People will need to consider turning vegetarian if the world is to conquer climate change

So what? The point is that these horrible greenhouse gases are being emitted from 5% of the earths surface. Do you think climate change will only occur where people live? That's a large part of my whole argument here. 5% ain't gonna kill 100%.

 

boy i wonder what might happen to those uninhabitable arctic and alpine regions if they warmed a bit. presumably horrible things like weather that would be suitable for crops and human funtimes. dont want that!

 

In other words, I just kicked your ass.

 

It's simple physics. A small wood burning stove will heat a 16 X 24 cabin, but it's not going to heat the Superdome. It's the same exact principle.

 

well, to be fair, that is a terrible analogy because with the earth, the heat source is the sun. a better analogy is like one small pile of plastic sheeting that covers a whole bigass greenhouse.

anyways i agree with you i think the human impact is minimal, although clearly there is no way to be sure.

 

My analogy had to do with emitting, not heat.

 

It's already happening. The ice is melting. The ice that is already displacing water will not affect the level of the oceans, but that which covers land will. If enough ice melts quickly enough, the consequences will be catastrophic.