[lit-ideas] Re: The end?
- From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:10:31 -0500
- The ocean is absorbing 80% of the heat.
1) What percentage did it absorb before?
2) when was 'before'?
The oceans are warming down to 3,000 meters (1.8 miles). As the
oceans becomes warmer, they expand. Coastal areas will be flooded.
1) What does "warming" mean?
2) How deep are they "warm" right now?
3) How deep were they "warm" before?
4) When was before?
- The oceans are absorbing carbon dioxide (p. 12). This makes water
more acidic, which dissolves sea shells. Much of plankton and all
the micro life forms in the oceans will be extinct.
This is a doomsday scenario... come to think of it, this whole last
month has been one long doomsday scenario. Have you ever heard of
"equilibrium"?
Fish depend on those micro lifeforms.
- Even if we completely stop the increase of gases today, global
warming will continue to increase for more than 1,000 years (p. 13).
So... why should we? I mean, I know why we should, but WHY should we,
in terms of convincing us? If our next 40 generations are going to be
fucked and Henny Penny is right, then WHY should we?
This means we've lost New York City. Most of England. Bangladesh.
These will not exist several hundred years from now.
They didn't exist several hundreds of years ago either. I mean, maybe
the land did, but what makes New York, New York?
The economic impact will be catastrophic.
"will be"?
Hell, I would think that moving a few dozen cities inland -- then to
be coastal -- would be a GREAT boom to the economy of the world.
The Stern Report by the British Treasury predicts a 20% decline in
the global economy.
What kind of nonsense is this? These figures are pulled from the
proverbial asses.
This means a return to the Great Depression of the 1930s. This will
cause wars and turmoil.
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=1055&p=3
Unlike today?
Which brings up the question: What will the future be like? It'll be
very different from what we know today: no jet travel, practically
no use of oil for transportation, severely reduced agriculture,
which means a smaller global population. Small agrarian societies
with light industries. No urban sprawl. No air conditioning. Most of
the USA will be dry desert. Severe droughts that last decades. Huge hurricanes.
And this assumes the global food chain doesn't collapse. Will
humanity survive?
Humanity will survive, but not 7 billion of us and that's probably a
good thing. The Earth has exceeded its holding capacity and things
are righting themselves. We are just a blip. Enjoy the ride. It's
-35. I could use a few degrees boost.
paul
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Paul Stone
pas@xxxxxxxx
Leamington, ON. Canada
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