Global Warming: Your opinion ....

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Is Global Warming man made or a natural cycle ?

  1. Yes, it is man made

  2. Undecided

  3. No, I think there is another reason for it

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  1. SOCRATE_MMXII

    SOCRATE_MMXII MDL Expert

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    :worthy::worthy::worthy:

    Only if Dorothy is 18 years old and is 90-60-90, otherwise I prefer Rapunzel. :D
     
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  2. gorski

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    Oh, dear... I am going to be a bit brutish but for those of no self-consciousness/self-awareness, this is a MUST!

    I can listen to/read Yen's science stories because he knows stuff... :D I can read about various developers talking about their fields.

    What the fook do you know, "user"?!? if only you were very bright (which I just can not see, sorry) or somehow talented (again, it escapes me, if it is true), I am sorry to have to say this, from what I have read on this forum, written by you. On the other hand, you are spouting right-wing nonsense of the lowest kind sometimes. Why would anyone listen to you? Now, if you want to change that, you can. It's up to you. You must dig in, shut your big gob and listen, learn, get tested, then one day you may well be able to contribute - I don't know if this is a real possibility but it is worth exploring. All else is poppycock! Education or die!

    I am sorry, Socrate, for perhaps bursting your bubble, but the same applies in your case. You have a very high opinion of yourself which precludes you from learning/studying. 'Nuff said!

    A wee bit of humility would serve both of yous rather well, I think...
     
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  3. SOCRATE_MMXII

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    There's no bubble. Is it your ego that inflates...:biggrin:
     
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  4. gorski

    gorski MDL Guru

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    My acts deflate - your ego inflates (needlessly)...
     
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  5. bludgard

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    I think it is a natural occurring phenom: However; I do believe that mankinds footprint since raping oil and burning it has upset this natural order and increased the chances of natural disaster. :weep:
     
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  6. ausernamenoonehas

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    HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

    :biggrin::p:D:biggrin::p
     
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  7. SOCRATE_MMXII

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    That's your philosophical response? A 5 year old would have done better.

    P.S. Guess Hegel rolls over in his grave, crying from Heaven: why the heck I wrote those damn books? I should have become a painter...Damn books! :laie: :laie: :laie:
     
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  8. gorski

    gorski MDL Guru

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    He sure does when he sees a "critical comment" on Philosophy like yours...:rolleyes:

    But this is a waste of time, indeed...:cool:
     
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  9. SOCRATE_MMXII

    SOCRATE_MMXII MDL Expert

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    Time is an illusion, my friend. An illusion cannot be lost, only see through it.
     
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  10. AUGieDogie

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    Douglas Adams — 'Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.'
     
  11. R29k

    R29k MDL GLaDOS

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    #591 R29k, Jan 17, 2016
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    The Global Cooling Conspiracy

     
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  13. rivetz

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    I joined this forum this morning in the pursuit of Windows 7 info and BIOS mods etc (like many folks, presumably) but can't resist chiming in on this discussion. Only poked my head into this subforum to see if there was any discussion of climate change and hey, a stickied poll thread :) Is that accurate, that nearly half of respondents either passively question or actively dispute the scientific consensus on AGW?

    I am not a climate scientist, and have no formal/academic qualifications of any kind in any field related to climate science. I have been an active "sidelines participant" in the debate for a long time, though, it's been a hobby of mine for years, and I have a broad scope of knowledge on the topic, so if anyone's got specific questions or concerns or wants to debate some aspect of this topic, I'm totally in. I haven't read this whole thread but have hopped around a bit and there's definitely some misinformation here imo. To be clear, I absolutely support the scientific consensus on climate change, specifically that a) global warming is occurring, b) it's predominantly caused by human activity, c) its impact will be severe. That's a good place to start, maybe, if anyone wants to dispute any of those points.

    The article posted above on weather station data is long but a really good read. Even if you don't read the whole thing, a skim proves revealing. It's nice to have someone explain the necessity for periodic data adjustments in "real-world" terms. In that context, it seems impossible to imagine climate data that didn need to be recalibrated/corrected. It's easy to forget that the earth's climate is one of the most complex physical systems known to the human race; we've learned a lot but there's a ton we don't know and are still working out.
     
  14. R29k

    R29k MDL GLaDOS

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    Hide The Hiatus

    Hide The Hiatus: Global News Media Ignore Inconvenient Research Findings
    A new paper published yesterday in Nature Climate Change confirms that the so-called global warming hiatus between 1997 and 2014 was real and that claims that it was overstated or never existed are untrue: “It has been claimed that the early-2000s global warming slowdown or hiatus, characterized by a reduced rate of global surface warming, has been overstated, lacks sound scientific basis, or is unsupported by observations. The evidence presented here contradicts these claims.” ... more
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  15. monkeylove

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    Unfortunately, climate change is much more complex than that.
     
  16. monkeylove

    monkeylove MDL Member

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    Actually, AGW involves a forcing factor on the same cycles.
     
  17. monkeylove

    monkeylove MDL Member

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    There have been several slowdowns, but the trend line is upward.
     
  18. R29k

    R29k MDL GLaDOS

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    How to Tell if Global Warming Is Real

     
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  19. R29k

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    Freeman Dyson on the Global Warming Hysteria April, 2015

     
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  20. Tiger-1

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    this fantastic thread dude I don´t see before ;) and Mr. Dyson is one great personality I think :)
     
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