Do you believe climate change/global warming is happening? Do you believe it is caused by man? Do you think it could lead to the destruction of humanity within the next hundred, few hundred, or thousand years? Longer? Is it just a natural cycle of the Earth we can't control and shouldn't worry about too much?

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I remember a few years back when it snowed in CS, a friend of mine made a Facebook post "look at all of the global warming! it's falling from the sky!"

That led to my sister going off on him in multiple paragraphs. He texted me 30 minutes to an hour later asking what was wrong with her.

Good times

The Wonderer said:

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Yes, it's occurring.
No, it's not solely due to man.
The Earth has heating and cooling cycles.

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This. And I will add in response to the bit about the destruction of humanity, that the entire existence of humanity is a blink of an eye when examined within the context the Earth's natural timescale. When nature decides to end humanity, it will, and there will not be anything we can do to stop it.

Our almost incomprehensively brief window of survivability will close at some point due to natural causes, assuming, of course, that we don't destroy ourselves before that time comes.

Yes it is happening

No, man did not cause it. The world goes through these cycles. We are but one tiny insignificant speck on the earth's timeline. It's quite narcissistic to believe that we are so powerfully destructive as to destroy a world that has survived platechtonics, massive asteroids, disastrous volcanic eruptions, etc.

What do you think?

well, I saw this documentary on vice that said we were all screwed and it seemed pretty sciencey

John Francis Donaghy said:

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The Wonderer said:

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Yes, it's occurring.
No, it's not solely due to man.
The Earth has heating and cooling cycles.

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This. And I will add in response to the bit about the destruction of humanity, that the entire existence of humanity is a blink of an eye when examined within the context the Earth's natural timescale. When nature decides to end humanity, it will, and there will not be anything we can do to stop it.

Our almost incomprehensively brief window of survivability will close at some point due to natural causes, assuming, of course, that we don't destroy ourselves before that time comes.

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Earth's history laid out on a football field -

Do you believe climate change/global warming is happening? yep

Do you believe it is caused by man? raw data, and huge amounts of it, suggest otherwise

Do you think it could lead to the destruction of humanity within the next hundred, few hundred, or thousand years? Longer? I don't think man will wait for climate to kill himself

Is it just a natural cycle of the Earth we can't control and shouldn't worry about too much? we can't control it, we should remain properly informed to adapt to it as we always have

Bondag said:

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I read once that cows farting causes global warning. I am doing my part to stop global warming by eating as many cows as I can.

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http://nypost.com/2016/09/21/it-will-soon-be-illegal-for-cows-to-fart-in-california/

Do you believe climate change/global warming is happening?

Yes

Do you believe it is caused by man?

I think it is caused by a lot of things, and yes, man contributes. Man is not soley responsible for it, nor is man even a HUGE factor in it.

Do you think it could lead to the destruction of humanity within the next hundred, few hundred, or thousand years?

Maybe, but it is more likely that an alien life force will come obliterate us long before then. Or we will just destroy ourselves.

Is it just a natural cycle of the Earth we can't control and shouldn't worry about too much?

Yes. The earth has gone through it before, and it will go through it again. It may be happening quicker and with more frequency than it did in the past, but oh well.

John Francis Donaghy said:

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AggieBaller98 said:

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it would be foolish to underestimate the footprint that man has created in its history

you cannot ignore that we have climbed to the top of the food chain for selfish reasons and taking advantage of earth's resources will lead to our own demise

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Vague warnings without any underlying support.
Odd inclusions of totally unrelated issues.
Addressing a scientific question with moral value judgements.

All phrased in such a way as to suggest that the writer's position is undeniable in a feeble attempt to preemptively discourage any sort of disagreement or challenge.

Smells like liberal arts major in here.

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lol

http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

Humans will destroy the earth via overpopulation and consumption of resources far before the climate will change enough to have any meaningful impact on the human race.

ColinAggie said:

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Don't forget to donate money to some fraud charity to help offset your carbon footprint... Because cash offsets your carbon footprint.


Also, the largest producer of CO2 in the world is..........plant life. So lets get back to blaming mother nature for killing herself. Dumb *****...

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Don't plants take in CO2 and release O2??


Or are you talking about decomposition?

Wade Winston Wilson said:

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I remember a few years back when it snowed in CS, a friend of mine made a Facebook post "look at all of the global warming! it's falling from the sky!"

That led to my sister going off on him in multiple paragraphs. He texted me 30 minutes to an hour later asking what was wrong with her.

Good times

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what was the answer?

The Wonderer said:

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ColinAggie said:

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Don't forget to donate money to some fraud charity to help offset your carbon footprint... Because cash offsets your carbon footprint.


Also, the largest producer of CO2 in the world is..........plant life. So lets get back to blaming mother nature for killing herself. Dumb *****...

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Don't plants take in CO2 and release O2??


Or are you talking about decomposition?

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Yes, decomp. Technically the ocean is number one, but I generally don't count the ocean because it's not living.

When talking about CO2, the amount released and its effect on the environment, why would it matter if its source is living or not?

I think I just told him that she voted for Obama. He seemed to understand

FOUR THIN INCHES said:

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When talking about CO2, the amount released and its effect on the environment, why would it matter if its source is living or not?

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Because of the media's narrative that human's are the biggest cause of CO2 emissions. Just a preference.

So you don't count CO2 emissions from the ocean because it's not living because the media narrative is that global warming is man-made? Uh, I don't really follow that logic...

Man can't change the climate. At most, we may be speeding things up a bit, but whatever is happening is going to happen anyways.

Maybe we'll have to move to outer space - where everyone on the GB knows is











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