5 Mile long landslide in Alaska

[Shuffler]

this has to do withe dust bowl how...?
at almost 19 years old I have done enough research for fun to have my own views that this "global warming" scare is real, but not solely man made. If it was soely man made we there would not have been fires in prehistoric times, or droughts, or ice ages. correct? Temperatures natrurally fluctuate, and there is no stopping it.

Dust bowl was man and nature...... no rain, lots of wind.......... nothing but dust.


Mother nature wins out in the end.

[Skilless]

this has to do withe dust bowl how...?
at almost 19 years old I have done enough research for fun to have my own views that this "global warming" scare is real, but not solely man made. If it was soely man made we there would not have been fires in prehistoric times, or droughts, or ice ages. correct? Temperatures natrurally fluctuate, and there is no stopping it.

The Dust Bowl is anecdotal evidence that man can alter and affect local weather events, much like urban heat sinks.  The entire continental US makes up about two percent of the earth's surface.

[Bodhi]

Man Made Global Warming is nothing but a religion based upon the junk science of consensus.  Why do i call it junk science?  Because science moves forward on fact, not consensus.  To understand it further and how supposedly educated people could actually come up with theories that are not supported by data and still called fact, look at where the money comes from.  If you look deep enough you will see that those that are screaming the loudest are the ones that are going to profit the most if carbon trading were to occur.

[Skilless]

Can some explain to me how the whole "carbon credit" thing works?  How do you apply a value to a liability?  Doesn't it seem that the people who came up with this scheme have no idea how a free market works?

[Midway]

Man Made Global Warming is nothing but a religion based upon the junk science of consensus.  Why do i call it junk science?  Because science moves forward on fact, not consensus.  To understand it further and how supposedly educated people could actually come up with theories that are not supported by data and still called fact, look at where the money comes from.  If you look deep enough you will see that those that are screaming the loudest are the ones that are going to profit the most if carbon trading were to occur.

But... but... but... he also won a noble peace prize.

[mechanic]

Relative to the universe, true.  Relative to each other, not true.  Relative to a bacteria or a blade of grass we are hugely complex and gifted.  Relative to our own new born child we are everything.  

Relativity needs to be considered.  

True enough. I like to use the universe as the yard stick, it keeps me grateful in terms of expectation from life.

[CAP1]

Relative to the universe, true.  Relative to each other, not true.  Relative to a bacteria or a blade of grass we are hugely complex and gifted.  Relative to our own new born child we are everything.  

Relativity needs to be considered.  

 henceforth, this shall be known as "Midways Theory of Relativity".

[CAP1]

Can some explain to me how the whole "carbon credit" thing works?  How do you apply a value to a liability?  Doesn't it seem that the people who came up with this scheme have no idea how a free market works?

 it is a tax.

[eagl]

All this entire subject makes me think is that we should all be a bit more friendly to each other because we are nothing.

Speak for yourself.  I'm the world's best fighter pilot.

[eagl]

it is a tax.

Careful.  Next year there may be a law introduced that will make you pay a tax...er... penalty, if you refer to a penalty as a tax.  It will be a rider on the bill mandating purchase of taxpayer subsidized charmin toilet paper, non-compliance being taxed...er...penalized via non-charmin-subscriber fee assessed with your tax return.

And carbon credits are neither a penalty or a tax.  It is a scam designed to take money from some people and send it to other people, many of whom are in the business of doing nothing but selling carbon credits.  It has nothing to do with the environment or taxes.

[mechanic]

Speak for yourself.  I'm the world's best fighter pilot.

 

[sunfan1121]

Global warming is simple and not hard to understand at all. Only three things can effect the climate on a global scale, the sun, the earths reflectivity, and greenhouse gas. Global climate change happens when one of these three things changes. What's changed in the last 100 or so years that could alter the earths climate? See how easy it is?

[Midway]

Global warming is simple and not hard to understand at all. Only three things can effect the climate on a global scale, the sun, the earths reflectivity, and greenhouse gas. Global climate change happens when one of these three things changes. What's changed in the last 100 or so years that could alter the earths climate? See how easy it is?

Global cooling is simple too.

[sunfan1121]

Global cooling is simple too.

Global warming is a bad name for it, should have  used climate change.

[Midway]

Global warming is a bad name for it, should have  used climate change.