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

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  1. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Silly rabbit. About 95% of the earths surface is completely uninhabitable. 71% is the ocean and most of the rest is uninhabitable desert, arctic, and alpine regions and lakes. The habitable portion of this planet is overpopulated. Not the US yet --we have more open space than most countries, but globally. Wherever people can live on this planet, they do live.
     
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    SabanFan The voice of reason

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    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%.
     
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    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!
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    That may be common sense for you, breaux, but it's really bad climate analysis.
     
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    SabanFan The voice of reason

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    In other words, I just kicked your ass.
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    If being completely wrong wins something, you're the worlds friggin' champion.
     
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    SabanFan The voice of reason

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    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.
     
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    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.
     
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    My analogy had to do with emitting, not heat.
     
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    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.
     
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