Apr 1st 2013, 9:26:34
Dibs, we could do the math and figure out how many tons (metric, short or long) of CO2 there is in the atmosphere, I am just too lazy.
However, where forests can grow freely, like the Russian taiga, the giant belt of forest going through north eastern Europe and Asia is growing rapidly in an attempt to combat the increased CO2 in the air.
My personal thoughts on carbon emissions: oil and coal is essentially dead and compressed dinosaurs plants, and a few dinosaurs themselves, right?
The global temperature was higher in the earlier eras of dinosaur, when the plants were small and most of the CO2 was still in the air.
If we humans throw all that carbon back in the air, it stands to reason that temperature will go up a little.
About humans having no effect on the environment, that is just grade a bull crap. Just take a look at the grand garbage piles in the worlds oceans, or at all the seas that have almost no fish, the man made environmental disasters due to deforestation or oil spills.
As stated above, the fact is that global temperatures go up, to claim anything else is to be naïve. At this point arguing about who caused what is a little like North Korea doing their posturing.
Ok, so the environment agenda people make money, so are the "climate skeptics" aka oil and nuclear industries, car industries, meat industries, mining industries, yet you happily buy their products and defend their stance.
