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Originally Posted by Mutt
We can't destroy the earth, we are very capable though of making the earth uninhabitable for human life. We are nothing but accidents, there is no intelligent design, the planet won't miss us any more than it misses the millions of other species who've come and gone before.
I don't consider global warming to be one of our biggest problems. So even if I accept the vast majority of scientific opinions that man is warming up the planet I think the hysteria is out of perspective and some of the motivation for the hysteria is there's money to be made from it.
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The hysteria and overwrought knee-jerk reactions to the claimed problem will be more harmful to society than the "problem" itself.
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Originally Posted by **********
Finally, someone who paid attention in science class.
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I'll fix it for you - social science class.
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Originally Posted by **********
OMG, OMG, OMG...
"Too Much" CO2, *IS* Pollution. If you want instant proof, put a plastic bag over your head and seal it around your neck, then breathe normally. Get it now?
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Ummmmm, ok. Are you done hyperventilating yet? Unbunched your panties?
1. Define "too much" CO2 as it relates to the atmosphere and not your ridiculous "bag over the head" BS. Keep in mind that CO2 is a trace gas in the atmospehere. It is nowhere near becoming anything but a trace gas.
2. The "bag over the head" analogy is ridiculous at best. If that is your criteria for labeling something a pollutant then you might as well label water a pollutant since people can die from
dilutional hyponatremia. Oxygen too must then be labelled a pollutant -
Oxygen toxicity. For that matter just about everything would be a pollutant because everything can be toxic at high enough doses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide
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CO2 is an asphyxiant gas and not classified as toxic or harmful in accordance with Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals standards of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe by using the OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals. In concentrations up to 1% (10,000 ppm), it will make some people feel drowsy.[84]
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Oh the horror!
3. By your logic water vapour is also pollution since it is the most powerful and abundant greenhouse gas.
4. Greenhouses utilize CO2 generators to raise the levels of CO2 in their grow-houses up to 1500ppm for the benefit of the plants. Do you ever hear of grow-house workers dropping dead? Didn't think so.
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Originally Posted by slapass
So we should not worry because? You raise the sea level 9 feet and we have a lot of issues.so just ignore it as it might have happened before?
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You can worry if you want. But so far all of their predictions have been wrong. What makes you think any of their future apocalyptic ones will be right?