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I'd like to have a serious discussion about this, because it seems like there is some fear-mongering going on by the right and the left which is spurred by these two ideals. For my part, nationalism is silly and extremely infantile, but I also wouldn't support internationalism that leads to a...

I'm constantly hearing barrage attacks on this man. Don't really know much about him, but it looks the right are really obsessed and think he is Satan incarnate.. From what I understand, he is like the lefty-version of Murdoch??

Why?

Good answer. You sure put him in place.

That particular lake has one of the highest concentrations of methane because it's been frozen for over 10,000 years and has built up over 1.5 trillion tons of concentrated carbon. If it leaked, that would definitely have a significant impact on the atmosphere. I'm not so sure if we would all...

Who said it sounded scarier in either?

Sure.

This methane comes from a gargantuan lake that is pretty hard to miss if you actually watch the video.. not from tundra. It has nothing to do with the annual natural methane cycle that comes every winter in the arctic due to frozen tundra.

Just found out about this through that socialist propaganda news documentary - BBC's Earth: The Biography. Yea, if we let that permafrost go, as Venkman once said: 'That would be bad.' YouTube - Exploding methane gas bubbles - Earth: The Power of the Planet - BBC

Pretty much. It's only so long that oil companies continue to rape people at the pump before we all start replacing our autos with cheaper, cleaner alternatives. In 20 years, when gas hits $3/litre and we'll probably be seeing a significant shift to renewable resources for our transportation needs.

Elitist copout rebuttal in 3, 2, 1..

Well if we know the degree of change within a particular timeframe. And if we know how much we can counteract any dangerous or extreme change. Then we won't feel powerless or inconsequential. As long as science can continue to run its course without interference, the first two conditions can be...

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Look, to put this square here, C02 is increasing at an exponential rate not a linear rate. So, you can't just say 2ppm for the year 2010, plus 2ppm for the year 2011, etc.. the rate increases every year so it takes much less time to reach a critical temperature than what you were implying earlier.

He doesn't understand slope. I think you're being a bit too dismissive here without looking at the full picture - which is actually counter-intuitive to a healthy skepticism. It's not that difficult to see that scientists are trying to find an optimal climate to continue to sustain us and our...

No, it's because it's more accurate to describe a harmful excess in climate that can be either cold or warm.

Well either works really, but the key words are actually "global" and "climate". Global meaning, like, the whole world. And climate meaning, like, longer than winter. I guess biodiversitee just doesn't have the same zing to it, unfortunately.

Potholer jumps on this one. Ha! I figured it had all the tell tale signs of McExpert-level bullsh!t, but didn't think he would comment. I should have thought, considering all the news articles that just quoted selected parts of the press release without reading the source material. How...

Yes. You're going to get glacier cancer from a rate assumption. But you'll probably die of an aneurysm first from the cataclysm of logic.

Okay, now I know you're trolling since you clearly didn't read the part that 1.64 is the low end of the range. You know, that funny word... range.. it also means something kinda like a spectrum.. The low end is 1.64 and the high end is 4.64. A fair 'scientist' wouldn't base his results...