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Do you think Global Warming is BS?

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  • #102
    Phaetonman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 284 ✭✭Phaetonman


    Yeah its bull****. The world has gotten colder in the last 2 years.


  • #103
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,982 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    kevmy wrote:
    For example if present trends continue for 50 years we will lose at the most 20-30% of Ireland to the water. This is pretty unlikely.
    ...
    This means you'll prob be alright if your middle class in the west. But your fcuked if your poor in China and Africa
    Most of the arable land here is low lying so 30% would be a massive hit, and it would take out almost all the cities

    Most of China and Africa are quite high compared to Ireland


  • #104
    MCMLXXXIII
    Closed Accounts Posts: 412 ✭✭MCMLXXXIII


    kevmy wrote: »
    Well it unlikely that much of our cities will be lost. For example if present trends continue for 50 years we will lose at the most 20-30% of Ireland to the water. This is pretty unlikely. We will probably cop on to some extent and usually the worst doesn't come to pass. The trouble is in other areas of the world.

    Land loss overall will drive people into other parts of the creating huge migration and less arable land. Resulting in food shortages and polluted water. This means you'll prob be alright if your middle class in the west. But your fcuked if your poor in China and Africa

    Well, you are right about China and Africa, but they are already doing that anyway. I mean really? The Three Rivers Dam that Bejing is building is putting 3 million people out of their homes. Their choices are to live in government housing with no electricity or running water, or to go buy something else. Africa is just screwed because the desert areas are getting bigger and bigger anyway, and the whole warming thing isn't going to help that.

    However, based on your first arguement, 20-30% of the cities will be lost... Is that not a big deal? Losing Dublin alone is a quarter of the country's population. Moving that many people is not easy, and it's not cheap. Everyone will be forced to literally abandon their land and purchase property on higher ground.

    Look at what happened in New Orleans. IMHO I think that the people are to blame - building and buying homes 8 feet under sea level...next to the sea, but all the same - a lot of people are spending a lot of money to rebuild their houses (on stilts) because they don't have enough money to just buy more land further uphill (without selling their old land, which no one in their right mind would buy). Insurance companies in Louisianna either didn't pay for the damage or went bankrupt, so we can't depend on that either.

    All I'm saying is - whether it's our fault or not, it's probably cheaper to pay to keep the planet the way it is, rather than paying for the aftermath.


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