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1. The latest studies seem to indicate that the warming stopped several years ago.

2. Key global warming "scientists" were recently caught fixing the numbers to keep the public convinced of GW.

3. When the history of ice ages is plotted out, it seems that we should be locked in the middle of an ice age right now. Meaning that it's just possible that our greenhouse gasses may have averted an ice age.

Jus the facts.


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Warming has not stopped...the northern polar ice caps are melting. Ten years ago we would have snow by now hear...now I can go out in short sleeves and shorts till December. I do not doubt the Earth is warming, my doubt is if humans are the cause or not, that is hard to say.
 
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Warming has not stopped...the northern polar ice caps are melting. Ten years ago we would have snow by now hear...now I can go out in short sleeves and shorts till December. I do not doubt the Earth is warming, my doubt is if humans are the cause or not, that is hard to say.

Not saying that it got colder again. Just that the warming trend stopped and seems to be stabilizing.


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1. The latest studies seem to indicate that the warming stopped several years ago.

Please cite these "studies".

2. Key global warming "scientists" were recently caught fixing the numbers to keep the public convinced of GW.

If you're talking about the CRU hack, you're wrong. Don't believe everything you read on denialist blogs. What you claim here never happened.

3. When the history of ice ages is plotted out, it seems that we should be locked in the middle of an ice age right now. Meaning that it's just possible that our greenhouse gasses may have averted an ice age.

Say what? So, because you can plot ice-ages on a time-graph and you think an ice-age should show up just about now, global warming is good? Man, that's about as stupid an argument as I've ever heard.
Jus the facts.

No, those aren't facts. Not one of them, in fact.
 
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You realize Mars does not have an atmosphere nor does it have 6.5 billion inhabitants...but yeah the same...sure....
Mars doesn't have an atmosphere?

Wow.

What do you think causes all the sandstorms?
 
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Mars doesn't have an atmosphere?

Wow.

What do you think causes all the sandstorms?

Can you read...I clarified about 2 post later. You should try it sometime. I wouldnt exactly call the atmosphere of Mars much of an atmosphere...but ok, it is there...does it have any bearing on global warming...no.
 
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Can you read...
Yep, I read your ignorant statement about mars not having an atmosphere.

I clarified about 2 post later.
The bright thing would have been to go back and fix your original post then.

You should try it sometime.
That's nice.

I wouldnt exactly call the atmosphere of Mars much of an atmosphere.
That would be because you are clearly uneducated.
 
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1. The latest studies seem to indicate that the warming stopped several years ago.

Several years is not a particularly long timescale for these things.

2. Key global warming "scientists" were recently caught fixing the numbers to keep the public convinced of GW.

Not sure which situation that was, think I've heard the same alleged elsewhere - but both sides have been guilty of that. The basic science remains unchanged.

3. When the history of ice ages is plotted out, it seems that we should be locked in the middle of an ice age right now. Meaning that it's just possible that our greenhouse gasses may have averted an ice age.

So....what...we are warming the planet now?

Either way, this "warming is good" argument really irks me - while a bit of heat might be nice for us at our latitudes, a bit more heat in other latitudes is causing desertification and crop failure for the people there.

Jus the facts.

And again, some facts.

1. CO2 traps IR.
2. CO2 cannot escape earth's atmosphere.
3. We produce a lot of it and are cutting down trees at a rate of knots.
4. Any small increase in heat can produce a runaway effect if it produces more greenhouse gases like water vapour.

Can you honestly say we're not having any effect at all?
 
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Yep, I read your ignorant statement about mars not having an atmosphere.

The bright thing would have been to go back and fix your original post then.

That's nice.


That would be because you are clearly uneducated.

You actually are the ignorant one, cause I have a higher education than you will ever have, and it actually includes Physics! One need not go back and fix the original post lest to prevent from having annoying people like you patronize and condescend me. I suggest you drop it here.
 
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How many roads must a man walk down, before you can call him a man?
Five.

Loaded questions......

Is the earth really warming? And if so, is man's input making any difference?
Yes to both questions. The Earth is undeniably warming, and the evidence points to a human source.

Bonus question...

If man had not been pumping greenhouse gasses, would we be deeply locked in an ice age right now?
Unlikely, since the warming of the Earth is also thought to accelerate us into an ice age. Strange stuff.

Incorrect, gravity is only constant at a certain elevation...the deeper you go into the earth (eg. mine shafts and such) gravity actually changes as you now have mass above you and mass below you. Gravity at the centre of the earth should be zero.
Ostensibly yes, but since we're talking about things floating in water, the change is negligible.

Things floating is not density dependent, but if the object is able to displace enough water equal to its weight without sinking. (eg. I can have a block of lead of density 11.35g/cm3 that will sink, or I can take the same block and mold it into a larger surface area so it can displace more water and now float, the density of the lead is still the same.
Nonetheless, a denser, but otherwise identical, object will sink quicker. As I said, the actual reason is terminal velocity and the fluid's viscosity (which is, in fact, due to density).

You realize Mars does not have an atmosphere nor does it have 6.5 billion inhabitants...but yeah the same...sure....
Uhh...

Mars-panorama.jpg


Yes, it does.
 
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You actually are the ignorant one, cause I have a higher education than you will ever have, and it actually includes Physics!
Wow, are you seriously trying to have a who's-got-the-bigger-penis contest?

One need not go back and fix the original post lest to prevent from having annoying people like you patronize and condescend me. I suggest you drop it here.
Unlike you, who continues to respond to his posts. If you want to be the bigger man, you could always, I dunno, stop responding.
 
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Can I suggest that we all calm down a bit? It would be a shame to get this awesome thread closed because y'all want to see who can pee farther.


EDIT:Good lord, Wiccan! If I had a quarter for every time you post the same thing I do a minute before I do, I'd have, like, $1.25. Type slower. I like to pretend I'm original and witty.
 
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Please cite these "studies".

They were both AP stories. I'm sure you can find them yourself.

Say what? So, because you can plot ice-ages on a time-graph and you think an ice-age should show up just about now, global warming is good?
Did I say it was good? Hmmmm, seems you have contracted an add to memory syndrome.

Man, that's about as stupid an argument as I've ever heard.
Not my argument. But it is the argument of many scientists. But you know more.

No, those aren't facts. Not one of them, in fact.
:) A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.


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You actually are the ignorant one, cause I have a higher education than you will ever have, and it actually includes Physics! One need not go back and fix the original post lest to prevent from having annoying people like you patronize and condescend me. I suggest you drop it here.

Why, given this "You're ignorant, look at my degree" fallacy I think we're visited by "Dr." Kent Hovind here folks. Let's give him a round of applause, shall we?!
 
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