This how stupid the climate change subject has become.
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The prediction appears to be coming true.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-...lu-sinking-islands-rising-seas-climate-change
The EPA guideline for maximum arsenic level in drinking water is 10 parts per billion. I wouldn't drink water with 370 parts per million arsenic in it, will you?
p.s. can you provide reference to Al Gore's claim about NY city? As for New Orleans, part of the city is already under sea level and had been for a while.
It's already started:
Guatemala:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/...imate-change-force-guatemalans-migrate-to-us/
India:
https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/taking-indias-climate-migrants-seriously/
Pacific Nation Kiribati:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-refugees-kiribati-cbsn-on-assignment/
Alaska:
https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-08...na-alaska-be-first-climate-change-refugees-us
Honduras:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/13/world/americas/coffee-climate-change-migration.html
Miami - they're already seeing flooding with not a cloud in the sky
US Navy - already having to deal with rising waters:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...ard-raising-fears-catastrophic-damage-n937396
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Been walking the Stanley Park Seawall since built. Other than tide, haven't noticed any changes in water level. Some parts of the world the land is sinking. Haven't heard if coastal Lower Mainland of BC is rising. Perhaps coastal BC is rising since the Pacific tectonic plate is always pushing into the North American tectonic plate. BC wouldn't have all the mountains that BC has if the tectonic plants weren't pushing together.
First off the "hockey stick" graph specifically leaves out the warming period of the middle ages because if it were included it would make the current CO2 levels look like nothing.As for the computer climate models from the so called "experts" they specifically avoid including clouds and water vapour into the calculations as they would not get the result desired.Af for the Amazon rain forest the Canadian northern boreal forest cleans up 50% of worldwide GHG emissions and Canada produces 2%
of worldwide GHG emissions.
The most common misconception about the issue is that "94% of scientists believe in climate change"....that is a very broad brush to paint that fact....how many of the 94% believe in "man made climate change"?....the answer to that is the ones feeding at the trough who dont want to lose their government funding.
SR
Whatever you hear or read about "global warming" you should know something about the "solar sun-spot cycle" that happens on average every 11.2 years. Quite simply, sun-spots are whirlpools on the surface of the sun. The whirlpools draw in cooler surface material of the molten Sun, exposing the hotter underlayers. Vancouver has been, in my lifetime, in a position to see the effects of the sunspot cycle much more dramatically than most I suppose, since the 11.2 year variability of the sun is enough to either cause heavy snow in Vancouver's moist climate or rain fall.
In case you're interested in the "global warming" thing: the earth's orbit is an ellipse around the Sun, not a circle. If you remember high school geometry you know that an ellipse has two foci. The Sun sits at one focus and the earth orbits around both foci. For long periods of time as the ellipse rotates once around the Sun, far longer than 11.2 years, the earth will be either closer or further from the Sun during the same season each year. Another thing is the tilt of the earth's axis varies a little bit. Also over fairly long periods of time, but not on the same schedule. Without a tilt there wouldn't be any seasons at all. Too much tilt there would be extreme heating and cooling during the year. The other thing is that the land mass of the northern hemisphere is so much greater than that in the southern hemisphere. Snow can accumulate only on land and if these things conspire to make summers in the northern hemisphere cool enough, the snow won't melt and an "ice age" comes on from the northern hemisphere that affects the whole planet. Equally likely, these things can conspire to melt an ice age that some writers say that the earth is still in, since Antarctica and Greenland are in ice all year. On the longest schedule of all, the earth's continents drift about. Evidently there was a time when most of the land mass was around the equator. Was never any accumulation of snow and never any iceage at all for enormously long periods of time--hundreds of millions of years. Currently about 10,000 years. Folks who calculate these things suggest that earth should be going into an ice age. And my own opinion, *knock on wood* carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere would simply prevent the iceage, without actually changing the earth's temperature too much. Famous last words, eh?
In case you're interested in the "global warming" thing: the earth's orbit is an ellipse around the Sun, not a circle. If you remember high school geometry you know that an ellipse has two foci. The Sun sits at one focus and the earth orbits around both foci. For long periods of time as the ellipse rotates once around the Sun, far longer than 11.2 years, the earth will be either closer or further from the Sun during the same season each year. Another thing is the tilt of the earth's axis varies a little bit. Also over fairly long periods of time, but not on the same schedule. Without a tilt there wouldn't be any seasons at all. Too much tilt there would be extreme heating and cooling during the year. The other thing is that the land mass of the northern hemisphere is so much greater than that in the southern hemisphere. Snow can accumulate only on land and if these things conspire to make summers in the northern hemisphere cool enough, the snow won't melt and an "ice age" comes on from the northern hemisphere that affects the whole planet. Equally likely, these things can conspire to melt an ice age that some writers say that the earth is still in, since Antarctica and Greenland are in ice all year. On the longest schedule of all, the earth's continents drift about. Evidently there was a time when most of the land mass was around the equator. Was never any accumulation of snow and never any iceage at all for enormously long periods of time--hundreds of millions of years. Currently about 10,000 years. Folks who calculate these things suggest that earth should be going into an ice age. And my own opinion, *knock on wood* carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere would simply prevent the iceage, without actually changing the earth's temperature too much. Famous last words, eh?
