone's word, we're not talking about anyone we're talking about 95% of the scientific community that specializes in climate study and all of the peer reviewed science.

As for the Ice Age ironically some parts of the world ie: may experience such a thing as a result of global warming, all manner of climate will change and become more extreme, when the ice in the Arctic melts, the conveyor belt sending warming air from the gulf to Europe will be disrupted.

The Catholic Church wasn't just bigoted, their power and in turn wealth was based on a set of fixed beliefs, Galileo's evidence threatened those beliefs just as the wealth and power of the fossil fuel industry is threatened by the overwhelming scientific evidence presented by the world's climate scientists.

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Post removed Post removed Jan 2012 #1
Pizza, incoming! Odin2005 Feb 2012 #2
Still active. JNelson6563 Feb 2012 #26
This Ought to Piss off Greedy People fascisthunter Feb 2012 #3
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #4
The myth of rising sea levels Ian62 Feb 2012 #5
Why do you believe sea levels have risen a "very tiny amount" Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #6
Multi billion dollar a year business Ian62 Feb 2012 #7
Have you considered the possibility that Gore and the climate scientists are Galileo, they're Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #8
Assessing the situation Ian62 Feb 2012 #9
No one disputes the Earth doesn't go through natural warming and cooling cycles, but what is Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #10
Not interested in how many Ian62 Feb 2012 #11
If the Earth is cooling, why have the oceans risen a "tiny amount" as per your first post? Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #13
Evidence Ian62 Feb 2012 #14
Well thank goodness there are some people informed enough to narrow it down. Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #17
Bending words Ian62 Feb 2012 #18
So NASA and the World Meteorological Organization are all in on the conspiracy to deny this cooling, Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #21
Data picking Ian62 Feb 2012 #23
You don't understand El Nino but you're sure Climate Change is bogus? neverforget Feb 2012 #24
K&R. We can see the melting of glaciers accelerating. Overseas Feb 2012 #12
Dramatic Ian62 Feb 2012 #15
It's too bad Exxon and the fossil fuel industry doesn't have any money for someone to follow, Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #19
Push dogonroof Ian62 Feb 2012 #20
k and r..nt Stuart G Feb 2012 #16
At what point cbrer Feb 2012 #22
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