Confessions of a Climate Change Denier

Tonington

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I guess that you're just a sh*tty communicator.
Communication is a two-way thing you realize. I could call you a ****ty listener, but that would be like brothers calling their mother ugly, and I find these kinds of conversations boring and tedious. But I guess I already said you have comprehension problems :p

Let me ask then a yes/no question:

Is the advent of anthropogenic global warming a function, in any way, of the number of 'emitters' in the equation?

Yes.

Now let me ask you, a simple binary response question.

If the entire world's population emitted greenhouse gases at the same rate as Luxembourg's population, would the yearly emissions be higher, or lower?

In case it's still not clear, the only thing you said which I am disagreeing with is that one multiplier is weighted more than the other. It's not. You have to multiply one by the other, I thought the two scenarios were pretty clear what was changing...

If you have excel, or a sheet of paper, you can do a simple calculation yourself. All you need to start is the global population, the global rate of emissions of greenhouse gases, and the global population growth rate. Run the model for your baseline, say ten years. Change the growth rate. Reset, change the emission rate. Compare.
 

captain morgan

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Yes.

Now let me ask you, a simple binary response question.

If the entire world's population emitted greenhouse gases at the same rate as Luxembourg's population, would the yearly emissions be higher, or lower?

In case it's still not clear, the only thing you said which I am disagreeing with is that one multiplier is weighted more than the other. It's not. You have to multiply one by the other, I thought the two scenarios were pretty clear what was changing...

If you have excel you can do a simple calculation yourself. All you need to start is the global population, the global rate of emissions of greenhouse gases, and the global population growth rate. Run the model for your baseline, say ten years. Change the growth rate. Reset, change the emission rate. Compare.

The point that I initially brought up was that if one of the elements in the equation related to the number of emitters, and the pop demonstrates a net increase year over year, it is only a function of time before some critical level is reached.

Apply the min, med and max efficiency or emission scenarios, but the only thing that will change is the time frame in which the critical level is reached (assuming that pop growth remains in positive territory). There is a minimum emission rate for any person that converts O2 to CO2 by simple respiration... Apply that number if you wish, I believe that the inevitable pop increase will reach it's critical level eventually and then we see if the AGW/CC theory holds water.

At the above, theoretical point, what then is the solution to this equation?
 

waldo

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There is a minimum emission rate for any person that converts O2 to CO2 by simple respiration... Apply that number if you wish, I believe that the inevitable pop increase will reach it's critical level eventually and then we see if the AGW/CC theory holds water.

At the above, theoretical point, what then is the solution to this equation?

oh my! And here I thought human-breathing associates to the natural carbon-cycle and isn't factored into atmospheric levels. Quick, someone better update world governments and how they're improperly calculating emission inventories!
 

taxslave

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Because I believe in scientific principles. Why are you here?

ROFLMFAO twice.

oh my! And here I thought human-breathing associates to the natural carbon-cycle and isn't factored into atmospheric levels. Quick, someone better update world governments and how they're improperly calculating emission inventories!

Well cow farts have been included by some so why not human breathing? Surely CO produced by human breathing qualifies as anthro.

GHG is a joke.

True but many loggers have kept employed killing forests to produce all the paper the reports are written on. Which I find kind of ironic.
 

taxslave

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Yes, I'm not surprised (given your religious views regarding medicine) that you find the concept of scientific principles amusing.

I find you amusing when I'm bored. I bet you get a flu shot just because the someone in a white smock told you it is good for you. Even though he gets a commish for peddling it.
Your version of medicine is to create lifetime customers for Big Pharma while mine is to cure the problem.
 

Cannuck

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I find you amusing when I'm bored. I bet you get a flu shot just because the someone in a white smock told you it is good for you. Even though he gets a commish for peddling it.
Your version of medicine is to create lifetime customers for Big Pharma while mine is to cure the problem.

The guy in the white smock has a mountain of scientific evidence to back up his claim. You don't. In fact, you haven't even tried to back up your religion with anything even remotely scientific. As I've said, I don't really care what religion you are but trying say the earth is the centre of the universe when the science CLEARLY says it isn't, makes people look a little silly.
 

Tecumsehsbones

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No lie... Surely you don't believe that your interpretation of a professional's recommendation is the only interpretation possible?

The specific language is "Four out of five dentists surveyed recommend sugarless gum for their patients who chew gum." That's not an interpretation, that's a quote. Here are the adverts:

1981 Trident Spearmint Gum Commercial with Peggy Fleming - YouTube

Stock Footage - TRIDENT SUGARLESS GUM. '4 OUT OF 5 DENTIST' (COMMERCIAL) - YouTube

1985 Trident Sugarless Gum Commercial 4 - YouTube

Your statement, also a quote, that "3 outta 4 dentists that recommended trident gum as a proper way to take care of your teeth" is a lot more than an "interpretation."
 

petros

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By the sounds of things I should peel out all the fiberglass insulation in my walls and fill them with CO2.

The specific language is "Four out of five dentists surveyed recommend sugarless gum for their patients who chew gum." That's not an interpretation, that's a quote. Here are the adverts:

1981 Trident Spearmint Gum Commercial with Peggy Fleming - YouTube

Stock Footage - TRIDENT SUGARLESS GUM. '4 OUT OF 5 DENTIST' (COMMERCIAL) - YouTube

1985 Trident Sugarless Gum Commercial 4 - YouTube

Your statement, also a quote, that "3 outta 4 dentists that recommended trident gum as a proper way to take care of your teeth" is a lot more than an "interpretation."
Trident = 3 teeth.
 

gopher

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Interesting... There is a publication that has been vastly more accurate than all of the combined models and research by the IPCC








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