Does it matter anyway? If were scared into using less non-renuables anyway then this would be better for humanity in the long run anyway.
A quick look at the retreating glaziers might be a wee indication not all is good though.
Yes, but if temperatures haven't risen since 1998, then how are retreating glaciers caused by increasing temp??? Also as the article mentions 1998 was especially warm due to the El Nino effect (NOT global warming!)
Makkadman, this is possibly the stupidest fucking topic I have seen on TT so far.
Thanks, considering the general stupidity of most topics on TT, i am downright
honoured that you think i managed this herculean task.
Global warming doesn't have any economic benefits for anyone. Are you suggesting that the whole thing has been fabricated in order to create some kind of new 'eco' industry? The causes and effects of global warming have been proven, as well as that mankind is responsible for it.
Proven, are you kidding me? Beneficiaries aren't always decisionmakers or initiators but they do have an inherent stake in maintaining the status quo. Sure, someone else came up with the idea of global warming, but a scientist who climbed on to the bandwagon in his 30s isn't about to get off it in his 50s near retirement.
Why is Greenland becoming Greenland then?
HEM got there first!
@makkadman: You forgot to mention other bits in the article suggesting a temporary halt in global warming - did you not read the rest of it?
I didn't forget to mention it, that's what the link is for! it's just that i was astounded that with all the brouhaha over global warming, the temperatures haven't even risen for the last 10 years! With all the importance of this topic, and everyone going crazy trying to find solutions, how come everyone
forgot to mention this fact??
For those familiar with complexity theory, it will also be obvious that climate (a complex system) has no single equilibrium state, and it's always going to be far from any stable "average temperature". last 100 year's average doesn't mean a thing, and cannot predict future changes, as the climate is not a linear system and fluctuations are inherent in it, which explains ice ages and the massive fluctuations seen over large time periods (on the scale of 10,000 years)