Global warming? Maybe not so much.

Shayne · November 06, 2006, 02:07:16 PM

While I'm sure most people here read slashdot often, an article explaining how the UN and other scientific bodies manipulate data (and make up data?) to reach their own conclusions.

So what do you think?

Mr. Analog · November 06, 2006, 02:32:06 PM

I am very conflicted about the Global Warming issue, I mean on one hand we have things like the gulf stream moving about causing problems in the south of England and Spain, but then historical evidence suggests that it has moved before in the past. Similarily we've only had somewhat detailed climate readings from about the 15th Century but even those numbers are flawed because we only get details about Western Europe and East Asia (and again, no accurate tempreatature details or ocean patterns).

The other thing to consider too is is this something that needs "fixing", that is to say would human intervention attempting to rectify the problem make it worse? Even the "holy grail" of green energy (fusion) creates pollution (heat pollution).

I just don't know enough about climatology to say for sure...

TheDruid · November 06, 2006, 06:22:24 PM

Based upon my 26 years of existance, things are heating up, so therefore global warming is real

Global warming or not, were not helping the situation, there are other spinoffs to polluting the air and the sea then just the earth heating.

Hey, shorter winters, cheaper heating bills who's complaining

Tom · November 06, 2006, 06:34:50 PM

The only thing we punny little humans can do to this huge planet, is wipe polluting buts off it. Might take a (few) century or melenia for things to return to "normal", but in the end, all we've done is harm ourselves.

Lazybones · November 06, 2006, 07:07:19 PM

Things are getting warmer... Probably more because of nature than by use, but I do think we are speeding up the process, and it would be wise for use to ease back.

Darren Dirt · November 07, 2006, 02:12:19 PM

2 ~~words~~Wikipediaentries for ya...

An expanding Earth, and Chemtrails.

We're heating up (more like heat is being increasingly released -- but not like in the movie "The Arrival") but it's not cuz of cows farting and mega-corps pollutin'. 'sokay though, have no fear, cuz the gubmint is spraying stuff in them skies to keep it all balanced and us ultra-safe from extremes of temperature (mostly). So return to your stations, nothing to worry about...

Shayne · November 07, 2006, 02:24:27 PM

We haven't seen global warming till we see one of these. Seeing as it could happen at anytime we best use up everything we got now! Dont want to leave anything to waste.

Mr. Analog · November 07, 2006, 02:28:14 PM

I blame Time Lord intervention and steam powered airships full of genies.

Darren Dirt · November 07, 2006, 02:36:43 PM

Quote from: Shayne on November 07, 2006, 02:24:27 PM
We haven't seen global warming till we see one of these. Seeing as it could happen at anytime we best use up everything we got now! Dont want to leave anything to waste.

Holy flares, Batman!

[Costanza voice]"The sun was angry that day, my friend..." :p

Mr. Analog · November 07, 2006, 03:03:51 PM

Quote from: Darren Dirt on November 07, 2006, 02:36:43 PM
Quote from: Shayne on November 07, 2006, 02:24:27 PM
We haven't seen global warming till we see one of these. Seeing as it could happen at anytime we best use up everything we got now! Dont want to leave anything to waste.

Holy flares, Batman!

[Costanza voice]"The sun was angry that day, my friend..." :p

LOL, I can see that in my minds eye so clearly... and Jerry just looking away...

Darren Dirt · November 07, 2006, 03:16:11 PM

When I'm in a deli and I don't like the soup, I never have the guts to send it back

Tom · November 07, 2006, 05:38:17 PM

QuoteI blame Time Lord intervention and steam powered airships full of genies.

Speaking of steampunk... Last D&D session I was whistling a Last Exile tune.