Almost any business would have acted the same way as the university.
Companies have very strict policies about public statements by employees who say they are speaking for that company.
It is one thing to go out for dinner with some people, or at a friend's BBQ make a comment about something....really not a big deal at all usually.
But when you spend the business's cash to erect a billboard, you better be damn certain that you have the permission of the TOP boss, not even just your immediate supervisor.
If one of my employees were wanting to put an ad on a billboard, trust me when I say that they better involve me from the first thought, right through the process and it being glued into place.
Or they will next be standing in the unemployment line.
But when you spend the business's cash to erect a billboard, you better be damn certain that you have the permission of the TOP boss, not even just your immediate supervisor.
If one of my employees were wanting to put an ad on a billboard, trust me when I say that they better involve me from the first thought, right through the process and it being glued into place.
Or they will next be standing in the unemployment line.
Climate change is a reality. And there's plenty of evidence to suggest we're in the midst of a 6th mass extinction. Studies on isotopic composition of atmospheric CO2 indicates us humans are major contributors to the carbon cycle. Particularly the burning of fossil fuel.
But the bottom line is scientists aren't sure how things will play out. There's too many factors that come into play. For example; Increasing green house gases could end up contributing to cooling the planet due to cloud cover.
Our environment can only hold so many of us. Overpopulation is the main problem, the elephant in the room. and highly I doubt bandaid solutions such has urban density, banning straws and going vegan will solve anything. And younger generations throwing tantrums and pointing the finger at older generations isn't helpful either. The blame game doesn't solve problems. I find it strange that sterilization is not promoted. Perhaps that would be too politically incorrect...
But the bottom line is scientists aren't sure how things will play out. There's too many factors that come into play. For example; Increasing green house gases could end up contributing to cooling the planet due to cloud cover.
Our environment can only hold so many of us. Overpopulation is the main problem, the elephant in the room. and highly I doubt bandaid solutions such has urban density, banning straws and going vegan will solve anything. And younger generations throwing tantrums and pointing the finger at older generations isn't helpful either. The blame game doesn't solve problems. I find it strange that sterilization is not promoted. Perhaps that would be too politically incorrect...
and how is adding 500,000+ a year going to help that
since we're such climate contributors?
and Turdeau wants to increase that amount, the NDP and so called Greens are against lowering that amount too
if you truly are about being Green, you'd be against our immigration policies
the hypocrite Suzuki is
all we need to do is get our birthrate up to 2 and keep it there to have a stable population
then live within our means, increase productivity, which is abysmal in this country, mostly due to bad gov't politics
remember the Robots are coming, the Robots are coming!!!
everyone is going to lose their jobs!!
we'll be underwater anyway :heh:
Canadians hardly ever seem to realize how 7 decades of exporting Canada's manufacturing jobs has made wealthly immigrants a leading source if foreign income. Financial blogs say that such jobs can't even come back to the States, so I suppose Canada is in the same fix. But no reason to not keep trying fabricrate the products that you use.
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/types-weather-forecasts-use/public/guide.html
So normal weather does not deal with moisture content of the air and temperature? Ever hear of rain, humidity, snow, area of high pressure and low pressure.
https://www.coolkidfacts.com/how-is-rain-formed/
https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/atmospheric/weather6.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey_stick_controversy
SR pls read the wikipedia account of the hockey stick controversy.... Read about the Wegman Report and the the Continuing Research (at bottom of page) . Over 14 studies have been done (with various methods of statistics) and all conform to the hockey stick.
Conclusion the rise in CO2 levels have led to rise in Temperature Levels.... and it is greater than the middle ages....could the rise be to sunspot variations (maybe) but more likely the efforts of mankind by burning fossil fuels (which when burned produces CO2)
Another things renewables (solar and wind) takes people out of the grid. The government and big bussiness loose control of those people... Currently I believe that the BC government does not allow for excess power to be sold to (beyond a certain limit) to the BC Hydro Corporation...
Like looking at bears and eating salmon? Enjoy while you can:
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/03/...ears-knights-inlet-canada-trnd-scn/index.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/03/...ears-knights-inlet-canada-trnd-scn/index.html
The Canadian state is subsidizing population growth. "Century Initiative - 100 Million Canadians by 2100" is the core policy of Trudeau regime. Toronto Star: “Ali, who came to Canada from Somalia in 1992 with five children, had six more kids with her husband after she arrived. But in 1999 her husband left and a year later a workplace injury forced her to quit her job as a cleaner.” Under Canada Child Benefit, scenarios as above receive $64,400 - tax free. Transnational corporations e.g. Walmart love this arrangement.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/201...of-canada.html
http://www.centuryinitiative.ca
$64,400 child tax benefits???!!! Per year?? Is that a typo? Please tell me that is a typo. One of the links doesn't work...
Yes. And it has been for all of geological time. How many ice ages have there been in the Holocene Epoch? (100,000 years). Seven or so? The Northern ice cap used to extend down to California.
Canada's anti climate change initiatives are symbolic only. The engines of man made clmiate change age are China, India, Indonesia, Brazil and yes, the United States.
Global stability and prosperity are everything. Nothing else matters.
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