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Originally Posted by recoveringCK
The primary cause of global warming or anthropogenic climate change is hot air from miscreants like Al Gore, the worlds first individual carbon credit billionaire.
The primary cause of global warming is the Sun, the nearest star.
Cosmic rays impact cloud formation.
Climate has been changing throughout geologic history.
That the climate changes is not new.
The primary greenhouse gas is water vapor, not CO2.
The greatest threats to mankind is not CO2 emissions but deceptions.
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Yes, the sun is the cause of heat entering our system, greenhouse gases are the reason the heat doesn't escape. If we had no greenhouse gases it would be catastrophic, that was the situation when we had "snowball earth". However, we need a balance. Too little is bad, and too much is also bad for life as we know it (just look at Venus).
It is also true that climate changes throughout geologic history but you have neglected to mention that the most extreme changes coincide with the greatest extinction events. The Permian extinction saw over 90% of all species go extinct. Greenhouse gases were also very extreme then, so extreme that the ocean evaporated and we have evidence that the ocean floor was exposed to the atmosphere.
Water is a much more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. However, the amount of water vapor in the air is dependent on the temperature, as temperature increases we will have more water vapor in the air. Carbon dioxide by contrast has been altered due to human burning of fossil fuel. We are not talking about forest fires, burning trees and plants is not equivalent to burning fossil fuel.
What deception is the threat to mankind?
1. The deception that the Democrats or "Green" party will actually do anything about it? Not going to happen, that ship sailed 40 years ago. At this point the only suggestions being made would slow down the exponential growth in greenhouse gases. They would require a greater cost being born by the developed nations while the 3rd world gets a pass. Although that is superficially fair, the problem is that the adoption of greenhouse burning fuels by the 3rd world would be catastrophic and erase any gains made through political means in the 1st world.
Or are you referring to the deception that the judgements on the Earth about being burned with great heat are not real? Sorry to burst your bubble, those judgements are real and are not delaying in coming.
No, the reality is catastrophic climate change is already upon us. Just ask Puerto Rico, California and Houston. What we have seen in the US is only a very small sampling of what the rest of the world is seeing. We are already seeing an exponential rise in climate refugees which may soon eclipse all other refugees combined. We are seeing horrible drought, spread of tropical diseases, forest fires, and super storms. The size and frequency have been increasing over the last 50 years and have taken off in the last 10-20 years. In the last 3-4 years we have seen each year bringing new records. You can tabulate the insurance costs to get an idea, but the reality is these numbers are greatly minimized for the first 3 years, so there is a lag on this, and insurance numbers do not reflect the damage to the 3rd world as most of that is uninsured.