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Originally Posted by stickyfingerz
Then you realize that global warming IS a theory, and its something that MIGHT happen right? ahh see how that works?
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Gravity's only a theory, too, ya know.
But I still expect that if I hold out a rock and let it go, it's gonna fall.
So, since you didn't seem moved by me outright refuting an earlier point you made, let's try to work with the only real model we have to make comparisons with outside of our own planet's record-keeping: Other planets.
The Earth is in a period of warming.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming
The Why?
Whether we are to blame, or not - whether or not mankind's involvement in resource redistribution is more than the Earth's climate is prepared to handle and still produce life in its present variety... well, that's a subject for debate, sure.
So let's look at Venus. Venus does not have a single drop of liquid water (not even gonna mention "ice") on the planet because the surface temperature is around 900 degrees F (c. 480 degrees C), which is hot enough to melt lead. The planet is so frikkin hot _not simply_ because of the fact that it's closer to the Sun, but also because its atmosphere is so CO2 rich, that it has a run-away greenhouse affect. The Heat, once enveloped in the planet's atmosthere, has a very difficult time escaping.
CO2 is the same compound that Americans release into the atmosphere at the rate of about 40,000 pounds per American per year... and other industrial nations seem to be doing their best to catch up.
pair all this with the fact that species of coral are already dying because of the world temperature change being altered just tenths of a degree, and we have issues.
My advice is to stop arguing just to argue, stop listening to what others think, and simply look at the raw science of it all.
If you can't add 2 and 2 there, and at least quirk an eyebrow at the matter, god help ya.