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Series: "Warming World" from MSNBC

Unread postby Zardoz » Sun 08 Jul 2007, 23:31:06

Kudos to MSNBC for this: Another signpost that the era of debate about GW is virtually over

There's a ton of stuff to see here. I've only clicked on a couple of the features so far, but it looks quite good.
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Re: MSNBC's new "Warming World" series

Unread postby essex » Mon 09 Jul 2007, 07:46:43

The debate is far from over. There is a growing mountain of conflicting evidence. Cyclical climate patterns VS man made environmental destruction. Of course depending on your standpoint what you look for is what you will find. Vast sums of money will be spent trying to fix something that can not be fixed IMO ( by that I mean the rort of carbon trading ) so that the cornucopian lifestyle of wealthy countries can be maintained - until the oil runs out that is. The resource depleting technological fixes proposed do not address the core problem , overpopulation, which is severely stressing the environment and polluting the air. Until measures are taken to do something about this we are all whistling in the wind.
BTW it's unseasonably cold in New Zealand right now , the South Island has mostly frozen over and here in the balmy lower North Island it's -3.

Look at what people are saying over on BBC.
http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread. ... 4&#3101114
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Re: MSNBC's new "Warming World" series

Unread postby Lore » Mon 09 Jul 2007, 09:17:00

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('essex', 'T')he debate is far from over. There is a growing mountain of conflicting evidence. Cyclical climate patterns VS man made environmental destruction. Of course depending on your standpoint what you look for is what you will find. Vast sums of money will be spent trying to fix something that can not be fixed IMO ( by that I mean the rort of carbon trading ) so that the cornucopian lifestyle of wealthy countries can be maintained - until the oil runs out that is. The resource depleting technological fixes proposed do not address the core problem , overpopulation, which is severely stressing the environment and polluting the air. Until measures are taken to do something about this we are all whistling in the wind.
BTW it's unseasonably cold in New Zealand right now , the South Island has mostly frozen over and here in the balmy lower North Island it's -3.

Look at what people are saying over on BBC.
http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread. ... 4&#3101114


Zardoz is right, the debate is pretty much over as far as the facts that rapid climate change is occurring and due to man. It rages on in the social and political arena. There may be a few "Baghdad Bobs" left that are desperately looking for other reasons or excuses to poke holes into the accepted theories, but they're numbers are rapidly decreasing as more empirical evidence accumulates.

You have a valid point about overpopulation, and the willingness of people to stick with the status quo; however that does not negate the underlying facts.

While your weather report from New Zeeland is interesting, it's just that, "weather". Anyone who assumes an exceptional cold day or hot day says one thing or the other about climate change needs to study the difference. That’s why it's called "Global Warming".
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