In the US it was voted out.. that's where the preparation and planning went...doesn't take long to look up the congressional record to see who voted for and against....it will take decades to repair the damage that has been done....if ever.
Anyone here disagree with the consensus opinion concerning Climate Change?
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Aunt Bea
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I believe it’s real and I believe that by the time we take it seriously it will be too late.
Certainly too late for me and my generation to worry about now.
Most things I read, seem to see it as the other guys problem by blaming developing nations for the most obvious forms of pollution.
I believe that the wealthiest nations have an obligation to legislate and spend their way out of it as quickly as possible with clean fuel options for transportation, manufacturing, etc…
I don’t think it’s fair to ask the havenots to stop spewing smoke and cutting rain forests while we continue to live such wasteful lifestyles.
IMO it’s up to the wealthier first world nations to subsidize the developing nations so natural defenses can be maintained as giant filters that help to purify the planet.
Certainly too late for me and my generation to worry about now.
Most things I read, seem to see it as the other guys problem by blaming developing nations for the most obvious forms of pollution.
I believe that the wealthiest nations have an obligation to legislate and spend their way out of it as quickly as possible with clean fuel options for transportation, manufacturing, etc…
I don’t think it’s fair to ask the havenots to stop spewing smoke and cutting rain forests while we continue to live such wasteful lifestyles.
IMO it’s up to the wealthier first world nations to subsidize the developing nations so natural defenses can be maintained as giant filters that help to purify the planet.
bobcat
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- Northern Calif
Humans are releasing about 50 metric tons of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere every year. Much of that gets trapped there. Those gasses absorb radiant heat and warm the oceans and land.
Venus used to be more like earth in the distant past, even with oceans. However, it receives more radiant energy, being closer to the sun. The oceans act like a heat sink and can absorb a substantial amount. Eventually Venus lost it's oceans, and there was nothing to prevent a runaway situation, and now it's even hotter than Mercury.
I don't think earth will suffer that fate in the near future, but we will be living in a greenhouse (Hothouse) environment and climate change and increased weather phenomena will be an ever-present factor to deal with.
Venus used to be more like earth in the distant past, even with oceans. However, it receives more radiant energy, being closer to the sun. The oceans act like a heat sink and can absorb a substantial amount. Eventually Venus lost it's oceans, and there was nothing to prevent a runaway situation, and now it's even hotter than Mercury.
I don't think earth will suffer that fate in the near future, but we will be living in a greenhouse (Hothouse) environment and climate change and increased weather phenomena will be an ever-present factor to deal with.