Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Global Warming and 350.org

Weather is an extremely complex topic. How do: ocean currents, upper and lower atmospheric factors, particle densities, solar radiation, earth's magnetic field and many other factors all play together to give us weather? Were not completely sure.

When I look into my crystal ball it says your main gripe is all the end of the world, doom and gloom stuff. I get it, but the problem is that people are complacent and need a kick in the ass.

Lets assume CO2's greenhouse effect on the atmosphere has been proven to be so small that it makes no impact on the climate. Great! But what does large atmospheric concentrations of CO2 do to the ocean, plants, animals or us?

Speaking of plants, not knowing what your doing before you do it gives you shit like Kudzu.

But I digress...If you want to build a house but don't know how to, do you use all your materials trying to figure it out? I don't think so. Point being we don't know exactly what is going on, so we should stop driving the nails in to the wood.

350.org is about identifying an optimal CO2 concentration that promotes symbiosis. The science behind it is some of the most recent research available but I'm sure 350ppm is sure to change, thats the beauty of science. Postulate a theory, test the theory, repeat.

Finally, the nice thing about the theory of global warming regardless of the science is that its: driving responsible energy policies like cutting oil imports, cleaning up the air we breath, driving new technologies to generate energy, encouraging conservation of energy, it has peaked new interest in climatology and science, and even given nations a reason to come together, talk and work together on a common goal.

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